Who did Dr. King address the "Letter From the Birmingham Jail" to?

Booker T. Washington, a former slave, founded this institution in 1882?

Who was the first African American woman to enter space?

This African American novelist, playwright, and activist, wrote GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN, GIOVANNI'S ROOM, and NOTES OF A NATIVE SON.

Who is the African American tennis player who has won more Grand Slam singles titles than any other tennis player during the Open era?

Which of these African-American women was a pioneer in ophthalmology?

What is the current name of the first African American Catholic College located in New Orleans, Louisiana?

What is the current name of the first state supported liberal arts institution for African American students?

The four male freshmen who helped spark the civil rights movement by their "sit-in" at Woolworth's lunch counter on February 1, 1960 were from what university?

Who was the African-American woman who was a pioneer in cosmetology?

In some ancient African societies, which of the following could you determine from cornrowed hairstyles?

This generation X aged author and journalist has drawn comparisons to the late great James Baldwin, and has published three non-fiction works including BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME which won the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction. He has also written a Black Panther series and a Captain America series for Marvel comics. Who is he?

In 1995, this prolific writer became the first science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, and is one of a few Black and female pioneering speculative fiction writers to be successful in an overwhelmingly white and male dominated genre. Who was she?

This doctor is the "father of blood banking". He pioneered blood preservation techniques that led to the establishment of the first large-scale blood banks through the American Red Cross. Who was he?

Former US Senator Barack Obama is the first Black president of the United States, but this man (seated front row, far left) was the first African American ever elected to the US Senate -- he represented the state of Mississippi from February 1870 to March 1871. Who was he?

Who is the first Black woman to serve as mayor of Durham NC?

At age 15, she refused to give up her seat on a public bus months before Rosa Parks did and spent time in jail for it even though she was just a teenager.

He was a leader of the Nation of Islam, established the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) in 1964, and urged Civil Rights leaders to take the cause of Black oppression to the United Nations.

Fill in the Blank: Benjamin Banneker's abilities as a ________led to employment with the federal government.

Who invented the three-position traffic signal in 1923 that includes the yellow light, as well as a breathing hood that was the prototype for the gas mask, used during WWI to protect soldiers from toxic gas?

This current Federal court judge, and Harvard College/Harvard Law double almuna, could become the first African American woman to serve in the Supreme Court. Who is she?

Who helped Jesus carry his cross to calvary?

This Ethiopian King defeated Senneacherib; he was used by God to protect the Hebrews.

Who was the royal figure who sought the advice of King Solomon?

Who is the African American track star who won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936? His gold winning efforts upset a Fuhrer and struck a blow against the German (and American) belief in a superior Aryan race.

This 2003 inductee into the USA Track & Field Hall of Fame is most famous for his Black Power salute on the podium of the 1968 Summer Olympics along with fellow medalist Tommie Smith, to protest American racism and injustice. Who is he?

Who was the African American baseball player who broke Babe Ruth's home run record, hitting his 715th career home run on April 8, 1974?

Who is the African American woman who is the most decorated American gymnast of all time with a total of 19 Olympic and World Championship medals?

Who made the 2018 Hip Hop album that became the first non-classical and non-jazz album to win the Pulitzer Prize for music?

He was known as the "father of Black American film" and has an equally famous son who is an actor.

He was the fashion news editor at Vogue, and a visionary fashion icon. But did you know he was from Durham NC?

The first feature length film in which Sidney Poitier received film credit was:

In 1939, the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) refused to let this famous contralto perform at Constitution Hall before an integrated audience, but First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt protested and this singer eventually performed at the Lincoln Memorial. Who was she?

The celebration of Black History Month started as "Negro History Week". Who was the noted African American historian, scholar, educator and publisher who created this celebration in 1926?

In 1794, who founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first independent Black denomination, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?

At what age did enslaved children begin to perform adult fieldwork?

Who was the musician, composer who strove to be a Blues artist, but after a spiritual conversion would become a Christian evangelist credited with popularizing gospel blues throughout Black churches, and credited with such gospel classics as TAKE MY HAND, PRECIOUS LORD and PEACE IN THE VALLEY?

Who was the first African American woman to receive a PhD in American History from UNC-Chapel Hill?

Mt. Vernon Baptist Colored Church formally organized as a congregation in 1885. True or False?

Answer True or False:

Mount Vernon Baptist Church is the original name of our church.

Which of these phenomenal women served as chair of the deaconess board?

Reverend J.K.B. Butler was the first pastor of our church.

Answer True or False:

In 1941, Mt. Vernon Baptist Church's second church was erected on the block of Pine Street and Piedmont Avenue.

Answer True or False:

Dr. Rose Butler Browne, the wife of the late Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Reverend Emmett T. Browne, and former chair of the Department of Education at North Carolina College for Negroes (now NCCU), became the 2nd Black person to earn a doctorate in education from Harvard University.