Give us the year and the name of Bill Cosby's first hit TV show.
I Spy (debuted in 1965)
100
Who is Carole Gist?
First black crowned Miss USA
100
Who was the first Black golfer to win the Masters golf tournament?
Tiger Woods
100
Who was the first Black football player?
Henry McDonald
100
Name Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry.
Oak and Ivy
200
This actor played the intimidating private detective in the groundbreaking 1971 movie "Shaft"
Richard Roundtree
200
Who was the first black "National American Business Woman of the Year" selected by ABWA in 1993?
Pearline Motley
200
In which war did Crispus Attucks fight and become the first black casualty?
American Revolution 1770
200
What female athlete won the Junior Tennis title in 1981 at the US open?
Zina Garrison
200
Who is the author of Tar Baby?
Toni Morrison
300
Who became the first Black American woman lawyer in 1872?
Charlotte E. Ray
300
Who was the first black female circus clown with the Ringling brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus?
Bernice Collins
300
Who was the first African American actress to play a major role at the American Shakespeare Festival?
Ruby Dee
300
Name the first Black quarterback to start in the Super Bowl Game XXII.
Doug Williams of the Washington Redskins
300
This one-woman show called "Fires in the Mirror" which won the Obie and Drama Desk awards in 1992 was written by this black woman?
Anna DeVeare Smith
400
What is the name of the first black co-host as sports caster on NBC's the Today Show.
Bryant Gumble
400
Who is Willie O'Rhee?
Bonus: What team did he play on?
The first black player in the National Hockey League.
Bonus: Boston Bruins
400
Who was the first black woman to earn an international pilot's license?
Bessie Coleman
400
Who was the first black quarterback to play pro football? He was only active one season 1953 when he played for the Chicago Bears.
Willie Thrower
400
Name the 19th century Philadelphia business executive who wrote the pamphlet titled "A series of Letters by a Man of Color". His pamphlet helped to defeat black legislation in 1813.
James Forten
500
Give us the name of the Civil Rights activists and author and the year they wrote "Women, Culture and Politics".
Angela Davis in 1990
500
Who was the first African-American in the 19th century to achieve national recognition as a major poet?
Paul Laurence Dunbar
500
Who was the first Black ballerina to appear with the Metropolitan Opera Company in 1951?
Janet Collins
500
This track star set a new world record of 29 feet 2 1/2 inches in Mexico City at the 1968 Olympics. He was the first to ever cover more than 28 feet in the long jump?
Bob Freeman
500
Who was the first Black woman poet to be published in America?