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Who is MALCOLM-JAMAL WARNER?
This actor played the role of Bill Cosby's son Theo on The Cosby Show.
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Who is SUSAN RICE?
This African American served as the U/S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013.
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Who is WILLIAM "COUNT" BASIE?
This American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer was the leader of the first Black American band to play in Carnegie Hall.
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What is the WILBUR N. DANIEL AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE CENTER?
This Austin Peay State University building was named for a civil rights activist and a pastor of the St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksville, Tennessee?
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Who is FRANK ROBINSON?
This baseball great played basketball with Bill Russell at McClymonds High School in Oakland, California.
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Who is STEPIN FETCHIT?
This actor was born with the name Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry in 1902.
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Who is DENNIS GREEN?
This African American was named coach of the Minnesota Vikings in 1992.
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What is the SPHINX?
This ancient statue in Egypt has the head of a human and the body of a lion.
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Who is COLIN POWELL?
This author of My American Journey command the 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division stationed at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky in 1976.
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What is CINCINNATI REDS?
Frank Robinson helped win the pennant in 1961 for this baseball team.
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Who is ROMARE BEARDEN?
This African American artist's painting is entitled After Church.
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What is NIGERIA?
This country has the largest population in Africa.
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What is THE NORTH STAR?
This anti-slavery newspaper was founded by Frederick Douglass.
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Who is TERRY MCMILLAN?
This author promoted her first novel, Mama, by contacting colleges and universities.
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What is BALTIMORE ORIOLES?
Frank Robinson helped win the World series in 1966 for this baseball team.
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Who is DR. CHARLES PURVIS?
This African American doctor attended to President James Garfield after he was shot.
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What is ROOTS?
This Alex Haley novel was made into a television mini-series in 1977 and 1979.
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Who is WHITNEY HOUSTON?
This artist recorded the songs, "I Will Always Love You," "The Greatest Love of All." and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody"?
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What is the PRESIDENTIAL CITIZENS MEDAL?
Ron brown received this award posthumously from President Clinton.
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Who is JULIUS ERVING?
This baseball great is known as Dr. J.
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Who is DORRIE MILLER?
This African American naval cook shot down four enemy planes during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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What is THE APOLLO AMATEUR HOUR?
This amateur show propelled Sarah Vaughn into the vocal spotlight.
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Who is GUY OTHA SAULSBERRY?
This Attucks High School graduate founded Kirkwood General Hospital, the last Black hospital to close in Detroit, Michigan.
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What is the CROIX DE GUERRE, THE DISTINGUISHED FRENCH DECORATION, or LEGIONS OF MERIT?
The French government presented Black soldiers and their battalions this award for bravery and courage.
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Who is DAVE BING?
This basketball player was named the NBA Rookie of the Year while leading the Detroit Pistons to their first NBA Championship playoff.
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