BLACK HERITAGE WEEKEND BRAINBOWL QUESTIONS - Ages 7 - 12 African-American Firsts: Government
GOV 1 Who was the 1st African American Officeholder in colonial America? Matthias de Souza.
GOV 2 What year and what state did Matthias de Souza, the 1st African American office holder elected? 1641 & Maryland
GOV 3 Who was the 1st African American Municipal elected official: John Mercer Langston
GOV 4 What year was John Mercer Langston, the 1st African American Municipal official elected? 1855.
GOV 5 What city did John Mercer Langston represent? Brownhelm Township in Ohio
GOV 6 Who was the 1st African American State Supreme Court Justice? Jonathan Jasper Wright
GOV 7 What year was Jonathan Jasper Wright elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court? 1870
GOV 8 Who was the 1st African American U.S. Representative? Joseph Rainey.
GOV 9 What year was Joseph Rainey elected as US Representative? 1870. 1
GOV 10 What party did Joseph Rainey belong to? Republican
GOV 11 Who was the 1st African American Governor that was appointed? P.B.S. Pinchback
GOV 12 What year was P.B.S. Pinchback the 1st African American governer appointed? 1872.
GOV 13 What State did P.B.S. Pinchback represent? Louisiana
GOV 14 Who was the 1st elected African American Woman legislator? Crystal Bird Fauset
GOV 15 What year was Crystal Bird Fauset the 1st African American Woman legislator elected? 1938
GOV 16 What state did Crystal Bird Fauset represent? Pennsylvania
GOV 17 Who was the 1st African American U.S. cabinet member? Robert C. Weaver
GOV 18 What year was Robert C Weaver the 1st African American U.S Cabinet member appointed? 1966
GOV 19 What was Robert Weaver’s official title: Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
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GOV 20 20. Who was the 1st African American Major party nominee for President and what year was he nominated? Sen. Barack Obama, 2008
African-American Firsts: Law LAW 1 Who was the 1st African American Admitted to the Bar: Macon B. Allen
LAW 2 Who was the 1st African American Woman admitted to the bar: Charlotte Ray
LAW 3 Who was the 1st African American Elected municipal judge: Mifflin W. Gibbs
LAW 4 Who was the 1st African American Editor of the Harvard Law Review: Charles Hamilton Houston
LAW 5 Who was the 1st African American Federal Judge: William Henry Hastie
LAW 6 Who was the 1st African American Woman federal judge: Constance Baker Motley
LAW 7 Who was the 1st African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice: Thurgood Marshall.
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LAW 8 Who was the 1st African American President of the American Bar Association: Dennis Archer.
LAW 9 Who was the 1st African American Federal Employee? William Cooper Nell
LAW 10 What federal job did William Cooper Nell hold? Clerk in a Boston Post Office
LAW 11 Who was the 1st African American Voter? Thomas Peterson of Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
LAW 12 Who was the 1st African American that served as a New York City policeman? Wiley G. Overton, 1891
LAW 13 Who was the 1st to discover the Watergate break-in? Frank Willis, an African American Security Guard
LAW 14 Who was the 1st African American to give a Keynote speech before a Democratic National Convention? Barbara Jordan, July 1976
LAW 15 Who was the 1st African American woman elected Mayor in Mississippi? Unita Blackwell, 1976
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African-American Firsts: Diplomacy DIP 1 Who was the 1st African American U.S. ambassador? Ebenezer D. Bassett
DIP 2 To what country was Ebenezer D Bassett an ambassador: Haiti
DIP 3 Who was the 1st African American Nobel Peace Prize winner: Ralph J. Bunche
DIP 4 Who was the 1st African American Woman U.S. ambassador: Patricia Harris
DIP 5 Who was the 1st African American U.S. Representative to the UN: Andrew Young, 1977.
DIP 6 Who was the youngest African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize? Martin L. King
African-American Firsts: Military MIL 1 What was the 1st African American U.S Army unit to have black men comprise more than half of its troops: 1st Rhode Island Regiment,
MIL 2 Who was the 1st African American Commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy: Robert Smalls
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MIL 3 Who was the 1st African American Commissioned officer above the rank of Captain in the U.S. Army: Major Martin R. Delany
MIL 4 Who was the 1st African American West Point graduate: Henry O. Flipper
MIL 5 Who was the 1st African American Graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy: Wesley A. Brown.
