The Arts
Born in Florence, Alabama in 1873 and is called "Father of the Blues."
Who is W. C. Handy?
Became the first African American billionaire in 2001
Who is Robert "Bob" Johnson?
Won an Academy Award for her role in the movie Ghost
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
The first Black female to enter the medical profession
Who is Susan McKinney?
First Black American teenager to win the Junior Girls Singles Title at Wimbledon
Who is Zina Garrison?
Since 1987, has held the position of director of jazz at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.
Who is Wynton Marsalis?
The real name of Famous Amos
Who is Wally Amos?
Listed in The Guiness Book of World Records as the best selling album of all time
What is Michael Jackson's Thriller?
Invented the ironing board
Who was Sarah Boone?
First Black National League baseball player to hit 600 home runs
Who was Willie Mays?
The name of the Harlem club where many famous Black American entertainers began their careers.
What is the Cotton Club?
The first African American female billionaire
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
The first record company to market rap music to the national audience
What is Sugar Hill Records?
Invented the automatic car washer
Who is Richard Spikes?
Basketball player was nicknamed The Pearl
Who is Earl Monroe?
Directed an award -winning documentary about the government's response to Hurricane Katrina and the ways in which it's aftermath affected African Americans.
Who is Spike Lee?
Innovative beauty products sold throughout the United States and the Caribbean led her to become the first African American female millionaire
Who was Madam C.J. Walker?
The TV comedy that made Eddie Murphy a household name
What is Saturday Night Live?
The first all Black Medical School
What is Meharry Medical College?
Running back surpassed Jim Brown's rushing record of 12,312 yards
Who was Walter Payton?
The first Black American poet to be nationally recognized for his writing
Who was Paul Laurence Dunbar?
Since 1884, is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States
What is the Philadelphia Tribune?
Nickname was Satchmo
What was Louis Armstrong's nickname?
Invented the gas mask
Who was Garrett Morgan?
At age 24 won the 82nd PGA Championship
Who is Tiger Woods?
The first Black American singer to be admitted to the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York
Who was Marian Anderson?
Founded The North Star weekly newspaper in 1847
Who was Frederick Douglass?
Stage name for the female rapper and actress Dana Owens
What is Queen Latifah's real name?
Benjamin Banneker published the first scientific book for farmers
What is the Farmers' Almanac?
Born Cassius Clay but changed his name when he joined The Nation of Islam
Who was Muhammed Ali?
A dance choreographer who is also a director and producer and was involved with the television show Fame
Who is Debbie Allen?
Magazine called "The Magazine of Today's Black Woman"
What is Essence Magazine?
The first hip-hop group to break into the mainstream American culture in the early 1980's
What is Run-DMC?
Black American astronaut died in the 1986 Challenger space shuttle
Who was Dr. Ronald McNair?
Played for 22 years for the Negro Baseball League
Who was Satchel Page?
Wrote the Autobiography of Malcolm X
Who was Alex Haley?
Famous Black American was a reporter on CBS television program 60 Minutes
Who was Ed Bradley?
Played the role of the Scarecrow in the movie version of The Wiz
Who was Michael Jackson?
Performed the world's first open heart surgery
Who was Dr. Daniel Hale Williams?
Known as Dr. J
Who is Julius Erving?
After 40 years became the second Black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor
Who is Denzel Washington?
Founded the publication Black Enterprise in 1970
Who was Earl Graves?
Provided the voice for Darth Vader in the movie Star Wars
Who is James Earl Jones?
Chicago's Provident Hospital
Where did Dr. Daniel Hale Williams perform the first open heart surgery?
Basketball star center perfected a shot known as the "skyhook"
Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabar?
The author of the hit play "A Raisin in the Sun"
Who was Lorraine Hansberry?
The first Black man to appear on the cover of Life magazine
Who was Billy Eckstine?
Played the role of Dwayne Wayne on the TV series A Different World
Who is Kadeem Hardison?
Served as director of the blood bank for the American Red Cross
Who was Dr. Charles Drew?
First African American to win an Olym[ic medal in the 200 and 400 meter hurdles
Who is George Poage?