Arts and Entertainment
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award?
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award? Hattie McDaniel
What is Tiger Woods’ real first name?
What major U.S. city elected the first African American Mayor in 1967?
Who became the first black woman millionaire and invented hair care products for black women?
Madame C.J. Walker
Jean-Baptist-Point Du Sable was a Haitian-French pioneer who founded the settlement that would later become which large U.S. city?
At the Academy Awards held in 2002, which actors won Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars?
Denzel Washington and Halle Berry
The first black player in the NHL was Willie O’Ree. What team did he play for?
Boston Bruins
What is the name of the great Civil Rights leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize and was assassinated in 1968?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who was the first African-American to walk in space?
Bernard A. Harris
What holiday did Professor Dr. Maulana Karenga create?
Who was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize? Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks
Which track & field star was the first athlete to win 4 gold medals in an Olympic Games?
What is the name of the first African American who served on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Who invented over 300 products from the peanut?
Dr. George Washington
Who became the first African American to graduate from Harvard University?
Richard Theodore Greener
Richard Theodore Greener
What African-American won an Academy Award for playing the role of Ray Charles in the movie, "Ray"?
Which African American basketball star made history becoming the first woman to dunk during a pro game in 2002?
What is the name of the woman who helped over 300 escaped slaves flee to freedom in the North via the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Sarah Goode was the first African American woman to receive a patent. What did she invent?
What was the first Black owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
Black Entertainment Television (BET)
Black Entertainment Television (BET)
Which African-American entertainer was the first to star in his own television series?
Who was the first woman to win three Olympic Gold Medals in track?
What is the name of the slave who sued for his freedom & lost, in a major Supreme Court case before the Civil War?
Garrett Morgan is responsible for which two inventions?
Who is the author who wrote" I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?