MIL 6 Who was the 1st African American Congressional Medal of Honor winner: Sgt. William H. Carney
MIL 7 Who was the 1st African American Combat pilot: Eugene Jacques Bullard
MIL 8 Who was the 1st African American General: Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.
MIL 9 Who was the 1st African American Woman general: Hazel W. Johnson,
MIL 10 Who was the 1st African American Woman to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy: Janie L. Mines
MIL 11 Who was the 1st African American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Colin Powell,
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MIL 12 Who was the 1st African American Woman Rear Admiral in the United States Navy: Lillian Fishburne
MIL 13 When did the US Naval accept it’s 1st African American? September 1872
MIL 14 Who was the US Naval 1st African American? James Henry Conyers
MIL 15 Who were the 1st African American Fighter Pilots in the US Air Force? The Tuskegee Airmen
MIL 16 Who was the 1st African American soldier awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War? Milton Lee Olive III
MIL 17 What did Milton Lee Olive III do to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor in Vietnam? He threw himself on a grenade, sacrificing himself and to save the lives of his comrades.
MIL 18 Who was the 1st African American woman to command an Air Force Flying Squadron? Col Stayce Harris
African-American Firsts: Science and Medicine SCI/MED 1 Who was the 1st African American Patent holder? Thomas L. Jennings
SCI/MED 2 Who was the 1st African American Physician? James Derham
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SCI/MED 3 What year did Thomas L Jennings get his 1st patent? 1821
SCI/MED 4 Who was the 1st African American Woman Dentist? Ida Gray
SCI/MED 5 Who was the 1st African American to earn a M.D. degree? James McCune Smith
SCI/MED 6 What was the 1st National Monument dedicated to an African American? The George Washington Carver National Monument in Diamond, Missouri
SCI/MED 7 When was the George Washington Carver National Monument in Diamond, Missouri dedicated? 1953
SCI/MED 8 Who was the 1st African American to earn a M.D. degree from a U.S. Medical School? David Jones Peck
SCI/MED 9 Who was the 1st African American Woman to receive an M.D. degree? Rebecca Lee Crumpler
SCI/MED 10 What African American was the 1st to earn a Ph.D. in Computer Science? Clarence “Skip” Ellis
SCI/MED 11 Who was the 1st African American Woman patent holder? Judy Reed.
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SCI/MED 12 What invention did Judy Reed get the patent for? A “dough Kneader and roller.
SCI/MED 13 Who was the 1st African American Female Dental Surgeon? Ida Gray Nelson Rollins
SCI/MED 14 What was the name of the 1st Black-owned hospital: Provident Hospital
SCI/MED 15 Who founded the 1st Black owned hospital? Daniel Hale Williams.
SCI/MED 16 What year was Provident Hospital, the 1st Black owned hospital founded? 1891
SCI/MED 17 Who was the 1st African American Heart surgery pioneer? Daniel Hale Williams
SCI/MED 18 Who was the 1st African American Developer of the blood bank? Dr. Charles Drew
SCI/MED 19 Who was the 1st African American Member of the National Academy of Sciences? David Harold Blackwell
SCI/MED 20 Who was the 1st African American Astronaut? Robert H. Lawrence, Jr.
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SCI/MED 21 Who was the 1st African American Implantation of heart defibrillator? Levi Watkins, Jr.
