What year did the first 13 African American males start walking the Beale Street beat? (Page 1)

Who were the first two African American men to serve with the Memphis Police Department as part of the Metropolitan force and were hired on November 18, 1967, as turnkeys at the two district station houses? (Page 1)

Who was the first female African American Lieutenant with the Memphis Police Department in 1984? (Page 1)

Who was the first African American male to be appointed as the Police Chief for the Memphis Police Department in 1992? (Page 1)

Who was the first African American Police Director, for the Memphis Police Department, appointed in 1988? (Page 1)

Who were the first two female African American Colonels for the Memphis Police Department, appointed in 2008? (Page 1)

Who was the first female African American Motorcycle Officer for the Memphis Police Department certified in 2010? (Page 2)

Who was the youngest male to be appointed as Director of Police Services for the Memphis Police Department in 2011? (Page 2)

Who were the first 3 African American female[s] to be appointed as Chief Inspector for the Memphis Police Department? (Page 2)

In what year did the Memphis Police Department first integrated class of Recruits graduate? (Page 2)

In what year was the Afro-American Police Association established? (Page 2)

In 1996, who was the African American male appointed Director of Police Services for the Memphis Police Department by Mayor W. W. Herenton? (Page 2)

In what year that [did] Lt. W. L. Robinson become the first African American male to be promoted to the rank of Captain for the Memphis Police Department? (Page 2)

In what year was the formation of The Afro-American Police Association? (Page 2)

In what year was Tom Marshall promoted to Chief Inspector and named Chief of detectives, becoming the first African American to hold a top command post? (Page 3)

Who was the first female African American promoted to Sergeant for the Memphis Police Department in 1973? (Page 3)

There were two female Deputy Chiefs, the first white female and the first African American female, who were responsible for the entire patrol function of the Memphis Police Department. Who were they? (Page 3)

What constitutional amendment, ratified in 1868, guaranteed equal protection under the law for all people? (Page 3)

What court case established the "separate but equal" doctrine in 1896, laying the groundwork for Jim Crow laws all over the South? (Page 3)

What religious denomination was founded by blacks who objected to sitting in a separate gallery during church services? (Page 3)

Where was the first sit-in at a segregated lunch counter, staged by four black students in 1960? (Page 3)

What events prompted the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (popularity, the Kerner Commission) to warn in 1968, "Our Nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white — separate and unequal"? (Page 4)

In 1786 what group helped fugitive slaves from Virginia reach freedom? (Page 4)

In what year [and month] did Britain and the United States abolish the slave trade? (Page 4)

In 1886 Mary Jane Patterson is the first African American woman to receive a bachelor's degree, from what college? (Page 4)

In 1874, Edward Alexander Bouchet becomes the first African American to receive a bachelor's degree in physics, from what college? (Page 4)

In what year did W. E. B. Du Bois earn a doctorate degree from Harvard University? (Page 4)

In 1906 John Hope becomes the first African American president of a university, at what college? (Page 4)

In 1907 who becomes the first African American Rhodes Scholar? (Page 4)

In 1926 who became the first African American president of Howard University? (Page 4)

In 1773, what first major African American author and poet published her collection Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral? (Page 4)

In 1950, who became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize, awarded for her book of poetry Annie Allen? (Page 5)

In 1952, who won the National Book Award for his novel Invisible Man? (Page 5)

In what year was James Baldwin's first novel, Go Tell it on the Mountain, published? (Page 5)

In what year did The Autobiography of Malcolm X become a major bestseller? (Page 5)

In what year was Alex Haley's novel Roots published? (Page 5)

In what year did Alice Walker's novel The Color Purple receive wide critical praise? (Page 5)

In what year did Terry McMillan publish her novel Waiting to Exhale? (Page 5)

He was born into slavery in 1817, and taught himself to read and write having only a limited exposure to the alphabet? (Page 5)

Who is considered the most influential leader of the civil rights movement and philosophy of non-violent protest transcends the era of civil rights? (Page 5)

Who was the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1972?

What Civil Rights Activist published The Souls of Black Folk? (Page 6)

In what year was the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) founded? (Page 6)

In 1936 what track star won four gold medals at the Olympic Games in Berlin? (Page 6)

Who founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and what year was it? (Page 6)

What Presidentsigned the Civil Rights Act of 1964? (Page 6)

Who founded Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) in Chicago and in what year? (Page 6)

Who was sworn in as the first African American Mayor of Chicago in 1983? (Page 6)

Who was the first African American woman to become Secretary of State in the United States? (Page 6)

Who was the first African American child born in America and what year was it? (Page 6)