For what is Gloria Dean Randle Scott remembered for?

In what year did all 50 states recognize Martin Luther King Day?

Who became the first Black American awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1940?

Who was the first Black American female national security advisor?

What Black American educator also served as an advisor to five U.S. presidents?

Who was the first Black American woman doctor in the US Navy?

Who was regarded as a master guitar player and developed a program for learning the guitar?

Who invented the riding saddle for horses?

Who was the first Black American female judge in the United States?

What Black American physician was referred to as "The principal historian of the Negro in medicine" in 1970?

What famous march helped influence the Voting Rights Acts passed in August 1965?

What was the nickname given to Harriett Tubman because of her efforts to free the slaves?

What does the acronym NAACP stand for?

in 2009, who became the first American senator in Congress?

George Washington commended what Black American woman for her literary achievements?

Who is called “The Queen of Blues”

In what year was a national holiday proclaimed commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr birthday?

In what year did "Black History Month" officially began?

What antislavery newspaper was founded by Frederick Douglass?

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

What Black American sparked the "Montgomery Bus Boycott"?

In 2009, who became the first African American U.S. Attorney General and head of the Justice Department and its 110,000 employees?

Who was the first Black American female lawyer?

Who founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935 after six years of planning?

On January 1, 1863 what significant declaration did President Lincoln issue?

What was Robert Weaver's title when he became a presidential cabinet member?

Who was the first Black American national security advisor?

Who was the first Black American woman elected to a state legislature?

Who sang spiritual songs to communicate with slaves she intended to take north to freedom on the Underground Railroad?

He became the first Black American since 1897 to represent South Carolina in the U.S. Congress. Name him.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addressed a rally about 20,000 people in front of the capitol building in what city in 1965?

What national organization was founded on President Lincoln’s Birthday?

What African American naval cook shot down four enemy planes during the attack on Pearl Harbor?

What was the significance of the 1944 US Supreme Court ruling in Smith v. Allwright?

Who was the first African American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the third highest honor awarded by the US Navy at the time, for bravery shown during the attack on Pearl Harbor?

How many slaves were freed at the end the Civil War?

From 1975 to 1980 this Disco star had eight gold records and two platinum records. Name her.

Who was the first Black American member of presidential cabinet?

What was the name of the first successful TV variety show starring a Black American?

Who won a Grammy Award in 1992 for “Unforgettable,” a musical tribute to her late father?

Established in 1945, this publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines is the world’s largest black-owned publishing company. Name it.

The Johnson Publishing Company was founded in Chicago in 1945 by what person?

What is the stage name of female rapper and actress Dana Owens?

What American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer was the leader of the first Black American band to play in Carnegie Hall?

From what college did Martin Luther King, Jr. graduate?

Who published The Escape, the first play written by a Black American?

Who is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Waiting to Exhale?

Who was the first Black American woman bank president?

Who was the first Black network television anchor?

Who was the first Black American to win a Pulitzer Prize with her book of poetry Annie Allen in 1949?

The first work authored by a black female former slave, what was the name of Harriet A. Jacobs’ 1861 work?

Who was the author of the hit play A Raisin in the Sun?

Where was George Washington Carver's laboratory?

What famous inventor did Lewis Latimer work in the development of the electric light bulb?

What measuring instrument was invented by Frederick Jones?

What famous dermatologist treated leprosy and syphilis?

Who invented the common dust mop?

In 1872, what inventor received a patent for an apparatus for detaching horses for carriages?

Dr. William Hinton is credited with developing a test to detect what disease?

What did George Washington Carver use to develop postage stamp glue?

The ironing board was invented by what Black American woman?

Who invented the automatic car washer?

What noted inventor patented an improvement for the automatic gearshift?

Who invented directional signals for the automobile?

Who was the first black female awarded a medical degree?

Who was the first Black American woman doctor?

Hyram S. Thomas was a chef who created what popular snack?

What Black American designed homes for celebrities such as Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra?

Who is responsible for inventing the method of converting gas into electricity?

What was the name of the first all Black Medical school?

