Arts and Business & Education

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

What profession were Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Countee Cullen, major contributors in Harlem Renaissance?

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

Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis has been a prominent figure in jazz since the 1980s... representing what jazz musicians?

What author said, "Black writers do more than merely exhibit rage - they must analyze the roots of racial oppression"?

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

The North Star was a weekly newspaper founded by which abolitionist in 1847?

How did Barney Ford make his fortune?

Who wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave in 1845?

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

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

Porgy was a black musical play that had its debut in 1927. All black cast. Name 2 of the actors/actresses that performed

Nat Love wrote what kind of stories?

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

What country secured a monopoly over the slave trade to the New World in 1713?

During the first two-thirds of the seventeenth century what two countries dominated the African slave trade?

Who portrayed "Ulrica" in Musket Ball, was named to the US Delegation to the United Nations, awarded the Freedom Medal?

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

Dr. Louis C. Roudanez founded this first daily black newspaper in 1864. Name it.

What Black American woman founded the National Trade and Professional School for Women and Girls, Inc.?

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

Influenced by Walkers The Color Purple, the award-winning author created he Easy Rawlins featured in a series of novels

Josh Brown spelled what word in 1993 to become 1st AA who won Kentucky Education Association President's Spelling Bee?

In the late 19th century, what Hopkinsville businessman was as "The Richest Negro in the South?"

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

Studied 8 languages, pastor, author, and member of Kentucky Board of Education, U.S. Army as a multilingual interpreter?

In what state was Langston Hughes born?

Joshua Johnson made his living in the early 1800s with what profession?

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

What is the name of the Grammy award winning gospel a cappella sextet whose hits include Spread Love and David & Goliath

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

What was the name of Charles W. Chestnut's final novel?

What Hopkinsville natives and brothers owned and edited The Detroit Contender?

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

Where was Ephraim Poston, owner and editor of the newspaper Hopkinsville Contender, born?

Who wrote the poem "A Negro Love Song"?

Xavier University was 1st black Catholic college. Opened in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1915. What year was the it added?

Slaves held a variety of tasks such as skilled craftsmen, etc... What work did the majority of slaves perform?

What type of folk art was seen on the New York subway cars in the 1970s that was a phenomenon among the urban youth?

Who wrote the play All God's Chillun Got Wings starring Paul Robeson?

Who was the first Black American woman bank president?

What is the name of the Harlem club where many famous Black American entertainers began their careers?

Who is Mary Ann Shadd Cary?

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

The name of the Eddie Murphy first movie which grossed over 100 million dollars and propelled him into movie stardom?

Ernest J. Gaines, a short story writer, wrote a 1971 historical novel, main character was a 110 year-old woman

What type of music did Louis Armstrong revolutionize and establish as the nation's first highly popular Black art form?

Roots, the miniseries, was aired eight nights in 1977 with nearly 130 million viewers. Its 1979 sequel was named what?

Who wrote the song Maple Leaf Rag?

Julian Abele was involved in the design of what museum?

Nominated for a National Book Award, what is Maya Angelou's first autobiography?

Elaine Farris became the first African American school superintendent in Kentucky in 2004 over what school district?

What is the name of Grammy award winning gospel a cappella sextet whose hits include Spread Love and David & Goliath?

Where was Ralph Ellison, the famous Black American novelist, born?

The United Negro College Fund was established in 1944 to provided financial support to students who enrolled in what?

In what year did Maggie Lena Walker become the first Black American woman bank president?

In 1991, what become the first black-controlled company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange ?

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

She is a dancer-choreographer who is also a director and producer. Involved with the television show Fame. Name her.

What company has a successful series of television commercials that started in 1974 and features Bill Cosby?

Born in Louisville, KY, 1st African American student accepted at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee?

Ralph Ellison turned to writing after his career in what field was not successful?

Who founded the DuSable Museum of African-American History, located in Chicago, Illinois?

Brumsic Brandon, Jr. is best known for what comic strip?

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

Blues artist Mamie Smith sold nearly a million copies of what song in 1920?