SCI/MED 22 Who was the 1st African American Astronaut to travel in space? Guion Bluford
SCI/MED 23 Who was the 1st African American Head of the National Science Foundation? Walter E. Massey
SCI/MED 24 Who was the 1st African American Woman astronaut? Mae Jemison
SCI/MED 25 Who was the 1st African American President of the American Medical Association? Lonnie Bristow
African-American Firsts: Scholarship SCH 1 1. Who was the 1st African American College graduate (B.A.)? Alexander Lucius Twilight
SCH 2 Who was the 1st African American Graduate of an Ivy League School? Theodore Sedgewick Wright
SCH 3 What year did Theodore S. Wright graduate from Princeton Theological Seminary? 1828
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SCH 4 Who was the 1st African American College professor? Charles Lewis Reason
SCH 5 Who was the 1st African American Woman to complete 4 years of collegiate study from a college? Lucy Stanton
SCH 6 Who Was the 1st African American woman to earn a B.A. degree college? Mary Jane Patterson
SCH 7 Who was the 1st African American College president? Daniel A. Payne
SCH 8 What was the 1st African American Non-white public high school? Paul Lawrence Dunbar High
SCH 9 Who was the 1st African American Ph.D.? Edward A. Bouchet
SCH 10 Who was the 1st African American Elected to Phi Beta Kappa? George Washington Henderson
SCH 11 Who was the 1st African American Rhodes scholar? Alain L. Locke
SCH 12 Name 3 of the 1st African American Women Ph.D's: Georgiana Simpson, Sadie Tanner Mossell and Eva Beatrice Dykes
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SCH 13 Who was the 1st African American Ivy League University president? Ruth Simmons
SCH 14 What year was Ruth Simmons assigned to Brown University, an Ivy League School? 2001
SCH 15 Who was the 1st African American to receive an honorary degree from Harvard? Booker T. Washington
African-American Firsts: Art and Literature
ART/LIT 1 Who was the 1st African American Poet? Lucy Terry
ART/LIT 2 Who was the 1st African American Published autobiography? Briton Hammon
ART/LIT 3 Who was the 1st African American Poet (published)? Phyllis Wheatley
ART/LIT 4 Who was the 1st African American Recognized artist? Joshua Johnston
ART/LIT 5 Who was the 1st African American Woman's autobiography? Jarena Lee
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ART/LIT 6 Who was the 1st African American Male Novelist? William Wells Brown
ART/LIT 7 Who was the 1st African American Woman novelist? Harriett Wilson
ART/LIT 8 Who was the 1st African American Recognized photographer? James Conway Farley
ART/LIT 9 Who was the 1st African American Pulitzer prize winner? Gwendolyn Brooks
ART/LIT 10 Who was the 1st African American Pulitzer prize winner in Drama? Charles Gordone,
ART/LIT 11 Who was the 1st African American Nobel Prize for Literature winner? Toni Morrison,
ART/LIT 12 Who was the 1st African American Poet to read at a Presidential Inauguration? Maya Angelou
ART/LIT 13 What poem did Maya Angelou read at Bill Clinton’s Inauguration? “On the Pulse of Morning”
ART/LIT 14 What poet was the 1st African American to pass the Florida Bar exam? James Weldon Johnson
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ART/LIT 15 Who wrote the 1st Novel by an African American to be bought by Hollywood? Frank Yerby
African-American Firsts: Newspapers and Other Print Media
NEWS/PR 1 What was the 1st African American Newspaper? Freedom's Journal
NEWS/PR 2 Who published the 1st African American Magazine? David Ruggles
NEWS/PR 3 What was the 1st African Daily newspaper? New Orleans Tribune,
NEWS/PR 4 Who started the 1st family owned African American Newspaper? John H. Murphy
NEWS/PR 5 What was the name of the 1st family owned African American Newspaper? The Afro-American
NEWS/PR 6 Who was the 1st African American War Correspondent? Ralph W. Tyler
NEWS/PR 7 Who was the 1st African American Anchor of a TV Morning News Show? Bryant Gumbel
NEWS/PR 8 What African American magazine is a Mass Circulation Magazine? Ebony,
NEWS/PR 9 What year did Ebony 1st appear? 1945
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NEWS/PR 10 Who was Ebony’s creator? John H. Johnson
NEWS/PR 11 What other magazine did John H. Johnson publish? Jet
African-American Firsts: Music and Dance MUS/D 1 What was the 1st African American Published musical composition? Francis Johnson
MUS/D 2 What was the 1st African American Theatrical company? The African Company.
MUS/D 3 Who is the 1st African American Nationally recognized dance performer? William Henry Lane (Master Juba)
MUS/D 4 Who was the 1st African American Member of the New York City Opera? Todd Duncan
MUS/D 5 Who was the 1st African American Member of the Metropolitan Opera Company? Marian Anderson
MUS/D 6 What honor was given to Marian Anderson in 2005? A commemorative stamp was issues in her honor.
