Music
What artist recorded the songs, “I Will Always Love You, ”The Greatest Love of All”, and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”?
Whitney Houston
Which president issues the emancipation proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
Lewis Latimer helped Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell with both of their inventions. What were those inventions?
The lightbulb and the telephone
Simone Biles is the most decorated sportsperson in which sport?
Gymnastics
Who played T’Challa in Black Panther?
Chadwick Boseman
What is the name of the singer-dancer who performed the“Moonwalk” in the 1980s?
Michael Jackson
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
In 1991, what became the first black-controlled company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange?
BET
Who was the youngest heavyweight boxing champion of all time?
Mike Tyson
Two women have or will appear on currency, one for a $20 bill and the other for a $500 bill. Name either of those women.
Harriet Tubman - $20 (US)
Nanny of Maroons - $500 (Jamaica)
What is the music-related nickname of Detroit, Michigan?
Motown
Who was the first African American appointed to the Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Who became the first African American female billionaire in 2004?
Oprah Winfrey
Who was the first Black golfer to win the Masters Golf Tournament?
Tiger Woods
What term refers generally to the artistic and socio-cultural awakening among black people in the 1920s and early 1930s?
Harlem Renaissance
Which hip hop group won an Oscar for the soundtrack of the 2005 film ‘Hustle and Flow’?
Three6 Mafia
With the 15th Amendment ratification in 1870, what did African Americans gain in the U.S.?
Voting Rights
W.E.B. Du Bois was the first Black American to receive a Ph.D. from what prestigious university?
Harvard
For what team did Jackie Robinson play in 1947?
Brooklyn Dodgers
Nominated for a National Book Award, what is Maya Angelou's first autobiography?
Maya Angelou
Which of the following actresses is an EGOT recipient (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony)?
Octavia Spencer
Queen Latifah
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
What state was the first to abolish slavery?
Vermont
Madam CJ Walker was the first woman self-made millionaire. What did she sell to do this?
Hair care products
Who was the first black player in the NHL?
Willie O'Ree
In 1993, she became the first black to be honored with the Nobel Prize for Literature for six novels. She is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved which became a motion picture, and in 1993 for Jazz. Name her.
Toni Morrison