EDUC & ORGS
David H Blackwell was the first black member of the National Academy of Sciences. What was his field of expertise?
Mathematics
Alice Walker wrote a novel that won a Pullitzer Prize. What was the novel and when did she write it?
She wrote "The Color Purple" and it won the Pullitzer Prize in 1993
Dr Velma Laws-Clay was the first African American woman to sit as Board Chair for two major organizations in Battle Creek at the same time. Name the organizations.
Heritage Battle Creek and The Battle Creek Community Foundation
2013 Tony Award went to which Black actress for the best performance in a leading role in the play "A Trip to Bountiful?"
Cicely Tyson
BF Jackson invented what type of burner?
Gas burner
Edward A Bouchet was the first African-American to earn a doctorate degree in physics from this Ivy League school in 1876. What was the school and what was his specialty?
Yale University - Physics
Jupiter Hammond wrote the first poem ever published by an African-American in 1760. What was the title?
"An Evening Thought. Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries"
In what year was Charles W. Jones elected to Albion's City Council Board
1966 (City Council)
Crippled as a child she became the first African-American woman to win three gold medals in one Olympiad, who is she?
Wilma Rudolph
In 1969 Marie Britton Brown created an invention that promotes safety in the home. What is the invention?
A security system that uses television surveillance.
From which two historically Black colleges did Thurgood Marshall graduate?
Lincoln University and Howard University
Leroy Eldridge Cleaver was the author of what autobiography?
Soul on Ice
What is the location of the formerly known Village of Harmonia?
Fort Custer Industrial Park
In 1968, Arthur Ashe became the first Black American to win what major tennis tournament?
U.S. Open
Who invented the guitar?
Robert Flemming Jr
In 1904 this pioneer in education opened a small Florida school for black children that develop into a well-known college. Who was she?
Mary McLeod Bethune
Name Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry.
Oak and Ivy
What was the name of the village where Sojourner Truth first lived in this area?
Village of Harmonia
This man signed a contract with the Chicago Cubs in 1962 to become the first black major league baseball team manager.
John Buck O'Neil
Who invented the home security system?
Marie Brown
In 1992 this person was named president of the University of Michigan. She was the first black women to ever head a public university in the state?
Blenda J Wilson
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
After earning a PhD in physics from MIT Ronald McNair became an astronaut. What was his assignment on the ill-fated 1986 Challenger mission?
Laser physicist
What female athlete won the Junior Tennis title in 1981 a the US Open?
Zina Garrison
Who invented the ironing board?
Sarah Boone