EDUC & ORGS
Name the first collegiate Black Greek fraternity, the school where it was started and the year.
Alpha Phi Alpha was founded in 1906 at Cornell University
Gwendolyn Brooks
During the great migration about how many blacks left the south to find work in the north? When did this migration begin?
6 million - began during World War 1
Who were the first Black owners of the NBA team, the Denver Nuggets?
Bertram Lee and Peter Bynoe
In 1993 Dr. David Satcher became the first black director of the CDC in Atlanta Georgia. What does CDC stand for?
Center for Disease Control (and Prevention)
Psychiatrist Alvin Francis Poussaint is a professor at Harvard. What made him well known to the general public? He was the script consultant for the Cosby show.
He was an authority on African-American social issues.
What are the names of the two individuals who founded the socialist journal the Messenger?
A. Philip Randolph and Chandler Owens
Give us the name of the Black female star and the year of the premier in which all the black cast members of Gone With the Wind were barred from its Atlanta premier.
Hattie McDaniel in 1939
2013 Tony Award Best Performance went to which Black actor for his performance in a featured role in the play "Play Lucky Guy?"
Courtney Vance
Monroe Meadows in Yosemite National Park is named after one of the first black pony express riders. What is his name?
George Monroe
This president of Tuskegee Institute form 1935 to 1953 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. What was his name?
Frederick D Patterson
Ralph Abernathy
Give us the name of the Civil Rights activists and author and the year they wrote "Women, Culture and Politics".
Angela Davis in 1990
2013 Tony Award went to which Black actor for the best performance in a leading role in the musical play "Kinky Boots?"
Billy Porter
Name the two African-Americans who served as US Surgeon General in the Clinton administration.
M. Jocelyn Elders and David Satcher
What innovative Black educator created the Westside Preparatory School in Chicago?
Marva Collins
What was the title of Martin Luther King Sr's autobiography and who published it?
The autobiography Daddy King was published in 1980 by the famous civil rights leader's father
Give us the name of the movie in which Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, and Oprah Winfrey starred together.
The Color Purple
2013 Tony Award went to which Black actress for the best performance by an actress in the leading role in the musical "Pippin?"
Patina Miller
Name the two black women who were the first black nurses in the US Army and US Navy respectively.
Nancy Leftenant and Phyllis May Dailey
What is the name of the first all-Black medical school and where is it located?
Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee
When was the first Black daily newspaper, The New Orleans Tribune published?
It began publication on October 14, 1864
How did the U.S. Small Business Administration help African Americans?
It provided grants and loans making it easier for people to start or expand small to medium size businesses.
Patricia Louise Holt is better known as what famous singer?
Patti LaBelle
This doctor was the first African-American female physician to treat freed slaves in Virginia. It was at the end of the Civil War. She was educated at Boston University School of Medicine. What was her name?
Dr. Rebecca Lee