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Who wrote, "The Autobiography of Malcom X" and "Roots"?
Alex Haley
Benjamin Banneker convinced what U.S. president that African Americans were intelligent and deserved to be free?
Thomas Jefferson
What African American astronaut died in the 1986 space shuttle disaster?
Ronald McNair
What professional African American baseball player finished his career with 755 home runs?
Henry "Hank" Aaron
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
What African American scientist discovered new information on how genes are linked together?
Percy Julian
Who became the first African American to lead the NFL in rushing?
Jim Brown
Who set world records in three different track events at the 1935 Olympic Games?
Jesse Owens
What is the name of the record label started by Barry Gordy, Jr.?
Motown
Who sold more than 20 million albums and collected more than 700,000 pounds of food for charity during the 1992 "Too Legit to Quit" tour?
M.C. Hammer
What is the name of President Barack Obama's wife?
Michelle Robinson Obama
Who is know as the, "Queen of Soul"?
Aretha Franklin
CORE, SCLC and NAACP share what common goal?
Equal right for African Americans
What African American designed an ultraviolet camera used in Apollo 16?
George E. Carruthers
What basketball superstar became the first African American to coach a major-league sport team?
Bill Russell
What did many associate with the term "Jim Crow"?
Racial Segregation
What African American explorer is best known as the first co-discoverer of the Geographic North Pole?
Who was the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy?
Ernie Davis
Who won a Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway Musical, "Jelly's Last Jam"?
Gregory Hines
What Harlem theater is a showcase for African American talent?
The Apollo
What famous musician's trademark was puffing cheeks and a trumpt bell that pointed skyward?
Dizzy Gillespie
When did President Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
January 1, 1863
Who was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award?
Hattie McDaniel
What was the anem of the influential anti slavery newspaper published by Frederick Douglass?
The North Star
What African American invented the three-way traffic light?
Garrett A. Morgan
Who are the only two brothers to ever hold the heavyweight boxing title/
Michael and Leon Spinks
Who sparked the Montgomery boycott of 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on the bus?
Rosa Parks
What career did Ronald McNair, Charles Bolden, and Fredrick Gregory pursue?
Astronaut
What NFL player, elected to the Hall of Fame, was the first African American to serve as a member of the Minnesota Supreme Court?
Alan Page
What is the name of the African American female gymnast who won a total of three metals in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics?
Simone Biles
The Four Tops, The Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, and Mary Wells came from what major city?
Detroit, Michigan
What occupation do Iman, Beverly Johnson, and Naomi Campbell have in common?
Fashion model
Who was the first African American woman mayor of Broadview, Illinois?
Katrina Thompson
Who wrote the famous song, "Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud"?
James Brown
What did the Freedom Riders seek to accomplish?
To integrate interstate travel and bus stations
What breakthrough medical procedure was performed by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams in the United States?
Open-heart Surgery
Who became the first African American to play Major League Baseball and win baseballs' Most Valuable Player Award?
Jackie Robinson
Who is credited with inventing approximately 300 uses for the peanut?
George Washington Carver
What did Madam C.J. Walker invent in 1905 that was sold door-to-door and made her the first African American female billionaire?
Hair care products
What running back surpassed Jim Brown's rushing record of 12,312 yards?
Walter Payton
What is the stage name of female rapper, actress, and producer Dana Owens?
Queen Latifah
What city and state is Chance the Rapper from?
Chicago, Illinois
What is Jay-Z's real name?
Shawn Corey Carter
What is the name of the first black Greek fraternity for college students?
Alpha Phi Alpha
What type of music is B.B. King noted for?
Blues
What organization formed by Marcus Garvey promoted racial pride and self-improvement?
Universal Negro Improvement Association
What African American inventor received his first patent on his invention of the corn seed planter in 1834?
Henry T. Blair
What famous boxer was born with the name Cassius Clay?
Muhammad Ali
Dr. Charles Drew spearheaded the world's first...?
Blood bank or plasma bank program
What African American helped to draft the blueprints for the patent for Alexander Graham Bell's telephone?
Lewis Latimer
Who became the first black player to quarterback a Super Bowl team to victory?
Doug Williams
Who was elected to Congress in 1944 and became the first congressperson to represent the District of Harlem?
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
What is the name of the educational institution Booker T. Washington founded for African Americans in 1881?
Tuskegee Institute
Who was the first African American woman to own a cable network?
Oprah Winfrey
Who lobbied for schools and organizations to participate in a special program to encourage the study of African American history in 1926 and was often called the, "Father of Black History"?
Carter G. Woodson
What group was comprised of Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, and Mary Wilson?
The Supremes
Barbara Jordan became the South's first African American to hold this political position?
Congresswoman
What African American inventor was instrumental in the development of automatic lubricators for machinery?
What Chicago Bulls' NBA great got his start at The University of North Carolina?
Michael Jordan
In 1950 what internationally renowned actor had his U.S. passport revoked for his activities in left-wing unions, the Progressive Party, the Council on African Affairs, and the National Negro Congress?
Paul Robeson
What African American was called to assist a rescue effort of six workers trapped by a gas explosion using his patented breathing device?
