What state has the most black institutions of higher learning?

WEB Du Bois was the first black American to receive a Ph.D. from what prestigious university?

Who played the role of Celie in the movie version of Alice Walker's best-selling book, The Color Purple?

In 2001, for what film did Denzel Washington become the second African American man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?

Who was the creator, director and host of the popular television show Soul Train from 1971 to 2006?

The film Glory was based on America's first unit of black soldiers in the Civil War. Who won the award for Best Supporting Actor of this 1989 historical film?

What was the name of Marcus Garvey's shipping company that was owned and operated entirely by Blacks?

Cleopatra was considered a beautiful queen of what country?

Historians refer to what type of music as the first Black American music?

Who wrote Clotel, or The President's Daughter, the first published novel by a Black American in 1833?

Who was the first accredited Black American woman dentist in America?

Who was the first African American to lead the NFL in rushing?

What African American scientist discovered new information on how genes are linked together?

What African American explorer is best known as the first co-discoverer of the Geographic North Pole?

What Chicago Bulls' NBA great got his start at the University of North Carolina?

What African American designed an ultraviolet camera used in Apollo 16?

What African-American invented the three-way traffic light?

Who saved the lives of thousands of soldiers in WWII with his invention of "aero form"?

Of what profession were Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston and Countee Cullen, major contributors to the Harlem Renaissance?

What is the name of the Harlem club where many famous Black American entertainers began their careers?

Earnest J. Gaines is a short story writer who wrote a 1971 historical novel turned television movie who main character was an 110-year-old woman who narrated her personal history. What is the name of the story?

Strongly influenced by Alice Walker's The Color Purple, what award-winning author created the enduring character of Easy Rawlins featured in a series of novels?

Known for his social and political views, who published The Souls of Black Folks in 1903?

Who wrote the famous song "Sat It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud"?

What group was comprised of Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, and Mary Wilson?

What African American astronaut died in the 1986 space shuttle disaster?

Who invented the smallpox vaccine?

Since 1987, who has held the position of director of jazz at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City?

Who wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God"?

What is the name of the newsletter which was originally edited by WEB Du Bois and published by the NAACP in 1910?

What was the name of the network of hiding places which helped slaves to escape to freedom?

What New York City neighborhood was known as the "Negro Capital of the World"?

This dancer-choreographer founded his own dance company in 1957 and developed Revelations, one of the best known, most often seen modern dance performances. Name him.

Noted sports editor Edward Clayton was the first editor of what popular magazine?