MUS/D 7 Who was the 1st African American Male Grammy Award winner? Count Basie
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MUS/D 8 Who was the 1st African American Woman Grammy Award winner? Ella Fitzgerald
MUS/D 9 Who was the 1st African American Principal dancer in a major dance company: Arthur Mitchell,
MUS/D 10 What was the 1st Singing Group to perform Spirituals throughout the world? The Fisk Jubilee Singers
MUS/D 11 Who was the 1st Composer of Gospel Hymns? Charles A. Tindley
MUS/D 12 Who was the 1st Great Jazz Composer? Jelly Roll Morton
MUS/D 13 Who founded the 1st Gospel Publishing Company? Thomas Dorsey
MUS/D 14 Who was the 1st African American vocalist to sing with a white orchestra? Lena Horne
MUS/D 15 Who was the 1st African American Country Music Star? Charley Pride
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African-American Firsts: Film and Theater
FL/TH 1 What was the 1st African American film company? Lincoln Motion Picture Company,
FL/TH 2 st Who was the 1 African American Film director? Oscar Micheaux
FL/TH 3 Who was the 1st African American Oscar winner? Hattie McDaniel,
FL/TH 4 For what movie did Hattie McDaniels win her Oscar? Gone with the Wind
FL/TH 5 Who was the 1st African American to earn an Honorary Oscar? James Baskett
FL/TH 6 Who was the 1st African American Tony Award Winner? Juanita Hall
FL/TH 7 What Broadway play did Juanita Hall win a Toy Award for? South Pacific
FL/TH 8 Who was the 1st African American to win an Oscar for, Best Actor? Sidney Poitier
FL/TH 9 Who was the 1st African American Director for a major Hollywood studio? Gordon Parks
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FL/TH 10 What African American Woman director for a major Hollywood Studio? Julie Dash
FL/TH 11 Who was the 1st African American Oscar, Best Actress? Dorothy Dandridge
FL/TH 12 What is the name of the film that Hallie Berry won an Oscar for? Monster’s Ball
FL/TH 13 Who was the 1st African American First President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (The Oscars)? Cheryl Boone Isaacs
FL/TH 14 Who was the 1st African American Hollywood Star? Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry better known as Stepin Fetchit
FL/TH 15 Who was the 1st African American Movie Cowboy? Herb Jeffries
African-American Firsts: Radio and Television
RAD/TV 1 Who was the 1st African American Radio broadcaster? Jack L. Cooper
RAD/TV 2 What was the 1st Black-owned radio station? WERD
RAD/TV 3 Who purchased the 1st Black owned radio station? Jesse B. Blayton, Sr.
RAD/TV 4 Where was the 1st Black owned radio station located? Atlanta Georgia
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RAD/TV 5 Who was the 1st African American Network television show host? Nat King Cole
RAD/TV 6 Who was the 1st African American Star of a network television show? Bill Cosby
RAD/TV 7 What was the 1st African American Black-owned television station? WGPR-TV
RAD/TV 8 Who was the 1st African American Evening News Anchorman? Max Robinson
RAD/TV 9 What TV station was Max Robinson Anchor of? ABC Evening News
RAD/TV 10 Who was the 1st African American Woman television show host? Oprah Winfrey
RAD/TV 11 What did Oprah Winfrey do in January 2007, in Henley-on-Klip, South Africa: Built The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls
RAD/TV 12 What was the 1st all Black TV sitcom? Amos & Andy
RAD/TV 13 In 2012, what TV sitcom surpassed The Jefferson’s as the longest-running sitcom with a predominately African American cast in the history of American television in terms of number of episodes? Tyler Perry’s House of Payne
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Who was the 1st African American woman to make the final four on the TV Show The Apprentice 5 with Donald Trump? Roxanne Tessa Lisa Wilson
RAD/TV 15 What was the 1st Black college to train radio engineers? Howard University
African-American Firsts: Sports
SPTS 1 Who was the 1st African American Jockey to Win Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis
SPTS 2 Who was the 1st African American Professional baseball player: Moses Fleetwood Walker
SPTS 3 Who was the 1st African American Professional Golfer: John Matthew Shippen, Jr.
