Memorize these and you could recognize 37.7% of all African American History clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Booker T. Washington | 6 | Robert Russa Moton, a former houseboy, succeeded him as president of Tuskegee Institute |
| 2 | Harriet Tubman | 5 | Known for freeing slaves, during Civil War she became only American woman to lead U.S. soldiers in battle |
| 3 | Barbara Jordan | 5 | 1st black congressman from a southern state, she was 1st black keynote speaker at a Dem. nat'l convention |
| 4 | Maya Angelou | 4 | Before turning author & poet, she toured singing & dancing in "Porgy & Bess" |
| 5 | George Washington Carver | 4 | It's said he also developed at least 75 products from the pecan |
| 6 | Scott Joplin | 4 | In 1907 he outlined some of his musical ideas in a book called "The School of Ragtime" |
| 7 | Martin Luther King | 4 | The book "The Black 100" ranks this civil rights leader as the most influential African-American who ever lived |
| 8 | Washington, D.C. | 3 | G. Washington named Black surveyor B. Banneker to commission that laid out this city's boundaries |
| 9 | The NAACP | 3 | A founder of this group, W.E.B. Du Bois, edited its magazine "The Crisis" |
| 10 | Oprah Winfrey | 3 | This Chicago-based talk show host once won the Miss Black Tennessee Pageant |
| 11 | Malcolm X | 3 | This black leader was assassinated in Harlem on February 21, 1965 |
| 12 | Jesse Jackson | 3 | Black Enterprise Magazine credits him with "PUSH"ing 3 million new black voters to register |
| 13 | Frederick Douglass | 3 | This orator was forced to flee to Canada after he was accused of conspiring with John Brown |
| 14 | Colin Powell | 3 | President Bush credited much of Desert Storm's success to this chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| 15 | Bryant Gumbel | 3 | In 1983, he became 1st black to host a network morning news show |
| 16 | Alex Haley | 3 | He once said that he "cried like a baby" while writing about Kunta Kinte |
| 17 | Ralph Bunche | 3 | In 1976 the home of this late U.N. diplomat was designated a national historic landmark |
| 18 | Vanessa Williams | 2 | Chris Dickerson was the first Black Mr. America & she was the first Black Miss America |
| 19 | Thurgood Marshall | 2 | In 1967, he became the 1st black U.S. Supreme Court justice |
| 20 | Sojourner Truth | 2 | Born a slave in N.Y., I. Van Wagener worked for both abolition & women's rights using this unusual name |
| 21 | Rosa Parks | 2 | A sculpture of this seamstress & civil rights heroine was unveiled recently at the Smithsonian |
| 22 | Pearl Bailey | 2 | Since she received a doctorate from Georgetown U. in 1985, you can now call her Dr. Pearlie Mae |
| 23 | Mississippi | 2 | The phrase "Black Power" came into vogue in 1966 during James Meredith's peace march in this southern state |
| 24 | Martin Luther King, Jr. | 2 | His burial site & the church where he served as assistant pastor are part of a historic district in Atlanta |
| 25 | Marian Anderson | 2 | In 1958 this contralto was an alternate U.S. delegate to the UN |
| 26 | Leontyne Price | 2 | In 1977 she was awarded the San Francisco Opera Medal to mark the 20th anniv. of her debut with the company |
| 27 | Jesse Owens | 2 | In a 1950 poll he was voted the greatest track star of the first half of the century |
| 28 | James Baldwin | 2 | Life & religion in the ghetto were the subjects of his 1953 novel "Go Tell It on the Mountain" |
| 29 | Jackie Robinson | 2 | He played 1 pro football game in Hawaii before joining the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 |
| 30 | Hank Aaron | 2 | This home run hitting champ told his life story in the autobiography "I Had A Hammer" |
| 31 | Ebony | 2 | The largest Black magazine in the world, in November 1985 it celebrated its 40th anniversary |
| 32 | Dick Gregory | 2 | He's famous for having gone on long fasts during the Vietnam War & the 1980 Iran hostage crisis |
| 33 | Clarence Thomas | 2 | In October 1991 he was sworn in as the 106th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court |
| 34 | Chicago | 2 | Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a Black trader, founded the settlement that later became this "Windy City" |
| 35 | Coleman Young | 2 | Among guests at Desmond Tutu's installation as archbishop were Coretta Scott King & this Detroit mayor |
| 36 | Tony Brown | 2 | In 1977 PBS's "Black Journal" was renamed for him, its executive producer & host |
| 37 | Matthew Henson | 2 | In 1987 sons of Robert Peary & of this Black explorer visited the U.S. from Greenland for the first time |
| 38 | David Dinkins | 2 | He was Manhattan borough pres. when elected NYC's first Black mayor, November 7, 1989 |