Who was the first Black American professionally trained as a registered nurse in the United States?

Who designed and patented the dustpan?

Who invented the folding bed?

Who invented the bread crumbing machine and the bread-making machine?

The Holland Tunnel was designed and constructed by what Black American?

James Beckwourth became chief scout for what explorer in 1848?

Who invented the electron microscope?

What Black slave helped Cyrus McCormick invent his famous reaper?

What important railway coupling device did Andrew J. Beard invent?

Who invented the pencil sharpener?

Who invented the lawn mower?

Who invented the oil stove and the refrigerator?

What Black American inventor patented the hearing aid?

What Black American invented the railway telegraph?

Who invented the three way traffic light?

Who invented the gas mask?

Who invented the clothes dryer?

Who invented a ticket dispensing machine?

Who invented portable refrigeration?

Whose invention completely changed the way food could be transported?

The cash register was invented by what Black American?

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

This woman made history in 2001 as the Chief Administration Officer for Charleston Water System, the first female and African American Officer in Charleston Water's 103 year history?

She was crowned the first black Miss USA on March 3, 1990.

This John's Island (SC) native, became President of the Citizen's Committee of Charleston County and founded the C.O. Federal Credit Union to make low -interest loans accessible to African Americans in 1950.

He filed the successful lawsuit that established legal precedent that allowed African Americans the right to vote in the Democratic Primary in South Carolina.

What date was Malcolm X assassinated?

Who became the first African American member of the New York Stock Exchange in 1970?

What year did Oprah Winfrey become the first African American woman to host a national syndicated talk show?

He was the first African American coach to win the NCAA basketball tournament in 1984.

Spelman College was founded in what year?

What year was the United Negro College Fund established?

He became the first African American Admiral in 1962.

On what date did Brown vs. Board of Education make the "Separate but Equal" in public schools unconstitutional?

She was the first African American delegate appointed to the United Nations by Harry S. Truman?

This Greenville SC native, known for her role in high fashion, owned and operated a renowned black hair salon in New York City and is the second African American woman to appear on the cover of Vogue magazine.

He patented the fire extinguisher in 1872.

What date did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a public bus?

When was Martin Luther King, Jr. awarded a Nobel Peace Prize?

Who was the first African American to perform on the Grand Ole Opry on December 26, 1924?

When was the NAACP founded?

She was the first African American woman elected to the US Senate in 1992.

She was the first and only female to pitch baseball in the Negro Major League.

He was the first African American to become governor of a US state.

Who was the first disc jockey in upstate of South Carolina?

The was first the first African American owned record label to reach widespread national acclaim and was originally founded with the name "Tamla Records" by Berry Gordy Jr.

This South Carolinian woman filed a lawsuit against bus operator, South Carolina Electric and Gas, after she was blocked from sitting in the "whites only" part of the bus in 1954. Her lawsuit predates Rosa Parks case and was cited in Park's case along with the desegregation of bus transportation.

Born in Spartanburg, SC, she is the first African American female pilot to fly for United Airlines and is an advocate for increasing the number of African American men and women in the aviation industry.

He was the first African American to be appointed to the South Carolina State Board of Education in 1970 and later in 1974 became the first African American chair of the SC Board of Education

Jesse Owens won four Olympic gold medals in what year?

This renowned jazz artist was the first to be appointed by the US State Department as Cultural Ambassador (1956) to tour the world on behalf of the United States of America.

This producer and playwright founded the Kitani Foundation which was responsible for bringing more than 25 national performing artists and groups to South Carolina in the late 1970s and early 1980s in order to enrich the lives of South Carolina public school students.

Who were the first two African Americans elected to a school board in South Carolina?

He became the first African American general in the US Army in October of 1940.

What is the name of the first black newspaper and when was it first published?

On November 28, 1961, he became the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy.

She became the first African American woman named a White House fellow on September 25, 1974. Name her.

What date was Thurgood Marshall appointed to the US Supreme Court?

On July 26, 1865, he was the first African American awarded a Ph.D.

She was the first African American female astronaut in space on September 15, 1992.