SPTS 4 Who was the 1st African American World cycling champion: Marshall W. "Major" Taylor
SPTS 5 Who was the 1st African American Olympic medalist (Summer games): George Page
SPTS 6 Who was the 1st African American Olympic gold medalist (Summer games): John Baxter "Doc" Taylor
SPTS 7 Who was the 1st African American World Heavyweight boxing champion: Jack Johnson
SPTS 8 Who was the 1st African American NFL football coach: Fritz Pollard 20
SPTS 9 Who was the 1st African American Professional Race Car Driver, Rajo Jack De Soto
SPTS 10 Who was the 1st African American Olympic gold medalist (Summer games; individual): DeHart Hubbard
SPTS 11 Who was the 1st African American Major league baseball player in the 20th Century: Jackie Robinson
SPTS 12 Who was the 1st African American Woman gold medalist (Summer games; individual): Alice Coachman
SPTS 13 Who was the 1st African American NFL quarterback: Willie Thrower
SPTS 14 Who was the 1st African American Wimbledon tennis champion: Althea Gibson
SPTS 15 Who was the 1st African American NHL hockey player: Willie O'Ree
SPTS 16 Who was the 1st African American NASCAR stock car driver to win a major race: Wendell Oliver Scott,
SPTS 17 Who was the 1st African American Male tennis champion: Arthur Ashe
SPTS 18 Who was the 1st African American Professional Bowlers Association Champion: George Branham III
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SPTS 19 Who was the 1st African American Olympic medalist (Winter games): Debi Thomas
SPTS 20 Who was the 1st African American Golf champion: Tiger Woods
SPTS 21 Who was the 1st African American Chess Grandmaster: Maurice Ashley
SPTS 22 Who was the 1st African American Olympic gold medalist (Winter games): Vonetta Flowers
SPTS 23 Who was the 1st African American Olympic gold medalist (Winter games; individual): Shani Davis
SPTS 24 Who is the 1st African American NFL coach to win a Super bowl: Tony Dungy
SPTS 25 Who was the 1st African American NBA coach to win a Championship: Bill Russell
African-American Firsts: Religion
REL 1 Who was the 1st African American Founder of the Baptist Church? David George.
REL 2 What was the name of the first African American Church? Silver Bluff Baptist Church
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REL 3 What was the name of 1st African American African Episcopal (AME) Church? Mother Bethel AME Church, 1794.
REL 4 Where is Mother Bethel AMEC located? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
REL 5 What was the 1st Church-Sponsored African American College? Wilberforce University,
REL 6 What year was Wilberforce founded? 1856.
REL 7 Where is Wilberforce located? Ohio.
REL 8 What is the name of the 1st African American Episcopal Church Bishop? James Theodore Holly
REL 9 Who founded the 1st African American Pentecostal Faith Revival? William J. Seymour
REL 10 What was the name of the 1st African American Pentecostal church? Azusa Street Revival.
REL11 What was the name of the National Black Catholic Fraternal Order? Knights of St. Peter Claver
REL 12 Who was the 1st African American Woman Bishop in the Episcopal (Anglican) Church? Barbara Harris,
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REL 13 When was Barbara Harris, the 1st African American Episcopal Bishop chosen? 1989.
REL 14 Who was the 1st African American Woman Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church: Vashti Murphy McKenzie,
REL 15 What year was Vashti McKenzie chosen? 2000.
REL 16 Who was the 1st President of the Southern Baptist Convention, Fred Luter, Jr.
