Who was the first African American woman to lecture against slavery?
Sojourner Truth
Who was the first African American woman to be honored with her picture on a postage stamp?
Harriet Tubman
What Miami neighborhood was known as the Black Wall Street and the Harlem ofthe South?
Overtown
On August 1, 1945, which Miami beach was designated as the exclusive public park for Black people?
Virginia Key Beach
What Miami neighborhood is known as the first residential community for Blacks?
Coconut Grove
What incorporated city is home to the largest population of African Americans in the State of Florida?
The city of Miami Gardens
What town was hometown of Zora Neale Hurston and was the first incorporated African American community in the United States?
Eatonville, Florida
What was the significance of the Dred Scott decision?
It was the first decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that denied Blacks citizenship
Which Amendment's passage granted African Americans citizenship and equal protection under the law for the first time?
The 14
What were the name of the series of bus rides that were designed to test the U.S. Supreme Court's prohibition of segregation in interstate travel?
Freedom Rides
Which two figures' birthdays are the reasons why February was chosen as Black History Month?
Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln
What was the first insurance company owned by African Americans?
The Afro American Insurance Company in 1810.
Who was the country's first African American millionaire?
William Leidesdorff
Who founded the first African American Labor Union known as the Chesapeake Marine Railway and Dry Dock Shipyard?
Issac Myers
Who founded the first chartered African American Bank?
William Washington Browne
Who was the first woman in America to become a Bank President?
Maggie Lena Walker
What was the first African American owned car company?
The Charles R. Patterson Carriage Company
What was the first record company owned by an African American?
The Pace Phonographic Corporation
Who organized and served as the first President of the first major African American trade union?
A. Phillip Randolph
Who was the first African American Woman to start a modeling agency ?
Opheila DeVore-Mitchell
Who was the first African American Captain of a scheduled airline?
August Harvey Martin
Who was the first African American pilot to fly for a commercial airline?
Captain Dave Harris
What was the first African American-owned company to be publicly owned and traded on the Stock Market?
The Parks Sausage Company
Who was the first African American trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange?
Joseph L. Searles III
Who was the first African American Director of General Motors?
Leon Sullivan
What was the first African American-owned firm on the New York Stock Exchange?
Daniels & Bell
Who was the first African American Board Member of the American Stock Exchange?
Jerome Holland
Who was the first African American women to fly for a commercial airline?
Jill Brown
Who was the first African American to head a Fortune 100 Company?
Clifton R. Wharton
Who was the first African American businessman
to make the Forbes Magazine list of the nation's
400 wealthiest people?
Reginald Lewis
Who was the first African American to be named
Chief Pilot of a major airline?
Louis Freeman
What was the first African American -owned
company to have its own line of superhero comics?
Milestone Media, Inc.
Who was the first African American President of
National Public Radio?
Delano E. Lewis
Who was the first African American woman to lead a major U.S Corporation?
Ursula Burns
Who was the first African American to lead a
Fortune 500 Company?
Franklin Raines
Who was the first African American Billionaire?
Robert L. Johnson
Which organizations were at the forefront of Black economic protests during the 20th Century?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); the Southern Christian leadership Conference (SCLC); and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
When did businessman Herman Petty open the first Black-owned McDonalds franchise and where was it located?
1968 in Chicago
What Tallahassee, Florida native was the first African-American to open a cookie-only retail store and the first Black-owned company gourmet cookie company to build a national following?
Wally "Famous" Amos
Who was Biddy Mason?
The first known Black woman property owner in Los Angeles, California.
Who is the African-American entrepreneur that founded Radio One?
Cathy Hughes
What was the name of Marcus Garvey's shipping company that was owned and operated entirely by Blacks?
Black Star Line
Before A. Phillip Randolph established a successful labor union for black train porters, approximately how much money were these workers paid per day?
$2.00
Who was the first living trademark and what was she best known for?
Nancy Green who was best known as Aunt Jemina.
What business was founded to introduce African American children to dolls that look like them, as opposed to the white dolls or stereotypical dolls that were on the market?
The National Negro Doll Company
What was the name of the campaign that forced America to take a look at the economic potential of the Black race and to help determine the effects of employment and unemployment of people?
Don't Buy Where You Can't Work
Who was the Founder and First Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Richard Allen
Who was the first African American Episcopal Priest in the United States?
Absalom Jones
What was the first African American Order ofthe Catholic Nuns?
Oblate Sisters of Providence
Who was the first African American Catholic Priest and Bishop?
James Augustine Healy
Who was the first African American Chaplain commissioned in the Army?
Bishop Henry McNeal Turner
Who was the first African American minister to preach before the House of Representatives?
Henry Highland Garnet
What was the first seminary for training African American priests?
St. Augustine's Mission House
When did the Episcopal Church ordain Pauli Murray as its first African American woman Priest?
