Sports
Name the NBA star that was picked number 1 in the basketball draft. He went from high school basketball to the pros without playing any college ball
Lebron James
Who made the song “Johnny B. Good “popular?
Chuck Berry
What Black woman had a book of poetry published in 1773?
Phillis Wheatley
Who was the first Black presidential candidate for a major party?
Barack Obama
What did Alfred L. Cralle invent?
Ice Cream Scooper
Who succeeded in shattering Babe Ruth’s home run record?
Hank Aaron
What Shakespearean play has a Black man as its main character?
Othello
Who was the pop superstar who won 8 Grammy Awards in January of 1984?
Michael Jackson
Who was the first Black Miss America?
Carole Ann-Marie Gist
I invented the first home security system and first closed circuit television. Who Am I?
Marie Van Brittan Brown
Who was the first black heavyweight champion?
Jack Johnson
I was an American tap dancer, actor, and singer. I was the most highly paid African-American
entertainer in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. My nickname was
Bojangles. Who Am I?
Who was the first black person to go to an all-white school?
Ruby Bridges
Who was the first Black man who went to Syria to help free Lt. Goodman?
Jesse Jackson
Her book the Color Purple won the Pulitzer prize. Who is the author?
Alice Walker
I scored 100 points in an NBA game.
Wilt Chamberlain
Who wrote the song “St. Louis Blues” and is known as “Father of the Blues?”
William Christopher Handy
Name the first Black to attain the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Army, in 1940
Benjamin Oliver Davis
Name the first Black U.S. Supreme Court Judge
Thurgood Marshall
Name the research chemist who invented medicines to treat the eye disease Glaucoma and developed inexpensive ways to make cortisone. In addition, he lived in Oak Park, Illinois.
Percy L. Julian
Who overcame crippling polio to win three gold medals in 1960 summer Olympics games?
Wilma Rudolph
He was the first African American member of the NYC Ballet in 1955.
Arthur Mitchell
Name the first Black person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize
Ralph Bunche
Who was the first African American in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering?
Ciara Sivels
Who wrote the book Roots that was made into a TV series?
Alex Haley