REL 17 What year was Fred Luter Jr, the 1st President of the Southern Baptist Convention chosen? 2012
REL 18 Who was the 1st African American Chaplin commissioned in the Army? Bishop Henry McNeal Turner
REL 19 Who was the 1st African American to head a predominantly white religious denomination? Rev William G. Sinkford
REL 20 Who was the 1st African American Chaplin at Yale University? Rev Frederick Jerome Streets
African-American Firsts: Business and Labor
BS/LA 1 Who were the 1st African American Landowners? Anthony and Mary Johnson
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BS/LA 2 What was the name of the 1st African American Black-owned insurance company? The African Insurance Company
BS/LA 3 What was the name of the 1st Black Labor Union? American League of Colored Laborers
BS/LA 4 What was the name of the 1st Black-owned Bank? True Reformers Bank
BS/LA 5 What was the name of the 1st Black-owned resort? Highland Beach, Maryland
BS/LA 6 When did the 1st Black owned resort The Highland Beach Resort open? 1893
BS/LA 7 Who was the 1st African American Millionaire? Robert Abbott
BS/LA 8 How did Robert Abbot, the 1st African American Millionaire make his money? He founded the newspaper The Chicago Defender
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What was the 1st African American Automobile manufacturing company? C.R. Patterson & Sons BS/LA 10 What was the first African American Record Company? Black Swan Records
BS/LA 11 What was the name of the 1st African American Black-owned Youth Camp? Camp Atwater
BS/LA 12 Who was the founder of the 1st Black-owned metropolitan newspaper? Robert Maynard
BS/LA 13 What was its name of the 1st Black owned metropolitan newspaper? The Oakland Tribune
BS/LA 14 Who was the 1st African American Billionaire? Robert Johnson, 2001
BS/LA 15 What did Robert Johnson own? Black Entertainment Television.
Other African-American Firsts:
OTHER 1ST 1 Who was the 1st African American Explorer of the North Pole? Matthew Henson
OTHER 1ST 2 What year did Matthew Henson explore the North Pole? 1909.
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OTHER 1ST 3 Who was the 1st African American Secret Service Agent? Charles LeRoy Gittens
OTHER 1ST 4 st Who was the 1 African American Licensed Pilot? Bessie Coleman
OTHER 1ST 5 5. Who was the 1st African American Explorer of the South Pole? George Gibbs
OTHER 1ST 6 When did George Gibbs explore the South Pole? 1939–1941
OTHER 1ST 7 Who was the 1st African American Captain of an American Merchant Marine ship? Hugh Mulzac
OTHER 1ST 8 Who was the 1st African American Pilot for a commercial airline? Perry Young, Jr.
OTHER 1ST 9 What was the name of the airline that Perry Young, the 1st African American commercial pilot worked for? New York Airways
OTHER 1ST 10 Who was the 1st African American Flight Attendant? Ruth Carol Taylor
OTHER 1ST 11 What was the name of the airline that Ruth Carol Taylor the 1st African American Flight attendant worked for? Mohawk Airlines
OTHER 1ST 12 Who was the 1st African American President of Girl Scouts, USA? Gloria Dean Randall Scott
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OTHER 1ST 13 Who was the 1st African American Woman commercial airline pilot? Jill Elaine Brown
OTHER 1ST 14 Who was the 1st African American Miss America? Vanessa Williams
OTHER 1ST 15 Who was the 1st African American to sail solo around the world? William Pinkney
OTHER 1ST 16 st Who was the 1 African American Miss USA? Carole Ann-Marie Gist
OTHER 1ST 17 Who was the 1st African American President of the National League of Women Voters? Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins
OTHER 1ST 18 Who was the 1st African American President of the National Parent- Teacher Association (PTA)? Lois Jean White
OTHER 1ST 19 Who was the 1st African American to fly around the orld? Barrington Irving
OTHER 1ST 20 Who was the 1st African American female Explorer, North Pole? Barbara Hillary
OTHER 1ST 21 Who is the African American that is 2nd in command now for HUD and was appointed as Deputy Secretary of that agency by President Barack Obama in 2009? Ronald Cordell Sims
OTHER 1ST 22 Who is NASA’s 1st permanent black administrator that was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009? Charles Frank Bolden Jr 28
OTHER 1ST 23 Who is the current and 1st African American woman to serve as the National Security Advisor and was appointed by President Barack Obama? Susan Rice
OTHER 1ST 24 Who was the African American Woman who was born into slavery and gained emancipation for herself and extended family by going to District court? Bridget “Biddy” Mason
OTHER 1ST 25 Who is the 1st and only female buffalo soldier, who also was the only documented African American woman to serve in the regular army in the 19th century? Cathay Williams
OTHER 1ST 26 Who was the 1st African American woman to charter and form a bank in the US. Maggie Lena Walker
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
HBCU 1 Name a Historically African American college in Normal, Alabama and give 1 historical fact about it. Alabama A & M *It started out being named Huntsville Normal School
HBCU 2 Name a Historically African American college in Montgomery, Alabama and give 1 historical fact about it. Alabama State *One famous alumnus is Rosa Parks
HBCU 3 Name a Historically African American college in Fairfield, Alabama and give 1 historical fact about it. Miles College *A notable alumnus is U.S. District Court Judge U.W. Clemon, Alabama's first black federal judge. 29
HBCU 4 Name a Historically African American college in Huntsville, Alabama and give 1 historical fact about it. Oakwood University *One prominent alumnus is R&B musician Brian McKnight,
HBCU 5 Name a Historically African American college in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and give 1 historical fact about it. Stillman College *Stillman began as a school that would train black men to become ministers.
