The year 2020 marks the sesquicentennial of what Amendment?

Who was the African American who invented the forerunner of the device called the traffic light?

The first African-American master distiller helped make what whiskey successful

Name the African American who is best known for publishing an almanac based on his astronomical calculations.

Name the slave who was actually an Union spy who infiltrated the Confederate president's household.

Who was the first African American woman to graduate from law school in the United States?

He was a slave, merchant seaman and dockworker in 1770, when British soldiers killed him making a total of five civilians killed at this incident. Name the incident.

1. In 1972, he took the U. S. Congressional seat vacated by Barbara Jordan. Name him.

After learning that she was to be sold to another plantation, she ran away to freedom and returned to guide other to freedom by way of the “Underground Railroad.” Who is she?

The city of Timbuktu is not a myth. It’s real. Name the continent where it was located.

In 1989, he became the first African American to hold the office of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Name him

There were two distinct migration time periods for Blacks leaving the South. Name one item that pushed Blacks to make the first migration between 1916-1930?

Name one reason why Blacks joined the Second Great Migration (from 1940-1970)?

Name the United States Supreme Court decision that declared state laws unconstitutional that tried to deny Blacks the right to vote.

In 1607, James town became the first permanent English settlement in North America. How many years passed before the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown

He joined the Brooklyn Dodgers as a third baseman to become the first black in Major League Baseball of the modern era. Who is he?

Name the first black woman in television and film to own her own production company.

He became the first African American appointed to the U. S. Supreme Court. Who is he?

Name the African American who successfully performed pericardium surgery to repair a wound.

Who was the African American cowboy who invented the sport of“Steer Wrestling”?

Who was the first African American graduate of West Point?

Who is the African-American biologist and educator best known for his work in cell surface?

Name the African American who is best known for publishing an almanac based on his astronomical calculations

What is the title of the Negro National Anthem?

In 2019, Forbes Magazine named this Rapper/Entertainer/businessman the first hip-hop billionaire. Who is he?

What rank did Jackie Robinson achieve in his service during World War II?

After the War of 1812, Canada granted freedom to Blacks residing there and used the courts to protect their freedom. American run-away slaves looking to reach Canada would follow what natural phenomenon?

Name the first Black woman to file a court case in America and win. It resulting in her getting her son back.

Name the freedom fighter who led the uprising aboard the ship ARMISTAD

What famous African American’s face did the US Treasury announced to be place on the twentydollar bill in 2016?

Name the first African American woman to become a physician in the United States (1864)

Name the famous educator and scientist who was known as the young “plant doctor”

Name the six year old female who in 1960 became the first African American child to attend an all white school in New Orleans

Name the actor/director who played the role of Madea

Name the first African American astronaut

At fourteen, this enslaved female published her first story. Who was she?

Thomas Edison’s elite scientist team included one African-American engineer and scientist. Who was he?

The Executive Order called the Emancipation Proclamation was issued 157 years ago on January 1st of what year?

Name the document that allowed Blacks to enlist and fight in the Civil War.

Who was the first Black woman to receive a Nobel Prize in literature?

Who was America’s first African American General?

Who was the first African American woman to graduate from law school in the United States?

Name the female activist who, in 1887 (seventy one years before Rosa Parks), refused to give up her seat in the women’s car on a train

Who was the founder of the first society specifically devoted to the professional study of Black History (1915)?

Name the first Black college in Texas, established in 1872

What was the first nation-wide labor union led by an African American (1925)?

Who is the author of the book pictured?

Name the African American surgeon and medical researcher famous for his pioneering work in blood preservation.

Name the six foot, short tempered, pistol and shotgun carrying former slave who became the first African American female U. S. mail carrier.

What sport is Althea Gibson know for?

Name the first woman and the first African American to graduate with a master’s degree from the University of Hawaii.

Name the first African American to hold a patent.

What is the present-day holiday associated with this act of giving Union Soldiers a proper burial?

Name the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Name the escape slave who spoke and wrote against slavery for the Anti-Slavery Society.

Who was the first African American to win an Oscar Award in film?

Name the first African American female Judge in the United States. (

Name the first African American woman elected to U. S. Congress.

What is the official name of the museum pictured here?

Name the entertainer who is famous for wearing one sequined glove and housing a wild life refuge in his back yard.

In what year was the African American celebration call Kwanzaa created?

For most slaves, what country were they trying to reach when they escape to freedom?

Name the heavyweight boxing champion called “The Brown Bomber.”

Name the first African American to design, construct and own a professional golf course.

Name the first Black American woman to be a self-made millionaire.

Name the city that had a famous section known as Black Wall Street, the mecca of Black owned businesses, in the 1920’s. It housed Black owned Banks, hotels, cafes, movie theaters and clothiers.

According to the 2016 Nielsen Report, What is the total buying power of African Americans?

Name the Texan who grew up and established his own dace repertory company in 1958.

Name the first African American elected as the President of the United States.

Name the first African American to be elected governor in the United States since Reconstruction.

Name the first African American elected to the U. S. Senate.

Name the first black heavyweight championship boxer.

Name the African American inventor, born in Canada of escaped slaves, who invented a lubricating cup for steam engines

Name the African American who invented the Ironing board in 1892.

. Name the African American who formed the organization Operation PUSH.

Name the blind musician who had his first hit record in 1963.

In 1929, the Mexican President issued a decree that sparked the Texas Revolution. Name the decree.

Name the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy. (

Name the first African American Union formed in 1858.

Name the first African American woman to win three gold medals in Track & Field at the Olympics.

Name the first African American to play on the PGA Tour.

Name the founder of the Tuskegee University.

Name the African American whose actions in 1955 led to the Supreme Court declaring segregated busing unconstitutional.

Who founded the oldest independent African American church in America?

Name the African American journalist noted for her anti-lynching campaign of the late 1800’s.

Name given to the African Queen who fought the Romans and negotiated a peace treaty with Emperor Augustus.

Name the African American doctor who synthesize cortisone which was used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory diseases.

Who organized the civil rights movement called the Freedom Riders?

Name the first African American to outright own a major film studio.

Name the historian who grew up in Puerto Rico and started collecting books after asking his teacher why there were no black people in history books.

Name the South African political leader who fought against Apartheid.

Name the record company founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. in 1959

Name the sailor pictured.

This picture illustrates the most successful slave revolt in modern history. Name the revolution.

What is the title of this iconic engraving?

Who is the African American mathematician pictured here?

Name the famous African American cowboy pictured

Name the sculptor of the following

Who is the African American in this picture?