1. Who was the first African-American to win the Nobel Peace Prize?2. Who was the first African-American named to the U.S. Olympic basketball team?
3. Who was the first African-American woman to win a Grand Slam tennis championship?
4. Who was the first African-American governor of a U.S. state?
5. Who was the first African-American elected governor of a U.S. state?
6. Who was the first Black U.S. senator?
7. Who was the first Black in the House of Representative?
8. Who was the first African-American astronaut?
9. Who was the first African-American astronaut to travel in space?
10. Who was the first female African-American astronaut?
11. Who was the first African-American to serve as president of an Ivy League university?
12. Who was the first African-American poet to have work published, thus becoming the founder of African-American literature?
13. Who was the first African-American Pulitzer Prize winner?
14. Who was the first Black male to receive a Pulitzer Prize?
15. Who was the first African-American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
16. Who was the first African-American to be a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company?
17. Who was the first African-American film director?
18. Who was the first African-American to win an Oscar?
19. Who was the first Black woman nominated for an Academy Award for best actress?
20. Who was the first African-American to host a network television show?
21. Who was the first African-American to win a gold medal in the Summer Olympics?
22. Who was the first African-American to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics?
23. Who was the first Black woman to win a gold medal in the Olympics?
24. Who was the first African-American millionaire? Billionaire?
25. Who was the first Black woman named to the cabinet of a U.S. President?
26. When was the first Negro History Week celebrated?
27. Who was the founder of Chicago?
28. Who was the first Black to receive a major government appointment in the U.S.?
29. Who was the first Black woman to receive a major government appointment in the U.S.?
30. The first Black in the major leagues in modern times was Jackie Robinson, who joined the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. Who was the first Black player in the American League?
31. Who was the first Black judge?
32. Who was the first Black general in the regular army?
33. Who was the first Black named to the cabinet of a U.S. President?
34. Who was the first Black woman named to the cabinet of a U.S. President?
35. Who was the main organizer of the first March on Washington Movement?
36. What was the name of the first Black newspaper?