The Firsts
Where was Juneteenth first celebrated?
Galveston,Tx
Who was the first black woman in outer space?
Mae Jamison
Which artist has the highest number of Grammy wins on one night?
Michael Jackson
Who was the first African American Coach to win the Super Bowl?
Tony Dungy
Who was the first black to graduate from Harvard?
Richard Theodore Greener
Who was the first African American President?
Barak Obama
Who became America's first black millionaire with the production of her hair care products?
Madame C.J. Walker
Which black genre of music with a basis in blues and ragtime relies on improvisation and brassy horns?
Jazz
Who was the first African American to play major league baseball?
Jackie Robinson
We recognize February as Black History Month because of which Harvard graduate and black activist?
Carter G. Woodson
Who were the first all black military pilots in the United States?
Tuskegee Airman
Who was the first black female coach in the NFL?
Jennifer King
Who founded Motown Records in 1959?
Berry Gordy
What former NBA player is from Hamburg,Ar?
Scottie Pippen
Who led the anti-lynching crusades in the 1890's as a journalist?
Ida B. Wells
What U.S. Senator form Georgia made history as Georgia's first black senator?
Rev. Raphael Warnock
Who was the African American Author who wrote an autobiography entitled "I Know Why Caged Birds Sings"?
Maya Angelou
Which actor brought Maraval Comic's Black Panther to life on the silver screen?
Chadwick Boseman
What retired NBA star was won 6 NBA Championships?
Michael Jordan
What Pan-African leader had his sentence commuted by President Calvin Coolidge in 1927 before being deported back to his home country of Jamaica?
Marcus Garvey
Which black sitcom shares the record with All In The Family for being the only sitcoms in history to be rated the #1 show for five seasons?
The Cosby Show
What sorority was founded in 1908 at Howard University with pink and green colors?
Alpha Kappa Alpha
What black artist holds the record for the longest running #1 album of all time?
Michael Jackson
Who was the first African American to play in the NFL?
Fritz Pollard?
Who was the first African American influential to be featured on a U.S. postage stamp; this person also started a private HBCU in Alabama?
W.E.B. Du Bois