Who wrote the novel the Color Purple?

 James Weldon Johnson

1)      This African American was called “the Black Babe Ruth”, first playing catcher for the Pittsburgh Homestead Grays.  Who was he?

1)      What type of music did Scott Joplin help make famous? 

1)       Who was the first African American female Surgeon General? 

1)      Who was the first African American to have his or her own Television show? 

1)      Who was the first African American pro basketball coach?

1)      What award did Halle Berry win for her roll in the Dorothy Dandridge on HBO-TV? 

     What is the African American term that means “first fruits”? 

1)       Who published “Memphis Blues”, the first blues song in 1912?

1)       What constitutional amendment, ratified in 1868, guaranteed equal protection under the law for all people? 

1)       What court case established the “separated but equal” doctrine in 1896, laying the groundwork for Jim Crow laws all over the South? 

4)      What events prompted the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (popularly, the Kerner Commission) to warn in 1968, “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal”? 

4)      In 1786 what group helped fugitive slaves from Virginia reach freedom? 

4)      In what year did Britain and the United States abolish the slave trade? 

 What Civil Rights Activist established Tuskegee University? 

4)      What Civil Rights Activist published The Souls of Black Folk? 

4)      Who published the first Black drama, “Leap to Freedom” in 1858? 

4)      What Memphis Musician called himself “The Worlds Oldest Teenager” and whose career spanned for more than 70 years? 

4)      In what year was Rufus Thomas honored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? 

4)       Who was the first African American woman to serve on the Memphis City School Board and also was a local leader in the NAACP? 

4)       What was the first African American College in Tennessee? 

4)       Who was the first African American Mayor elected in Memphis Tennessee? 

4)      William Lloyd Garrison published what abolitionist paper in Boston? 

4)      Who was the nation’s first female African American bank president and what bank was she the president of? 

4)      In 1936, this musician became the first African American to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the United States.  Who is he? 

4)      This African American journalist and co-founder of the NAACP was also part owner and editor of the Memphis Free Speech from 1891-1892.  Who is she? 

4)      This historian and educator began pushing for a “Negro History Week” to explore the contributions of African Americans.  Black History Month was evolved from this in 1976.  Who is he? 

4)      This numerical fraction was a compromise between Southern and Northern states in 1787 to determine how much the slave population would count in determining federal representation and the distribution of taxes.  What is it? 

4)      This slave first sued for his freedom in 1847, and the case went all the way to the Supreme Court, which issued its ruling in 1857.  Who was he? 

4)      This group was founded in 1966 to patrol Oakland’s ghettoes and protect residents from police brutality.  What was the name of this group? 

4)      This son of a slave was a noted mathematician and astronomer, and in 1791 played an integral role in the first survey of Washington, D.C.  Who is he? 

4)      This landmark Supreme Court case in 1954 led to the end of legal segregation in U.S. education.  What case was this? 

4)      This southern city is the home to the National Civil Rights Museum, built around the former Lorraine Motel, on the site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.  What city is this? 

4)      This organization was founded by Marcus Garvey in 1914, five years after the NAACP, to promote self-help and nationalism.  What organization was this? 

4)       In 1890 what African American inventor patented the fountain pen? 

4)      Who was the founder of Provident Hospital in Chicago in 1889?  Dr. Daniel Hale Williams

4)      Who was the first African American United States Senator elected and in what year? 

4)      In what year was Feedman’s Bureau for Black Education founded? 

4)      In what year was the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded and in what city? 

4)      What African American Inventor was awarded the patent for a fire extinguisher in 1872? 

William Hastie

4)      Who was the first African American federal judge appointed in 1937? 

4)      What year did New York State abolish slavery? 

4)      What is the name of the first Black admiral in U S Naval history appointed during 1971?

4)      Who was the first Black astronaut to pilot the space shuttle Challenger in 1985?

4)      In what year was Howard University chartered?

4)      In 1905, who published the first issue of the newspaper “Chicago Defender?”

In what year did the school desegregation law, Brown v. Board of Education take place?

In what year was the first game of National Negro Baseball League played in  Indianapolis?

During 1950, who was the first Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize for poetry?

What was the name of the NAACP in 1909 when the organization held its first conference in New York?

Who became the first Black Catholic Bishop in the U S I 1875?

What is the name of the doctor that was known as the pioneer of blood

                     plasma research?

What is the name of the first Black person ever to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in “Gone With the Wind”?

110)    In what year was Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court?

110)    What is the name of the Underground Railway conductor that was born in 1831?

110)    What is the name of the first American drafted during during World War I in 1917?

110)    Who became the first Black member of National Institute of Letters in 1943? W. E. B. DuBois

110)    In what year did Booker T. Washington open Tuskegee Institute?

