He is the first black man with a successful late night TV show
What is Arsenio Hall
100
He performed the first successful open heart surgery
What is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
100
He was the first black American to be appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
What is Colin Powell
100
He succeeded in shattering Babe Ruth's home run record
What is Hank Aaron
100
He was the first African American to train as an astronaut
What is Capt. Edward Dwight
200
A former Marine, he used his show as a platform to bring awareness to various social issues in an aggressive style.
What is Montell Williams
200
He was the first African American to practice psychiatry
What is Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller
200
She was the first black female to serve in the President's Cabinet
What is Patricia Roberts Harris
200
He was the first black man to win the US Open Tennis Tournament and win Sportsman of the Year
What is Arthur Ashe
200
He developed the small rocket engines that steered the lunar landing modules on Project Apollo missions
What is Ozzie Williams
300
According to TV Guide, this show was "TV's biggest hit in the 1980's"
What is The Cosby Show
300
He was the first black doctor on the staff at Harlem Hospital
What is Dr. Louis T. Wright
300
He was the first black US Supreme Court Judge
What is Thurgood Marshall
300
He was the first black player in the National Hockey League
What is Willie O'Ree
300
In 1978, he was one of 35 candidates chosen from a pool of 10,000 for astronaut training. His career would end with the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986. Who was he?
What is Ron McNair
400
He was a black comedian who was known for his blue act and cranky TV personality
What is Redd Fox
400
He was an innovator of new dermatological techniques and did groundbreaking work in the treatment of leprosy
What is Dr. Theodore K. Lawless
400
In 1975 he was appointed as the first Black Secretary of Transportation by Gerald Ford
What is William Thaddeus Coleman
400
He was the first African-American quarterback in the NFL
What is Willie Thrower
400
This African American astronaut was a member of the 1990 Discovery crew that deployed the Hubble Space Telescope
What is Charles Bolden
500
First appearing on radio, this became the first black situation comedy appearing on CBS from 1951 to 1953.
What is Amos and Andy
500
She was the first black woman to be educated as a doctor in the United States
What is Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler
500
He was the first African-American to be appointed mayor of a U.S. city
What is Robert C. Henry (Springfield, OH, by city commission)
500
He was the first African-American drafted by an NFL club
What is George Taliaferro
500
He was the first African American astronaut to command a space shuttle.