By 2002, revenues for black-owned businesses rose to what amount, accounting for 5% of all non-farm businesses in the United States?

In 1925 A. Philip Randolph organized which union?

In 1917 what was one of the first black organized labor unions called?

What was the 1915 movement of people from the South to the North, during the economic boom of World War I, called?

In 1903, who became the first Black American woman bank president?

Who was born a slave in 1841 in North Carolina, and his estate was later valued at $500,000 as owner of a merchant business in Hopkinsville?

In what year did the first African indentured servants arrive at Jamestown, Virginia?

What was the daily wage of Black train porter before A. Philip Randolph established a successful labor union for Black train porters?

Who was the first Black American woman to have her own weekly television series, Julia?

What organization helps fund over forty Black American colleges?

What is the name of the institute that was founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881?

What Austin Peay State University building was named for a civil rights activist and a pastor of the St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksville, TN?

Under what name was North Carolina Central University founded in 1910 by James E. Shepard?

Originally named Ohio African University, Wilberforce University in Ohio was founded in 1843 by members of what church?

Raising $150,000 over seven years, this choir from Nashville traveled around the world singing spirituals and work songs to raise money for their college. What was the name of the choir?

What are the names of the two top ranked colleges that Dr. Ruth J. Simmons became the first Black and first female President in 1995 and 2001?

What school district did Elaine Farris become the first Black American school superintendent in Kentucky in 2004?

Who designed the first black Barbie doll?

Established in 1881, what college holds the distinction of being America’s oldest historically black college for women?

Who presented a bill to Congress in 1968 that would enable Black Americans to control education, business, and social services within Black American communities?

Cheyney University in Pennsylvania was funded by a will from what Philadelphia Quaker in 1832?

Who was the first Black American to receive a degree from Harvard University?

Born in Louisville, KY, who was the first Black American student to be accepted at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee?

Who was the first Black American to receive a doctorate in Physics from Yale University?

In 1865, Fisk University was founded in what city?

What is the current name of Centenary Biblical Institute that was established in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1865 by Blacks after the Civil War?

What college, originally established as August Institute, was organized by three ministers in the basement of a Baptist church in 1867?

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

The University of the District of Columbia was organized by free black women in 1865 under what name?

In 1904 the Daytona Normal and Industrial School in Daytona Beach, Florida was founded by whom?

Born in Trigg County, KY, what first Black American student at Murray State University had to be escorted to class by the police and the university president?

In what city was the first land grant for a Black college now Alcorn State University, granted?

Founded in 1886, what Kentucky university was originally named the State Normal School for Colored Persons?

There is one Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Kentucky. Name it.

In 1993, what 13-year-old from Sturgis, KY, became the first Black American student to win the Kentucky Education Association President's Spelling Bee in Frankfort, KY?

Who was the first Black American woman president of Spelman College?

Who was the first Black American to graduate from college?

Josh Brown correctly spelled what word in 1993 to become the first Black American to win the Kentucky Education Association President's Spelling Bee?

Who was the first black student to be admitted to the University of Mississippi in 1962?

Who was refused admission to the University of Mississippi in 1961, forcing US Marshals to escort him to class?

Christian County native Elder Watson Diggs was the first Black American graduate from what university's School of Education?

Where did young Dr. Carter G. Woodson learn his ABC's?

In 1913 Delta Sigma Theta sorority was formed at what university?

What is the name of the famous Black college in Washington, D.C. where Dr. Charles Drew taught medicine?

Who was the first Black American woman admitted to the University of Louisville Law School?

Receiving a doctorate in education in 1960, who was the first Black American to earn a Ph.D. at the University of Kentucky?

The United Negro College Fund was established in 1944 to provide financial support to students who are enrolled in what educational institutions?

W.E.B. Du Bois was the first Black American to receive a Ph.D. from what prestigious university?

Rhodes Scholar and Hopkinsville native Raymond Burse attended what law school graduating in 1978?

Hampton University in Virginia was originally established under what name in 1868?

What state has the highest number of black institutions of higher learning?

What US federal government agency founded over 4000 schools, including Howard University?

Coppin State College in Baltimore, Maryland was established in 1900 and named after what slave who became one of the leading black women educators of the nineteenth century?

Born in Falmouth, KY, what man developed the Black Man Think Tank and is the national president of the John D. O'Bryant Think Tank for Black Professionals in Higher Education on Predominantly White Campuses (JDOTT)?

What Christian County native was a founding member of Kappa Alpha Psi, established in 1911, served as the fraternity's president during the first six years and was awarded the organization's first Laurel Wreath in 1924?

Who at age 49 became the first Black American school superintendent in Kentucky?

Who was a pastor, an author, a member of the Kentucky Board of Education, spoke eight languages and served in the U.S. Army as a multilingual interpreter?

In 2009, who became the first Black American male school superintendent in Kentucky?

In 2009, who became the dean of the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Law, making him the state's first Black American law school dean since the desegregation of Kentucky higher education?

Name 2 of the colleges that make up the Atlanta University Center for Black American higher education.

What county had the first school libraries for Kentucky Negro children in 1892 and the libraries first for Negro teachers in 1898?

In 1981 Jewel Plummer Cobb became the first black woman president of what major university?

Who was the principal at Tuskegee Institute who recruited and hired George Washington Carver?

Who championed the principle of industrial/vocational education for black people?

Who was a great Black American educator that influenced Marcus Garvey's commitment to self-improvement?

Mary McLeod Bethune practiced the philosophy of what prominent educator?

Starting with $1.50 in cash, what college did Mary McLeod Bethune found?

In 1866, what library was the first desegregated library in Kentucky and the South?

What Kentucky college was integrated with black and white students in 1858, but discontinued the biracial mix in 1904?