110)    Who won the women’s single tennis championship at Wimbledon in 1957?

   What is the name of the first Black graduate of West Point in 1877?    

110)    Who was the first Black female to practice before the U S Supreme Court?

110)    Who found the National Association of Colored Women?

110)    What artist presented his “Back To Africa” program in New York City in 1920? 

110)    What African American Pioneer was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia in 1897? 

110)    Who was the first African American to reach the North Pole?  

110)    In 1922 this African American home was dedicated in Washington D.C. as a national shrine.  Who is he? 

110)    In 1897 what inventor patented the electric railway switch? 

110)    In 1963 the NAACP Youth Council began sit-ins at lunch counters in what city? 

110)    In what year was Fisk University established? 

110)    The National Negro Business League was founded in what year? 

110)    This African American politician was the first black delegate appointed to the United Nations.  Who was he? 

110)    What was the name of the speech Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered at Lincoln Memorial? 

110)    Who was the first African American graduate from Harvard Dental School? 

110)    What famous African American historian escaped from slavery disguised as a sailor in 1838? 

110)    George Washington Murray was elected to Congress in 1895.  What State was he elected? 

110)    In 1954 Integration began in two American public school systems.  What cities were these? 

110)    In 1959 what musician won the Springarn Medal for his musical achievements? 

110)    Atlanta University was founded in what year? 

110)    The first National Negro Convention began in Philadelphia in what year? 

110)    In what year was slavery abolished in all French territories? 

110)    This African American founded the Associated Negro Press.  Who is he? 

   The Hampton Institute was founded in what year? 

110)    Xavier University, the first Black Catholic College in America was opened in what city? 

110)    He was sworn in as the first Black Supreme Court Justice in 1967.  Who is he? 

110)    NAACP organized the Legal Defense and Education Fund in what year?

110)    What African American Inventor received a patent in 1834 for his corn planting machine?  

110)    Martin Luther King Jr. was the youngest man to win the Nobel Peace Prize in what year? 

110)    In what year did the United States Navy open to African American women? 

110)    This African American painter won the Medal of Honor at Paris Exposition in 1900.  Who was he? 

110)    He became the first African American general in the United States Army in 1940.  Who was he? 

110)    This first issue of Ebony magazine was published in 1945 by whom? 

110)    What African American Inventor patented the portable weighing scales in 1896? 

110)    He became the first African American Lt. Governor in the United States, (Colorado) in 1974.  Who was he? 

110)    In 1836 he became the first African American to obtain a Theology Degree in the United States.  Who was he? 

110)    Who was the first African American woman elected to the United States Congress? 

110)    Who was elected as the first African American Governor in the United States in 1989 and in what state was he elected? 

110)    This African American male was named Ambassador and Chief US Delegate to the United Nations in 1976.  Who was he? 

110)    Shaw University was founded in Raleigh, North Carolina in what year? 

110)    In 1906 the first African American Greek letter Fraternity was founded.  What was it? 

110)    In 1935 the National Council of Negro Women was founded by whom? 

110)    In what year was the Negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded and what city was it located? 

110)    What Inventor received a patent for the gas heating furnace in 1919? 

110)    Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) was organized by whom? 

110)    What African American physician published the first Black medical journal in 1892? 

110)    In 1957 Martin Luther King joined with Ralph David Abernathy, Fred Shuttlesworth, and Baynard Rustin to form this organization.  What is the organization? 

110)    What African American planned a march on Washington in 1941 to demand more jobs for blacks in the defense industries? 

110)    James Bevel (SCLC) organized the Birmingham campaign entitled Project “C”.  What does the “C” stand for? 

110)    In 1997 one million women of African ancestry gathered in what city for the Million Woman March? 

110)    In 1989 this African American male became the president of Major League Baseball’s National League.  Who was he? 

110)    In what year did South African F. W. de Klerk pledge to eliminate apartheid to release Nelson Mandela? 

110)    In 1997 this African American won the Masters in golf, breaking numerous records in the process.  Who was he?     

110)    In 1995 over one million African American men gathered in Washington D.C. for what march? 

110)    In 1994 who took office as South Africa’s first black president? 

110)    In 1993 this African American won the Nobel Prize for literature.  Who was he? 

110)    In what year did a race riot sweep across Los Angeles, California following the Rodney King Verdict? 

110)    In 1990 these two African American inventors were admitted into the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame.  Who were they? 

110)    In 1978 this Heavyweight Boxing Champion won the world title for a record third time.  Who was he? 

110)    In 1980 this businessman established Black Entertainment Television with a $15,000 loan.  Who was he? 

110)    In 1984 he was the first African American politician to make a serious run for the United States Presidency.  Who was he?