Who was the first Black baseball player to pitch a no-hit game?
Samuel Jones
100
Who was the first Black woman to host a television variety show?
Della Resse hosted the "The Della Resse Show"
100
Who co-wrote Malcolm X's autobiography?
Alex Haley
100
Name the signer who will always be remembered for her rendition of Stormy Weather.
Lena Horne
100
Who invented the elevator?
Alexander Miles
200
Who was the first Black tennis player at the US Open?
Althea Gibson
200
Which Black musician once said, "Maybe if we play loud enough we can shut out the world"?
Jimi Hendrix, Guitarist
200
Name the author who wrote The Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B. DuBois
200
In what city can you see the 10 foot bronze statue of Louis Armstrong sculpted by Elizabeth Catlett?
New Orleans, Louisiana
200
Who invented the train alarm?
R. Butler
300
Who was the first Black umpire?
Emmett Ashford, 1966
300
Who said: "When I discover who I am, I will be free"?
Ralph Ellison
300
Who was the first Black woman poet to be published in America?
Phillis Wheatley, 1973
300
What 20th century painter created the 18' x 60' mural entitled the Contribution of the Negro to American Democracy which is on display at Hampton University in Virginia?
Charles Wilbert White
300
Who invented the guitar?
Robert Flemming Jr.
400
The dial award is presented to outstanding high school athletes. Who received the first award and in what year?
Herschel Walker, 1979
400
Name the 1st major motion picture in which Denzel Washington played a role?
Carbon Copy
400
The play A Raisin in the Sun was written by what author?
Lorraine Hansberry
400
What singer was known as the Empress of the Blues from 1894-1937?
Bessie Smith
400
Who invented peanut butter, paints, and satins?
George W. Carver
500
What prize fighter regained the heavyweight crown 20 years after Muhammed Ali took it from him in 1974?
George Foreman
500
Brooklyn, New York native Louis Gossett Jr. won an Emmy award for his role in the TV movie "Roots". What role earned him an Academy award?
The drill sergeant in "An Officer and a Gentleman"
500
What close associate of Martin Luther King Jr., wrote an autobiography entitled, "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down"? He retired as head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1977.
Ralph Abernathy
500
This black woman won 3 Tony Awards for her performances in Broadway musicals; Carousel 1994, Master Class, 1996 and Ragtime 1998. What was her name?
Audra McDonald
500
In 1969 Marie Britton Brown created an invention that promotes safety in the home. What is this invention?
A security system that uses television surveillance