1977
Who was the first African American woman Bishop of a major religious organization?
Leontine Kelly
When did the Episcopal Church ordain Reverend Barbara Clementine Harris as its first woman Bishop?
February 1989
When did the Conference of Catholic Bishops elect Bishop Wilton D. Gregory as its first African American President?
November 2001
Who was the first African American President of the Southern Baptist Convention?
Reverend Fred Luter Jr.
What organization in 1701 was the first to make a sustained effort to convert slaves to Christianity?
The Society for Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
What period of Revivalism led to the establishment of the Black church in America?
The Great Awakening (1730-1780)
How were early Black Baptist and Methodist preachers able to spread the Gospel when many were unable to read or write?
By memorizing massive portions of
the Bible
What religious leaderfirst declared that "God is a Negro"?
Henry McNeal Turner in 1898
What musical instruments were once considered a heathen rite and generally forbidden from use in the church although they have always been a part ofthe African cultural heritage?
African Drums
What practice was seen in the religions of the West African diaspora and was later introduced in the United States?
Music in the church
What Black institution produced leadership and also provided spaces for organizing, strategizing, and training during the modern Civil Rights Movement?
The Black Church
Who was the first Black Saint?
Saint Moses
What is the second largest Black religious denomination in the United States?
The Church of God in Christ
What religious movement founded in the 1930s is based on specific interpretations of the Bible and repatriation to Africa?
The Rastafarian Movement
In the year 2000, who became the first woman elected Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church?
Vashti Murphy McKenzie
What became of "hope, liberation and the sovereignty of God" when white churches attempted to justify slavery as "ordained by God"?
Black Theology
What church is home to oldest Black congregation in Miami?
Greater Bethel AME Church
Who was the first African American Astronaut?
Dr. Mae Jemison
Who was the first African American to sail alone around the world?
Captain William Pinkney
Who was the first African American to be honored with a national holiday?
Rev. Dr. Martin luther King Jr.
Who was the first African American in space?
Guion S. Bluford Jr.
Who was the first African American to head a major foundation?
Franklin A. Thomas
Who was the first to popularize the slogan "Black Power"?
Stokely Carmichael
Whose Act sparked the first major Boycott of the Civil Rights Movement?
Rosa Parks
Who was the first woman to receive the Spingarn Medal?
Mary B. Talbert
Who was the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license?
Bessie Coleman
What was the country's first African American
town?
Brooklyn, Illinois
Who was the first African American woman to lecture against slavery?
Sojourner Truth
Who was the first African American woman to be honored with her picture on a postage stamp?
Harriet Tubman
What Miami neighborhood was known as the Black Wall Street and the Harlem ofthe South?
Overtown
On August 1, 1945, which Miami beach was designated as the exclusive public park for Black people?
Virginia Key Beach
What Miami neighborhood is known as the first residential community for Blacks?
Coconut Grove
What incorporated city is home to the largest population of African Americans in the State of Florida?
The city of Miami Gardens
What town was hometown of Zora Neale Hurston and was the first incorporated African American community in the United States?
Eatonville, Florida
What was the significance of the Dred Scott decision?
It was the first decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that denied Blacks citizenship
Which Amendment's passage granted African Americans citizenship and equal protection under the law for the first time?
The 14
What were the name of the series of bus rides that were designed to test the U.S. Supreme Court's prohibition of segregation in interstate travel?
Freedom Rides
Which two figures' birthdays are the reasons why February was chosen as Black History Month?
Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln
What was the first insurance company owned by African Americans?
The Afro American Insurance Company in 1810.
Who was the country's first African American millionaire?
William Leidesdorff
Who founded the first African American Labor Union known as the Chesapeake Marine Railway and Dry Dock Shipyard?
Issac Myers
Who founded the first chartered African American Bank?
William Washington Browne
Who was the first woman in America to become a Bank President?
Maggie Lena Walker
What was the first African American owned car company?
The Charles R. Patterson Carriage Company
What was the first record company owned by an African American?
The Pace Phonographic Corporation
Who organized and served as the first President of the first major African American trade union?
A. Phillip Randolph
Who was the first African American Woman to start a modeling agency ?
Opheila DeVore-Mitchell
Who was the first African American Captain of a scheduled airline?
August Harvey Martin
Who was the first African American pilot to fly for a commercial airline?
Captain Dave Harris
What was the first African American-owned company to be publicly owned and traded on the Stock Market?
The Parks Sausage Company
Who was the first African American trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange?
Joseph L. Searles III
Who was the first African American Director of General Motors?
Leon Sullivan
What was the first African American-owned firm on the New York Stock Exchange?
Daniels & Bell
Who was the first African American Board Member of the American Stock Exchange?
Jerome Holland
Who was the first African American women to fly for a commercial airline?
Jill Brown
Who was the first African American to head a Fortune 100 Company?
