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What is the name of the first black Greek fraternity for college students?
What is Alpha Phi Alpha?
Who was the first African-American chosen as Miss America?
Who is Vanessa Williams?
What was the first all black TV show?
What is Amos 'n' Andy?
Who sparked the Montgomery boycott of 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on the bus?
Who is Rosa Parks?
Who said: "If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
Who is Fredrick Douglass?
Which university had the first fraternity at a black college?
What is Howard University?
Howard University's Omega Psi Phi was established in 1911 as the first international fraternal organization founded on the campus of an HBCU.
Who became the first African-American to win baseball's Most Valuable Player award?
Who is Jackie Robinson?
What is the longest running black sitcom in history?
What is the Jefferson's?
Who were the founders of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense or BPP?
Who is Huey P. Newton and Bobby Steele?
The black Panthers were founded in October 1966 in Oakland Califonia by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Steele who met at Merritt College.
Who said: "The time is always right to do what is right?
Who Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Which Atlanta school was ranked #1 in Best Colleges (for HBCUs) by U.S. News?
What is Spelman College?
The ladies of Spelman College earned that #1 spot!
Who was the first black man to become a lawyer an passed the Ohio Bar exam in 1854?
Who is John Mercer Langston?
Who was the first African-American actor in Hollywood?
Who is Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry?
He is better known by his stage name: Stepin Fetchit.
Who were the black soldiers who primarily fought Native Americans in the West after the Civil War?
Who were Buffalo Soldiers?
Who said: "Look upon your children and answer God Almighty; and believe this, that it is no more harm for you to kill a man, who is trying to kill you?
Who is David Walker?
In 1829 David Walker Published the famous Walker's Appeal demanding blacks everywhere to take up arms against slavery.
What HBCU did W.E.B DuBois attend?
What is Fisk University?
Dubois attended Fisk University in 1885, where he excelled academically and socially. Fisk's honors program is named after him.
Who performed the world's first open heart surgery?
Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams?
Who is the highest paid African-American Actress in history?
Who is Angela Bassett?
Who was responsible for starting Black History week?
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
Who said: "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."?
Who is Alice Walker?
Which institution was the first historically black college/university?
What is Cheyney University?
On February 25th, 1873, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania became the nation's first HBCU
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
When did the first black person appear on TV?
When is June 14th, 1939 or June 1939
Ethel Waters - Hosted a one-off variety show on NBC.
What leading crusader against lynching founded the first black women's suffrage organization?
Who is Ida B. Wells-Barnett?
Who said: "Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America"?
Who is John Lewis?
Which HBCU is the #1 producer of black aerospace engineers in the United States?
Who is Tuskegee University?
Tuskegee University is a top STEM school, producing graduates in fields like chemical, mechanical, and electrical engineering. This is also where the Tuskegee Airman originated from.
Who holds the honor of creating the first full Bible commentary and a study Bible by an African American?
Who is Pastor Tony Evans?
Who was known as the first black TV Dad?
Who is John Amos?
Portrayed James Evans Sr. in the sitcom "Good Times"
Who is the African American evangelist, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and author who was born into slavery?
Who is Sojourner Truth?
Who said: "By any means?
Who is Malcolm X?