Jeopardy

Inventors

100

Invented process of dry cleaning 

Thomas Jennings 

200

invented a central heating system that used natural gas

Alice Parker

300

 Invented the modern elevator doors that close at the same time preventing accidents related to forgetting to close the doors

Alexander Miles

400

Invented cataract treatment called Laserphaco probe in 1986

Patricia Bath

500

 invented a security system that was displayed on a tv that had a 2 way microphone allowing her to communicate with the visitors without going out 

Marie Van Brown

Athletes

100

first and only african american man to win multiple grand slams

arthur ashe

200

one of first players in any sport to have their own shoe brand named after them

Michael Jordan

300

College Football player then coach, now in hall of fame

Eddie Robinson

400

first black manager to win a world series title

Frank Robinson

500

first African American starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl

Doug Williams  

Female

100

First African American Tennis Player to win a Grand Slam tournament

Althea Gibson 

200

Escaped from being a slave, was a spy for the Union army, and helped free slaves via the underground railroad

Harriet Tubman

300

Helped in the impeachment process of Richard Nixon and along with Andrew Young Jr became the first African Americans elected into congress

Barbara Jordan

400

 She was one of only two women masters in Cambridge schools and the only African-American in New England with that distinction.

Maria Baldwin

500

one of the first female African- Americans to work as a vocalist with a white orchestra 

Billie Holiday

Actors/Actresses

100

 became the first Black EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) recipient. 

Whoopi Goldberg 

200

First black actress to appear on national tv commercial with speaking lines 

Gail fisher 

300

First black actress to play a non stereotypical primetime tv role

Diahann Caroll

400

First Black woman to win an Emmy award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series 

Lena Waithe

500

 First black actress to receive an honorary academy award

Cicely Tyson

Authors, Activists, Politicians, Entertainers

100

first black woman to receive a phd in economics

Sadie Tanner Mossel Alexander

200

first african american student in an all white school

Ruby Bridges 

300

 first black woman to fly an airplane

Bessie Coleman 

400

first african american to work for the U.S postal service 

Mary Fields

500

opened the first AME church in Philadelphia

Richard Allen