Garrett A. Morgan
Hailed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as, "a legend and a symbol in his own time", who was the first African American to break the NFL's color barrier in 1946?
Who was the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Senate?
Carol Mosely-Braun
In what attack did Dorie Miller respond quickly making him the first African American hero of World War II?
The attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
Who is the first African American to become a leading artist at the Metropolitan Opera?
Mary Leontyne Price
Who received her pilot's license in 1921, making her the first African American woman civil aviator?
Bessie Coleman
Who was the first African American male to win an Oscar for Best Actor?
Sidney Poitier
What landmark Supreme Court case did Thurgood Marshall help orchestrate in 1954?
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
What African American patented a telephone transmitter that was bought by Bell Telephone?
Granville T. Woods
Who became the first African American woman to win the prestigious Wimbledon singles title?
Althea Gibson
What African American was instrumental in the development of the City of Chicago?
Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable
What is the name of the first African American Medical College located in Tennessee?
Meharry Medical College
He was the first African American draftee in the NFL hailing from Pennsylvania State University.
Wally Triplett
Who was the first African American President of the United States?
Barack Obama
What was the name of the network of hiding places, which helped slaves escape to freedom?
Underground Railroad
What African American male starred in the TV series, "The Jeffersons"?
Sherman Hemsley
The term, "Jumping the Broom" refers to what?
Wedding Ceremony
The Roaring Twenties introduced an unprecedented outpouring of black art, literature and music. What was this period known as?
The Harlem Renaissance
To what position was Colin Powell appointed, making him the highest ranking military officer, the first African American, and the youngest man to hold this position?
Who was the first African American to head the Center for Disease Control in 1993?
David Satcher
Who was the first African American to win the world heavyweight boxing champion?
Jack Johnson
What African American Revolutionary led colonial forces during the Boston Massacre in March 5, 1770, becoming, "The first to defy, and the first to die"?
Crispus Attucks
Who wrote the song, "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?
James Weldon Johnson
Who was the first African American quarterback in the NFL?
Willie Thrower
Who was the first African America recipient of the "Miss America" title?
Vanessa Williams
Starting with $1.50 in cash and five students, what college did Mary McLeod Bethune found?
Bethune-Cookman College
In what famous court case did the justices rule that, "Blacks are an inferior class of beings who had no rights which the white man was bound to respect"?
The Supreme Court Dred Scott case in 1857
What African American entertainer won the French Legion d'Honneur award for her work in entertaining the World War II allies?
Josephine Baker
What African American female took jazz vocals to a new level and was dubbed "The Divine One" by a DJ in Chicago?
Sarah Vaughan
What African American union organizer helped open the door for the U.S. Congress to pass legislation outlawing job discrimination?
Phillip Randolph
Who became the first African American appointed as U.S. Surgeon General?
Joycelyn Elders
Who was the NBA basketball player who scored a record-setting 100 points in 1962 while playing for the Philadelphia Warriors?
Wilt Chamberlain
What leading crusader against lynching founded the first black women's suffrage organization?
Ida B. Wells
What are the names of Beyonce and Jay-Z's children?
Blue Ivy, Sir and Rumi Carter
Who was the first African American referee in the NFL?
Johnny Grier
Who is the African American businessman who founded the Ebony and Jet magazines?
John H. Johnson
Where did Martin Luther King, Jr., utter the immortal words, "I still have a dream. it is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream."?
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Who founded an economic program called, "People United to Save Humanity" (also known as Operation PUSH?
Jesse Jackson
Who became the first African Aemrican woman candidate for President of the United States in 1972?
Shirley Chisholm
Who was the author of the 1982 epistolary novel, "The Color Purple"?
Alice Walker
Who was the first African American Supreme Court justice?
Who provided the voice for Darth Vader in the original Star Wars movie?
James Earl Jones
In 1988, Debi Thomas won a medal in which Olympic event?
Figure Skating
What were the black soldiers who primarily fought Native Americans in the West after the Civil War called?
Buffalo Soldiers
Who was the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1950?
Gwendolyn Brooks
Who is currently the only black head coach in the NFL?
Mike Tomlin
Who was the first African American admitted to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1872?
Henry Conyers
Chicago, Illinois
Who coordianted Operation Desert Storm?
Colin Powell
What organization did Dorothy Height, civil rights activist, become president of?
National Council of Negro Women
Who is the actor who played Jackie Robinson and T'Challa from Wakanda?
Chadwick Boseman
Who is the first African American Woman VP of the United States?
Kamala Harris
Which African American woman was one of the first "computers" at NASA?
Katherine Johnson
What African American female athlete won three gold medals and a silver at the 1988 Seoul South Korea Olympics for track and field?
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Who was the first African American child to desegregate and all white school?
Ruby Nell Bridges
Maya Angelou
Who was the first African American teenager to win the Junior Girls singles Tennis title at Wimbledon?
Zina Garrison
What professional basketball player was commonly known by the nickname of Dr. J?
Julius Winfield Earvin II
Earvin "Magic" Johnson played for what college basketball team?
Michigan State University
What baseball team did Ernie Banks play for?
Chicago Cubs
What is the name of the anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1852?
Uncle Tom's Cabin