HBCU 6 Name a Historically African American college in Talladega, Alabama and give 1 historical fact about it. Talladega College *It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ
HBCU 7 Name a Historically African American college in Tuskegee, Alabama and give 1 historical fact about it. Tuskegee University *It was the first black college to be designated as a Registered National Historic Landmark (1966), and is the only black college to be designated as a National Historic Site.
HBCU 8 Name a Historically African American college in Daytona, Florida and give 1 historical fact about it. Bethune-Cookman University *Bethune-Cookman institution achieved University status in early 2007
HBCU 9 Name a Historically African American college in Jacksonville, Florida and give 1 historical fact about it Edward Waters College *Its current name honors the third bishop of the AME church 30
HBCU 10 Name a Historically African American college in Dallas, Texas and give 1 historical fact about it Paul Quinn College * The institution was named for Bishop Paul Quinn who presided over the AME Church in the western states for nearly 30 years
HBCU 11 Name a Historically African American college in Columbia, South Carolina and give 1 historical fact about it Allen University *It is the oldest historically black college in the state, founded in 1870 by the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church
AFRICAN AMERICAN LANDMARKS
AAL 1 Name 5 of the oldest AME Churches, the city they are located in & the year they were founded
1. St Mark AMEC, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 1869 2. First AMEC, Seattle, Washington; 1886 *Bishop J.H. Adams pastored this church in 1962 3. Trinity AMEC, Salt Lake City, Utah; 1890 4. Bethel AMEC, Portland, Oregon; 1889 5. Grant AMEC, Albuquerque, New Mexico; 1883
AAL 2 Name 1 Historical African American Landmarks in the state of Alabama and give a fact about them. * Selma: Brown Chapel AME Church This church served as a starting point for the Selma to Montgomery Marches in 1965, and it played a major role in events that led to the adoption of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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AAL 3 Name 1 Historical African American Landmarks in the state of Arkansas and give a fact about them. * Little Rock: Little Rock Central High School This is where the first major confrontation over the implementation of the Brown v. Board of Education 1954 Supreme Court ruling occurred, in 1957.
AAL 4 Name 1 Historical African American Landmarks in the state of California and give a fact about them. * Los Angeles: The Bridget "Biddy" Mason Monument This monument honors one of the first prominent citizens and landowners in Los Angeles during the 1850s and 1860s. Mason, a former enslaved person, founded First African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1872.
AAL 4 Name 1 Historical African American Landmarks in the state of Connecticut and give a fact about them. * Farmington: Austin F. Williams Carriage house This site served as living quarters for the Amistad Africans on their way back to Africa, and as a “station” on the Underground Railroad.
AAL 5 Name 2 Historical African American Landmarks in the state of District of Columbia and give a fact about them. * Washington: John Philip Sousa Junior High School This school stands as a symbol of the lengthy conflict that ultimately led to the racial desegregation of public schools by the Federal government in Brown v. Board of Education (1954).
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AAL6 Name 1 Historical African American Landmarks in the state of Florida and give a fact about them. * Palm Beach: Hurricane of 1928 African American Mass Grave This is the burial site of approximately 674 victims, primarily African American agricultural workers, who were killed in the hurricane of 1928 that devastated South Florida. It was one of the worst natural disasters in American history.
AAL 7 Name 1 Historical African American Landmarks in the state of Georgia and give a fact about them. * Albany: Mount Zion Baptist Church Constructed in 1906, this brick church served as the religious, educational, and social center of Albany's African American community, especially during the Civil Rights Movement.
AAL 8 Name 1 Historical African American Landmarks in the state of Illinois and give a fact about them. * Chicago: Oscar Stanton DePriest House This house was the residence of the first black American elected to the House of Representatives from a northern state.
