Arts
This author wrote the book - Waiting to Exhale - that was became a box office hit starring Whitney Houston.
Who is Terri McMillian?
This man became the first African American billionaire in 2001.
Who is Robert Bob Johnson?
She served as a nurse, scout and spy for the Union Army.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The Harlem Globetrotters got their start in this city.
What is Chicago?
Lena Horne began her career as a singer and dancer in this New York entertainment club.
What is the Cotton Club?
This Harlem theatre has been a showcase for Black talent for over 50 years.
What is The Apollo?
This magazine is called “The Magazine of Today‟s Black Woman”.
What is Essence Magazine?
She the first Black American female lawyer to practice before the Supreme Court.
Who is Violette M. Anderson?
In 1968, Arthur Ashe became the first Black American to win this major tennis tournament.
What is the U.S. Open?
This was Chubby Checker's longest running hit song on the Top 40 charts.
What is The Twist?
In 1953, Ralph Ellison received the National Book Award for this book.
What is The Invisible Man?
In 1954, Mahalia Jackson began a weekly radio program on this radio network.
What is CBS?
In 1896 this U.S. Supreme Court case upheld racial segregation in its “separate but equal” doctrine.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
This man became the first Black American to play in the National Hockey League.
Who is Val James?
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, he recorded the number one 1957 hit "You Send Me".
Who is Sam Cooke?
The novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published in this year.
What is 1852?
He was the founder and president of the first Black American national labor union in 1869.
Who is Issac Meyers?
This test was given to potential Black voters to determine whether they understood the U.S. Constitution and could read.
What is a literacy test?
After retiring from professional tennis, Althea Gibson launched this new professional sports career.
What is golf?
Marilyn McCoo hosted this music and dance television show.
What is Solid Gold?
Hattie McDaniel was the first black performer to receive an Academy Award. She won for Best Supporting Actress for this 1939 film.
What is Gone With the Wind?
This organization helps fund over forty Black American colleges.
What is the United Negro College Fund?
In May 1954, the United States Supreme Court issued a monumental decision in this famous case.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
Magic Johnson led the Los Angeles Lakers to this many NBA championships.
What is 5?
This television program has received over 25 Emmy awards and has been the highest-rated talk show in television history.
What is The Oprah Winfrey Show?