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What man started in the TV series, "The Jeffersons"?
Sherman Hemsley
What Amendment to the Constitution states, "Slavery shall not exist in any part of the U.S."?
The 13th Amendment
The term "Jumping the Broom" refers to what?
Wedding Ceremony
Who became the first African American US Surgeon General?
Joycelyn Elders
What track star won four gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics?
Carl Lewis
Mary Leontyne Price was famous for being?
An opera singer
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in what year?
1863
Who wrote the song, "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?
James Weldon Johnson
Who was the first African American to head the Center of Disease Control (CDC)?
David Satcher
What is basketball star Michael Jordan's nickname?
Air Jordan
Who was the first Black Woman to own a TV studio?
Oprah Winfrey
Booker T. Washington was the founder and President of what educational Institution?
Tuskegee Institute
What Harlem Theater is a showcase for African American talent?
The Apollo
Where was George Washington Carver's Lab?
Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
Zina Garrison
Who founded the magazine, "Ebony"?
John H. Johnson
Who coordinated Operation Desert Storm?
Colin Powell
Kunta Kinte was one of the characters in what Alex Haley's book?
Roots
Who prepared the blueprints for Alexander Graham Bell's telephone?
Lewis Latimer
For what professional sports team did "Meadowlark" Lemon play?
Harlem Globetrotters
Who was the first Black to win a Pulitzer Prize?
Gwendolyn Brooks
Who founded an economic program called, "People United to Save Humanity" also known as Operation Push?
Jesse Jackson
What is the stage name of the female rapper Dana Owens>
Queen Latifah
Ronald McNair, Charles Bolden, and Frederick Gregory pursued what career?
Astronaut
Who was known as Dr. J?
Julius Erving