The year Macon Bolling Allen was the first African-American to pass the bar and practice law in the United States.
What is 1845
100
First artist ever to have seven consecutive singles hit number one
Who is Whitney Houston
100
The winner of Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Gone with the Wind.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
100
A truck equipped with brooms invented by C.B. Brooks in 1896.
What is the street sweeper.
200
The first black female US Poet Laureate, 1993-1995.
Who was Rita Dove
200
The place Constance Baker Motley was the first African-American woman ever to argue a case.
What is the U.S. Supreme Court.
200
In 2000, Charley Pride was inducted in this illustrious "hall".
What is Country Music Hall of Fame?
200
The first black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film, Lilies of the Field.
Who is Sidney Poitier?
200
The second African-American to receive a patent, invented a corn seed planter in 1834 and a cotton planter in 1836.
Who is Henry Blair?
300
The first African-American to play in the US Open, winning the tournament twice, in 1957 and 1958.
Who is Althea Gibson
300
The first black woman to receive a law degree from Yale.
Who is Jane Bolin?
300
The first rap group to earn induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Who is Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
300
First African-American to win an Academy Award for Best Actress, in 2001.
Who is Halle Berry
300
An 1897 invention by Alfred Cralle. His original design remains in wide use.
What is an ice cream scoop.
400
The first black woman to win Tony Award for dramatic lead on Broadway, in 2004, role of Lena Younger in "A Raisin in the Sun.
Who is Phylicia Rashad
400
The first black partner of a major New York City law firm, and the first African-American to serve on the board of directors of a Fortune 500 corporation.
Who is Sam Pierce?
400
The single that became the fastest selling in history, making more than $20 million worldwide The song idea was originally devised by Harry Belafonte.
What is "We Are the World"
400
The first African-American to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman.
Who is Louis Gossett, Jr.
400
The creator of what is now known as a "strongbox", a metal container to store money and important papers that could be locked with a key.
Who is Henry Brown?
500
First black member of the Metropolitan Opera Company, in 1955.
Who is Marian Anderson
500
The first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review, 1991.
Who is Barack Obama?
500
Legendary singer James Brown performed in front of a televised audience in Boston the day after this historical figure was assassinated. Brown is often given credit for preventing riots with the performance.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
500
Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress In A Television Series in 1968 for her role on the sitcom Julia.
Who is Diahann Carroll?
500
An African-American surgeon who is often credited with the invention of the first large-scale blood bank.