The first black U.S. congresswoman from the Deep South.
Who is Barbara Jordan
100
She was nominated to become U. S. Secretary of Stat and confirmed. ANS: Dr. Condoleezza Rice.
Who is Dr. Condoleezza Rice.
100
What does HBCU stand for
What is Historical Black Colleges and Universities
100
On September 25, 1957, President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division and 10,000 Arkansas National Guardsmen to Little Rock, Arkansas for what reason ?
What is to escort nine black students to Little Rock Central High School
100
Who was the free-born inventor, mathematician, astronomer, and essayist, called the "sable genius"?
Who is Benjamin Bannekar
200
The first African-American woman in space.
Who is Mae C. Jemison
200
She was the first African American woman to be elected to Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm
200
Name the Alanta Baptist Female Seminary that opened in 1881?
What is Spelman College
200
Ida B. Wells Barnett, an anti-lynch crusader and perhaps the most famous black female journalist of her time, was co-founder of this organization.
What is NAACP
200
The egg beater was invented in 1884 by who ?
Who is Willis Johnson
300
The first African American to head The National Science Foundation?
Who is Dr. Walter E. Massey
300
The first Black woman Lawyer who graduated from Howard Law School in 1872
Who is Charlotte Ray
300
The first African American Catholic College is located in New Orleans, Louisiana.
What is Xavier University
300
What is the name of the slave ship on which the African leader Joseph Cinque' and his followers revolted against their captors and eventually won their freedom and returned to Africa
What is Amistad
300
Ironically, this African-American man died from loss of blood sustained in an auto accident, after being denied admission to a "white" hospital.
Who is Dr. Charles Drew
400
This African-American educator was the first to have a U.S. stamp issued (1940) bearing his likeness.
Who is Booker T. Washington
400
She was the first African American woman pilot.
Who is Bessie Coleman
400
What does A&M stand for in Prairie View A&M Universtiy
What is Agricultural and Mechanical
400
The first African American to be honored with a federally-funded statue (1960) to his memory.
Who is George Washington Carver
400
1964 the Blood Bank was pioneered in NCY by who ?
Who is Dr. Charles Drew
500
Who invented the folding cabinet bed & first patent obtained by an African-American woman.
Who is Sarah S. Goode
500
She was the first African American "Miss America". Vanessa Williams
Who is Vanessa Williams
500
This theological seminary in 1867 changed its name and became the first black school to establish Undergraduate, Graduate and Professional Schools.
What is Morehouse College
500
What year was Martin Luther King Day declared as a National holiday.