The 2003 album Dangerously in Love launched the solo career of what international icon?
Beyoncé
100
What NBA legend won a record 6 NBA Finals MVP Awards while playing for the Chicago Bulls?
Michael Jordan
100
What hip-hop duo won the Grammy Album of the Year for their album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below?
Outkast
100
From which HBCU did Thurgood Marshall graduate law school?
Howard University School of Law
100
Who was the first Black Woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress in 2002?
Halle Berry
200
What Michael Jackson album is the best-selling album worldwide?
Thriller
200
What female athlete has presently spent 156 consecutive weeks ranked as the world’s number-one tennis player?
Serena Williams
200
In which performance art did Savion Glover, Josephine Baker, Alvin Ailey, and Katherine Dunham all achieve international recognition?
Dance
200
What is the name of the cultural explosion of Black America following WWI that featured prominent figures such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neal Hurston, and Claude McKay?
Harlem Renaissance
200
Along with D.L Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, and Bernie Mac, what Family Feud host was a member of the Original Kings of Comedy?
Steve Harvey
300
What former Fugee’s debut album was the first Hip-Hop album to win the Grammy award Album of the Year in 1999
Lauryn Hill
300
Ernie Davis was the first black athlete to win the Heisman Trophy, which is awarded to the top player in what college sport?
Football
300
What neurosurgeon was the first person to successfully separate twins conjoined at the head in 1987?
Dr. Ben Carson
300
Also the namesake of a Florida HBCU, what female educator was an adviser to President Franklin Roosevelt?
Mary McLeod Bethune
300
Harry Belafonte – Sidney Poitier – Ossie Davis
Which actor was the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1963 film Lilies of the Field?
Sidney Poitier
400
What prolific singer, songwriter, and producer founded LaFace Records with L.A. Reid?
Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
400
Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe were the first Black female and male athletes, respectively, inducted into the International Hall of Fame of what sport?
Tennis
400
What supermodel was the first Black person to grace the covers of both Vogue and Elle magazine?
Beverly Johnson
400
Who became the first Black woman appointed Attorney General in 2015?
Loretta Lynch
400
Although overshadowed by its soundtrack, what successful 1984 film starred Prince as a struggling musician?
Purple Rain
500
For solo artists, what rapper hold the record for most Billboard number-one albums?
Jay-Z
500
On which MLB team did Jackie Robinson break the color barrier in 1947?
(Brooklyn) Dodgers
500
Who was the first doctor to successfully perform open heart surgery?
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
500
In what Oklahoma city was the prosperous black community known as Black Wall Street destroyed in a 1921 race riot?
Tulsa
500
What TV program, created and first hosted by Don Cornelius, showcased Black music and became the longest running nationally syndicated program in TV history?