Clifton R. Wharton
Who was the first African American businessman
to make the Forbes Magazine list of the nation's
400 wealthiest people?
Reginald Lewis
Who was the first African American to be named
Chief Pilot of a major airline?
Louis Freeman
What was the first African American -owned
company to have its own line of superhero comics?
Milestone Media, Inc.
Who was the first African American President of
National Public Radio?
Delano E. Lewis
Who was the first African American woman to lead a major U.S Corporation?
Ursula Burns
Who was the first African American to lead a
Fortune 500 Company?
Franklin Raines
Who was the first African American Billionaire?
Robert L. Johnson
Which organizations were at the forefront of Black economic protests during the 20th Century?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); the Southern Christian leadership Conference (SCLC); and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
When did businessman Herman Petty open the first Black-owned McDonalds franchise and where was it located?
1968 in Chicago
What Tallahassee, Florida native was the first African-American to open a cookie-only retail store and the first Black-owned company gourmet cookie company to build a national following?
Wally "Famous" Amos
Who was Biddy Mason?
The first known Black woman property owner in Los Angeles, California.
Who is the African-American entrepreneur that founded Radio One?
Cathy Hughes
What was the name of Marcus Garvey's shipping company that was owned and operated entirely by Blacks?
Black Star Line
Before A. Phillip Randolph established a successful labor union for black train porters, approximately how much money were these workers paid per day?
$2.00
Who was the first living trademark and what was she best known for?
Nancy Green who was best known as Aunt Jemina.
What business was founded to introduce African American children to dolls that look like them, as opposed to the white dolls or stereotypical dolls that were on the market?
The National Negro Doll Company
What was the name of the campaign that forced America to take a look at the economic potential of the Black race and to help determine the effects of employment and unemployment of people?
Don't Buy Where You Can't Work
Who was the Founder and First Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Richard Allen
Who was the first African American Episcopal Priest in the United States?
Absalom Jones
What was the first African American Order ofthe Catholic Nuns?
Oblate Sisters of Providence
Who was the first African American Catholic Priest and Bishop?
James Augustine Healy
Who was the first African American Chaplain commissioned in the Army?
Bishop Henry McNeal Turner
Who was the first African American minister to preach before the House of Representatives?
Henry Highland Garnet
What was the first seminary for training African American priests?
St. Augustine's Mission House
When did the Episcopal Church ordain Pauli Murray as its first African American woman Priest?
1977
Who was the first African American woman Bishop of a major religious organization?
Leontine Kelly
When did the Episcopal Church ordain Reverend Barbara Clementine Harris as its first woman Bishop?
February 1989
When did the Conference of Catholic Bishops elect Bishop Wilton D. Gregory as its first African American President?
November 2001
Who was the first African American President of the Southern Baptist Convention?
Reverend Fred Luter Jr.
What organization in 1701 was the first to make a sustained effort to convert slaves to Christianity?
The Society for Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
What period of Revivalism led to the establishment of the Black church in America?
The Great Awakening (1730-1780)
How were early Black Baptist and Methodist preachers able to spread the Gospel when many were unable to read or write?
By memorizing massive portions of
the Bible
What religious leaderfirst declared that "God is a Negro"?
Henry McNeal Turner in 1898
What musical instruments were once considered a heathen rite and generally forbidden from use in the church although they have always been a part ofthe African cultural heritage?
African Drums
What practice was seen in the religions of the West African diaspora and was later introduced in the United States?
Music in the church
What Black institution produced leadership and also provided spaces for organizing, strategizing, and training during the modern Civil Rights Movement?
The Black Church
Who was the first Black Saint?
Saint Moses
What is the second largest Black religious denomination in the United States?
The Church of God in Christ
What religious movement founded in the 1930s is based on specific interpretations of the Bible and repatriation to Africa?
The Rastafarian Movement
In the year 2000, who became the first woman elected Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church?
Vashti Murphy McKenzie
What became of "hope, liberation and the sovereignty of God" when white churches attempted to justify slavery as "ordained by God"?
Black Theology
What church is home to oldest Black congregation in Miami?
Greater Bethel AME Church
Who was the first African American Astronaut?
Dr. Mae Jemison
Who was the first African American to sail alone around the world?
Captain William Pinkney
Who was the first African American to be honored with a national holiday?
Rev. Dr. Martin luther King Jr.
Who was the first African American in space?
Guion S. Bluford Jr.
Who was the first African American to head a major foundation?
Franklin A. Thomas
Who was the first to popularize the slogan "Black Power"?
Stokely Carmichael
Whose Act sparked the first major Boycott of the Civil Rights Movement?
Rosa Parks
Who was the first woman to receive the Spingarn Medal?
Mary B. Talbert
Who was the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license?
Bessie Coleman
What was the country's first African American
town?
Brooklyn, Illinois