HISTORY
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s executive assistant?
Wyatt Tee Walker
What war led Colin Powell to conclude that an army should not enter into combat unless it had a clear objective?
Vietnam
What system did Robert Shurney develop that was used aboard a Skylab space mission?
Waste management system
What is the given name of blues great W.C. Handy?
William Christopher Handy
Who was named NBA rookie of the year in 1965, his first year as a center for the New York Knicks?
Willis Reed
Who was the first black born in colonial America at Jamestown, Virginia?
William Tucker
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. was the first black general of which branch of the U.S. Armed Forces?
The U.S. Army
What was the name of Paul Cuffe’s ship, which made an expedition to Africa?
Traveler
Cartoonist Morrie Turner created what world famous syndicated comic strip?
Wee Pals
Olympic star Bob Hayes played what position for the Dallas Cowboys?
Wide receiver
What state’s government passed a law that formally recognized slavery as an institution in 1661?
Virginia’s
Dorie Miller, a mess man with the Navy, manned a machine gun without experience and shot down four enemy aircrafts during the attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1942, he was awarded what honor for this heroic action?
The Navy Cross
What did George Washington Carver use to develop postage stamp glue?
Sweet potatoes
Harlem Renaissance writer Eric Walrond was born in Georgetown, British Guiana and penned what book that consists of a collection of ten stories?
Tropic Death
What was boxing great Sugar Ray Robinson’s real name?
Walker Smith, Jr.
What organization formed in 1914 by Marcus Garvey promoted racial pride and self improvement?
Universal Negro Improvement and Association and African Communities League
What abolitionist became the highest-ranking black of the Civil War when he was commissioned as a field officer?
Major Martin R. Delany
What measuring instrument was invented by Frederick Jones?
Thermostat
What New York library houses rare collections of Black culture?
The Schomburg Center
What nickname did Ozzie Smith earn due to his amazing acrobatics at shortstop?
The Wizard of Oz
Inspired by the Atlanta child murders of the early 1980s, what James Baldwin book-length essay was published in 1985?
The Evidence of Things Not Seen
What president initially rejected the service of Black slaves in the Union Army during the Civil War?
President Abraham Lincoln
At the age of fifteen, Elijah McCoy traveled to what country in order to study engineering?
What was the name of Charles W. Chestnut’s final novel?
The Quarry
What was Earl Monroe’s nickname during his basketball career?
The Pearl