AAL 9 Name 1 Historical African American Landmarks in the state of Kansas and give a fact about them. * Topeka: Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site This is the site of two Topeka schools: Monroe Elementary School and Sumner Elementary School. Both played a significant role in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education.
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AAL 10 Name 1 Historical African American Landmarks in the state of Louisiana and give a fact about them. * Springfield: Carter Plantation In 1817, Thomas Freeman became the first African-American man to own property in Livingston Parish when he acquired the pine forest in this area that he would transform into what has come to be known as the Carter Plantation
AAL 11 Name 1 Historical African American Landmarks in the state of New Jersey and give a fact about them. *Red Bank: T. Thomas Fortune House This National Historic Landmark was where former slave and leading black activist and journalist T. Thomas Fortune lived from 1901-1915.
AAL 12 Name 1 Historical African American Landmarks in the state of New Jersey and give a fact about them. * New York City: Dunbar Apartments This apartment complex, constructed in 1926, is located in Harlem. Labor reformer and unionist Asa Philip Randolph, one of many influential African Americans who lived at the Dunbar Apartments, helped to battle racism in American industry.
AAL 13 Name 1 Historical African American Landmarks in the state of Ohio and give a fact about them * Wilberforce: Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument President Obama designated this site a National Monument in 2013. It is where Colonel Charles Young, the first African American to achieve the rank of colonel in the U.S. army, lived from 1864-1922. It preserves his post-Civil War military legacy.
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AAL 14 Name 1 Historical African American Landmarks in the state of Tennessee and give a fact about them *Memphis: Mason Temple, Church of God in Christ Built between 1940 and 1945, Mason Temple served as a focal point of civil rights activities in Memphis during the 1950s and 1960s. It was here that Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his prophetic "Mountaintop" speech on the eve of his assassination.
AME HISTORY
True or False
1. The AMEC grew out of the Free African Society (FAS) TRUE
2 The AMEC was established in 1786 FALSE
3. Richard Allen walked out of St Matthews Church when officials pulled blacks off their knees while praying. FALSE
4. In 1794 Bethel AME was dedicated with Richard Allen as pastor. TRUE
5. In 1807 & 1815 Richard Allen sued and lost the right of his congregation to exist as an independent institution. FALSE
6. Richard Allen and others met in a barn to have service. FALSE
7. Bishop Edward Waters established the Canada Annual Conference. FALSE
8. By 1880 membership of the AME church reached 400,000 because of its rapid spread below the Mason-Dixon Line. TRUE
9. The AME Church was established in 2 continents when Bishop Henry M. Turner pushed African Methodism into Liberia and Sierra Leone and South Africa. TRUE
10. Today the African Methodist Episcopal Church has membership in 22 Episcopal Districts in 35 countries on 6 continents. FALSE
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11. The General Conference meets every 4 years at the place of its beginning, Mother Bethel in Philadelphia. FALSE
12. Anybody can vote on changes in the discipline at the general Conference. FALSE
13. Delegates to the General conference are elected by their Annual Conference delegates. TRUE
14. The Council of Bishops meets every 4 years during the time of the General Conference. FALSE
15. The Board of Incorporators is also known as the General Board of Trustees. TRUE
16. The Judicial Council members are elected to the Council. TRUE
17. “African” in African Methodist Episcopal means that only persons of color can be a member and hold office. FALSE
18. The African Methodist Episcopal Church is governed by rules and regulations. TRUE
19. The Chief Executives of the AME Church are the Bishops. TRUE
20. Bishops are appointed by the Council of Bishops. FALSE
21. The Apostle’s Creed is what AME’s believe. TRUE
22. AME’s do not believe in the Holy Trinity. FALSE
23. The African Methodist Episcopal members believe in 23 Articles of Faith. FALSE
23. The AME Motto is God the Father, Christ the Redeemer, the Holy Spirit the Comforter, Man and Woman the Family. FALSE
24. Bishop Allen J. Richardson is the Presiding Prelate of the 11th Episcopal District. FALSE
25. Bishop Richardson is the 115 elected and concentrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. TRUE
26. The 11th Episcopal District has 7 Conferences. FALSE
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