Angus A. Burleigh was the first adult Black American to attend and graduate from what Kentucky college?

Who was the first Black president of the school board in Atlanta, Georgia?

What was the first and only black college consortium founded in 1929?

Who was a graduate of Howard University Medical School, was the first Black American woman to pass the medical boards and become a doctor in Kentucky?

Who was born free and later sold into slavery after his father's death, and became the first adult Black American to graduate from Berea College?

What Act is Charles W. Anderson credited with which provided funding for Black Americans to seek higher education out of state because Kentucky enforced higher education segregation laws?

In 1908, what was the first black sorority founded at Howard University?

In what state is Tuskegee University located?

Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, originally named Ashmun Institute in honor of the first governor of Liberia, was founded by a pastor of what church in 1854?

In 1955, what did the U.S. Supreme Court order schools to accomplish?

In 1925, what was the first black Catholic college opened in New Orleans, Louisiana called?

In what year were the post-Civil War colleges Clark, Claflin, Dillard, and Tugaloo founded?

In 1866, the African Methodist Episcopal Church founded which college in Live Oak, Florida?

In 1865 which university was established in Nashville, Tennessee as a liberal arts institution?

Cheyney State, the oldest Black American college, was founded in what year?

How many historically black colleges and universities are there today in the United Sates?

How did Barney Ford make his fortune?

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

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

What Black actress won an Academy Award for her supporting role in the movie Ghost?

Who was the artist who recorded the songs, “I Will Always Love You,” The Greatest Love of All”, and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”?

Classic blues singers, Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, and Alberta Hunter, were women who came out of what performance tradition?

Who is the award-winning recording/performing/video artist who recorded the platinum album called The Comfort Zone?

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

Harry Belafonte became the first black to receive an Emmy for what show in 1959?

The Guinness Book of World Records lists what Michael Jackson album as the best-selling album of all times?

What was Chubby Checker’s longest running hit song on the Top 40 charts?

Boasting twelve number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, what female singing group was the most successful American vocal group of all time?

The first rap song to achieve commercial success was “Rapper’s Delight.” What was the name of the group who recorded this single in 1979?

What was the name of the popular male group that Dionne Warwick recorded the song Then Came You which went gold?

In the 1920s the Lindy Hop was made famous at this Harlem dance venue.

What is the name of the group who performed the 1970s hit Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

What television program received over 25 Emmy awards and was one of the highest-rated talk shows in television history?

James Bland wrote “Oh Dem Golden Slippers” which is the theme song for what group?

In what TV series was a character named “Buckwheat” one of the stars?

In what motion picture did Bill “Bo Jangles” Robinson teach Shirley Temple the famous Stair Dance?

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, who recorded the song "Twist and Shout"?

Name three dance steps from the Disco era?

What was the name of the group of ladies that sang with Earth Wind, & Fire only Disco song “Boogie Wonderland”??

Lena Horne began her career as a singer and dancer in what New York entertainment club?

What producer/songwriter originated the New Jack Swing?

In 1941, what jazz piece performed by Duke Ellington and his orchestra became an instant hit?

On the TV series Magnum, P.I., what was Roger Mosely’s nickname?

Who was the second black woman to be crowned Miss America?

In his role in the movie Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Sidney Poitier practiced what profession?

What was the first record company to market rap music to the national audience?

Who was the husband and wife team who founded American record label Sugar Hill Records that specialized in hip hop music?

Alice Walker advised what movie director during the film production of her best-selling book, The Color Purple?

Who became Hollywood’s first Black millionaire actor with the stage name was Stepin Fetchit?

Actress Nichelle Nichols is best known for her role in what television series?

What character did Nichelle Nichols play in Star Trek?

What is MC Hammer’s real name?

In 1972, Cicely Tyson was nominated for Best Actress for her performance in what film?

What was the longest, continuously running, first-run syndicated television program until at least 2016?

What was the name of the gospel group that in 1989, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

What was the name of the music and dance television show hosted by Marilyn McCoo?

These artists helped create the Funk music style were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. Name the group.

During Paul Robeson’s appearance in Emperor Jones, he was asked to whistle, but he did what instead?

Born in 1957, what is the full name of the director of the movie Do the Right Thing?

What TV comedy show made Eddie Murphy a household name?

What was Louis Armstrong’s nickname?

Who began his career on the Vaudeville stage at the age of three, was a multi-faceted entertainer and 1960s star of Broadway’s Golden Boy?

Who was the first black entertainer to sleep in the White House?

The popular sitcom Amos ’n’ Andy originally aired as a radio program with what name?

Who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, and recorded the number one 1957 hit “You Send Me”?

Who is a hip-hop mogul, has a record label, clothing line, beverage and movie production companies, and initiated the careers of LL Cool J and Will Smith?

What was the name of the first hip-hop group to break into the mainstream American culture in the early 1980s?

In 1986, Dexter Gordan was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in what film?

Who was the actor, and standup comedian who warned others of the dangers of drug abuse after his own near-death experience?

What is Little Richard’s given name?

What type of music was made famous by Bob Marley?

What was John Elroy Stanford’s stage name?

Howard Rollins received an Oscar nomination for what movie?

What 1984 movie was the artist Prince the star?

Which hip-hop group that created the theme song “Fight the Power” to Spike Lee’s film Do the Right Thing.

What instrument did Count Basie play, while leading his group The Count Basie Orchestra?

What musical instrument did Nat King Cole play?

What is the name of Debbie Allen’s sister who appeared on the Cosby Show?

What is the name of the city called the “city of brotherly love” birthplace of Bill Cosby, Will Smith and Kobe Bryant?

What song has become Count Basie’s theme song and was later recorded by many different music groups?