Who became the first Principal dancer in a major dance company in 1959 with the New York City Ballet?
Arthur Mitchell
100
Who was the first black woman Senator for the state of Illinois (serving from 1992-1998)?
Carol Moseley Braun
100
This scientist and mathematician is credited with helping to design the blueprints for Washington, D.C. What is his name?
Benjamin Banneker
100
Who was the first African-American athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in the winter games?
Vonetta Flowers
200
Who was the first African-American Grammy award winner (1958)?
Ella Fitzgerald
200
Who was the first black congressman following the Reconstruction?
Oscar De Priest
200
Who was the first person to successfully complete an open heart surgery?
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
200
This university in Pennsylvania was the first institution of higher education founded for African-Americans.
Lincoln University
300
This African-American songstress and dancer famously smuggled military intelligence to French allies during World War II. She did this by pinning secrets inside her dress, as well as hiding them in her sheet music.
Josephine Baker
300
This woman became the first Black woman federal judge in 1966. Who is she?
Constance Baker Motley
300
This man invented the automatic traffic signal, as well as the gas mask used by soldiers in World War I and by firemen in the early 1900's. Who is he?
Garrett Augustus Morgan
300
This man, an enslaved African-American preacher, lead the most significant slave uprising in American history, in 1831. Who was he?
Nat Turner
400
This Chicago born dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist is noted for her innovative interpretations of ritualistic and ethnic dances.
Katherine Dunham
400
Who was the first Black president of the Harvard Law Review?
Barack Obama
400
This biochemist was the first African American woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry. What is her name?
Marie Maynard Daly
400
This woman was the one and only female Buffalo Solder who posed as a man named William Cathay. What is her name?
Cathay Williams
500
This man became the first black director for a major Hollywood studio when Warner Brothers released the film, "The Learning Tree" in 1969. Who is this man?
Gordon Parks
500
Who was the first Black woman elected to Congress, as well as the first Black woman major-party presidential candidate?
Shirley Chisholm
500
This neurosurgeon is credited with being the first surgeon to successfully separate conjoined twins joined at the head, what is his name?
Ben Carson
500
This man, a runaway slave from Kentucky, was the inspiration for the first usage of the term “Underground Railroad. What is his name?