Arts
Who was the first Black American woman chosen as Miss
America?
Vanessa Williams
Who became the first African American female billionaire in 2004?
Oprah Winfrey
Who is the award-winning recording/performing/video artist who recorded the platinum album called The Comfort Zone?
Vanessa Williams
What was the name of the network of hiding places which helped slaves to escape to freedom?
Underground Railroad
What famous baseball player who played for the Oakland A's and New York Yankees earned the nickname “Mr. October"?
Reggie Jackson
Growing up with a white Jewish mother and an African-American father, who wrote Devil in a Blue Dress , A Red Death , White Butterfly , and Black Betty ?
Walter Mosley
What occupation do Iman, Beverly Johnson, and Naomi Sims have in common?
Modeling
In 2001, for what film did Denzel Washington become the second African American man to win an Academy Award for best actor?
Training Day
On January 1, 1863 what significant declaration did President Lincoln issue?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What consecutive years did Althea Gibson win the Wimbledon Tennis Singles Championship?
1957, 1958
Nat Love wrote what kind of stories?
Westerns
What company's popular commercial featured a tape recording of Ella Fitzgerald's voice shattering a glass?
Memorex
What was Chubby Checker's longest running hit song on the Top 40 charts?
The Twist
What Jesse Jackson chant was repeated by his supporters with a feeling of pride?
I Am Somebody
In what year did Mike Tyson become the youngest heavyweight boxing champion in history?
1986
Cartoonist Morrie Turner created what world famous syndicated comic strip?
Wee Pals
Whose sales of innovative beauty products sold throughout the United States and the Caribbean led her to become the first African American female millionaire?
Madam C.J. Walker
The first rap song to achieve commercial success was “Rapper‟s Delight.” What was the name of the group who recorded this single in 1979?
The Sugar Hill Gang
Who were the founders of the Black Panther Party?
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale
What sports team was referred to by many as the “Dream Team”?
1992 Olympic basketball team
Of what profession were Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Countee Cullen, major contributors to the Harlem Renaissance?
Writers
Established in 1945, this publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines is the world's largest black-owned publishing company. Name it.
Johnson Publishing Company
What television program has received over 25 Emmy awards and has been the highest-rated talk show in television history?
The Oprah Winfrey Show
In 1865 Congress established a relief agency to administer to the needs of former slaves. What was it called?
Freedmen's Bureau
Milt Campbell became the first Black American to win the decathlon during what year of the Olympic games?
1936