Langston Hughes was responsible for publishing what Black American magazine?

Gustavus Vassa was a slave who had written the first autobiography. His African name Olaudah Equiano. How many volumes made up his narrative?

This first Gloria Naylor novel consisted of tales from seven black women who wound up on a dead-end street in a ghetto in the North. It was made into a television movie. What is the name of the novel?

Who became the first U.S. track and field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympiad?

In 1923, who invented the three-position traffic signal?

Harlem Renaissance writer Eric Walrond was born in Georgetown, British Guiana and penned what book that consists of a collection of ten stories?

The operas A Guest of Honor and Treemonisha were written by whom in the early 1900s?

In 1993, she became the first black to be honored with the Nobel Prize for Literature for six novels. She is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved which became a motion picture, and in 1993 for Jazz. Name her.

What artist's painting is entitled After Church?

In addition to her outstanding career as a singer, what was Marian Anderson appointed to by President Dwight D. Eisenhower?

Which one of composer/pianist Anthony Davis' operas premiered in Philadelphia in 1985 and was performed by the New York City Opera in 1986?

What Harlem theater is a showcase for Black talent?

In addition to the United States, identify the other countries below that devote a month to celebrate African-Americans in history.

What was the nickname of the first 9 black teens to go to a white high school?

Who were the African America congressional representatives who protested the United States Government's treatment of African Americans during the Cold War?

What percent of African American Dentists and Physicians earn degrees at HBCUs?

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

What Broadway show became the longest running one-person show in the history of Broadway?

Who was the first Black American painter to win national recognition?

This woman was the first black female astronaut. What is her name?

In 1926 the Soul Stirrers were the first gospel quartet to add a second lead to solo over the usual four-part harmony. In 1950 what singer joined this group?

Ernest J. Gaines a short story writer who wrote a 1971 historical novel turned television movie whose main character was 110 year-old woman who narrated her personal story.

Kunta Kinte was one of the characters in what Alex Haley book?

This director, screenwriter and actor was born in Atlanta but relocated to Brooklyn, where he later established a film company. Whether working with a low-budget and unknown actors or Hollywood heavyweights, his films continue to be controversial and push racial boundaries. Name him.

Popularized by the 1923 musical Run-in' Wild, what 1920s dance is believed to have started in a coastal city of South Carolina?

Which black woman was a famous singer sang the song "Respect" in 1967?

What's her name?

What is the name of one of New Orleans' most famous dishes (hint: it's a soup with lots of different ingredients)?

Currently the pastor of a large congregation in Raliegh, North Carolina, this well-known female singer worked with the gospel group The Caravans established by Albertina Walker. Name her.

"Go Down, Moses" and "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" are known as what type of songs?

What Alex Haley was novel was made into a television mini-series in 1977 and 1979?

What were some new weapons used in WWI

George Shirley was a tenor and member of what opera company?

A device used by southern states to disenfranchise African Americans. It restricted voting to those whose grandfathers had voted before 1867.

Why did African Americans fight in WWII?

Who was taken to school by Federal Marshals in 1960?

What was the first city to desegregate lunch counters?

unfair treatment of different categories of people.

What did the Black Panther party advocate?

What holiday was invented in 1966 to celebrate black cultural nationalism?

Which slaveholder wrote these words:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

What do you call the journey of enslaved Africans from Africa to the Americans?

Heroes of the Haitian Revolution were...

Santeria blended West African Muslim traditions with Roman Catholic symbols/imagery.

Who was the first African-American woman to be elected to the United States Congress

Condoleezza Rice became the first black female _______.

Lewis Latimer prepared the drawings for what invention patented by Alexander Graham Bell?

Who invented the gas mask and the mechanical traffic signals?

The president named this person to be the first African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land.

In 1962, this person became the first black player inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Where did Martin Luther King give his famous "I have a Dream" speech?

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

Who invented the gas mask?

Who created the first blood bank and ultimately saved millions of lives?

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

Became the first African American Secretary of State in 2001.

Born into slavery but became America's leading black educator

Knew from an early age she wanted to be a singer; won 22 Grammy awards

Plays for the Golden State Warriors; first player to be voted MVP anonymously

Became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball; played for the Brooklyn Dodgers

Did a lot of work to help the civil rights movement; was a dancer; poet and author

Pop singer; known for the moonwalk