Sports
In 1968, Arthur Ashe became the first Black American to win what major tennis tournament?
U.S. Open
A casualty of the Boston Massacre in 1770, what was the name of the Boston fugitive slave who was called the first martyr of the American Revolution?
Crispus Attucks
Who invented the clothes dryer?
G.T. Sampson
What musical instrument does jazz musician Grover Washington, Jr. play?
Saxaphone
What was Louis Armstrong‟s nickname?
Satchmo
Who holds the record for most points scored in a single basketball game (100)?
Wilt Chamberlain
Who was the first Black American four star general in US military history?
Daniel James, Jr.
Who invented portable refrigeration?
Frederick McKinley Jones
What Alex Haley novel was made into a television mini-series in 1977 and 1979?
Roots
What actor and stand up comedian warned others of the dangers of drug abuse after his own near death experience?
Richard Pryor
She was a forward who scored 47 points in the final game of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament in 1993. She led Texas Tech to the national championship. Who is she?
Sheryl Swoopes
In April, 1775, blacks in the military fought alongside their white counterparts in what American Revolution battles?
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Bessie Coleman was the first black female aviator in 1921. Because of racism in the United States, she was refused entry into aeronautics schools. She was trained and received her pilot's license in what country?
France
In 1926 the Soul Stirrers were the first gospel quartet to add a second lead to solo over the usual four-part harmony. In 1950 what singer joined this group?
Sam Cooke
Bill Cosby, Will Smith and Kobe Bryant were born in “the city of brotherly love.” What is the name of the city?
Philadelphia
Before being christened the Harlem Globetrotters, what was this basketball team‟s name?
Savoy Big Five
Black Americans were authorized to enlist in the US Navy in what year?
1861
Dr. Charles Drew served as director for what organization‟s blood bank?
American Red Cross
In 1905 the first black symphony was founded. What was it called?
Philadelphia Concert Orchestra
This former beauty queen from Ohio started her career as a model. In 2001 she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Halle Berry
What famous Olympic champion was standing at Senator Robert Kennedy's side when Kennedy was fatally shot by Sirhan Sirhan?
Rafer Johnson
What was the first Black American female lawyer to practice before the Supreme Court?
Violette M. Anderson
Who performed the world‟s first open heart surgery?
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Who is the controversial poet and author of My House is Divided into Two Sections who emerged from the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s and became a professor of English?
Nikki Giovanni
Raised in Detroit's Brewster-Douglas housing project, name two of the founding members of The Supremes, Motown Records' most commercially successful act to date.
Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, Diana Ross, and
Betty McGlown
Julius Erving began his career with the ABA‟s Virginia Squires. He played in the NBA in 1976 until he retired. For what NBA team did he play?
Philadelphia 76ers
What provision written in 1787 was included in the U.S. Constitution?
Three-fifths of all slaves counted for representation
What Black American woman invented fungicide?
Dorothy McClendon
In 1993, she became the first black to be honored with the Nobel Prize for Literature for six novels. She is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved which became a motion picture, and in 1993 for Jazz . Name her.
Toni Morrison
Famed jazz singer Billie Holiday was born in 1915 with what name?
Eleanora Fagan
How many Gold Medals did track and field athlete Carl Lewis win in his career?
Nine
What constitutional amendment prohibited the requirement of a poll tax or any other tax for the privilege to vote?
Twenty-fourth
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed the world‟s first open heart surgery at what hospital?
Chicago's Provident Hospital
Specializing in portraits of black leaders, Harlem Renaissance arts educator Augusta Savage was what type of artist?
Sculptor
Who starred in the blockbuster movie Beverly Hills Cop?
Eddie Murphy
Who won the 1968 Heisman Trophy?
O.J. Simpson
U.S. Representative John Robert Lewis led his civil rights movement through what organization?
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
James Beckwourth, a former slave turned trapper, discovered Beckwourth Pass through the Sierra Nevada mountains in 1850. The passage allowed pioneers to reach what state more safely and quickly ?
California
I was born in Philadelphia but moved to Italy as a child.
Currently the pastor of a large congregation in Raleigh, North Carolina, this well-known female singer worked with the gospel group The Caravans established by Albertina Walker. Name her.
Shirley Caesar
Who was the creator, director, and host of the popular television show Soul Train from 1971 to 2006?
Don Cornelius
A three-time heavyweight champion, who was stripped of his first championship title because he refused to fight in the Vietnam War?
Muhammad Ali
In 1972, who became the first woman candidate for President of the United States?
Shirley Chisholm
In 1978 Lieutenant Colonel Guion S. Bluford, Jr. became the first black astronaut in space. On August 30, 1983 he and his crew members launched into space on what space shuttle?
Challenger
Creators of bebop known today as modern jazz, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie played what musical instruments?
Parker (alto saxophone);
Gillespie (trumpet)
Pianist Duke Ellington was a bandleader and a great composer who played at what famous New York City club from 1927 to 1931?
Cotton Club
Who was the youngest boxer to win the heavyweight title?
Mike Tyson
He was the first black to serve as chairman of the Democratic National Committee in 1989. He was also the first black U.S. secretary of commerce. What was his name?
Ronald Brown
For what is Dr. Mae C. Jemison known?
Being the first black female astronaut to travel in space
Whose screenplay, Georgia, Georgia , was the first original script by a Black women to be produced?
Maya Angelou
Eartha Kitt played what role in the Batman series?
Cat Woman