| #6546, aired 2013-02-18 | 1960s BLACK AMERICA $400: Lucius Amerson wore a star as the Deep South's first black one of these in a century a sheriff |
| #6546, aired 2013-02-18 | 1960s BLACK AMERICA $800: In 1969 black's opinion (Justice Hugo Black) was that this school practice should not "be tolerated another minute" segregation |
| #6546, aired 2013-02-18 | 1960s BLACK AMERICA $1600: This new cabinet department was headed by the first African-American cabinet member, Robert Weaver Housing & Urban Development |
| #6546, aired 2013-02-18 | 1960s BLACK AMERICA $2000: (Alex reports from the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center.) In 1966, the new Metropolitan Opera House opened here at Lincoln Center with a world premiere featuring this African-American diva as Cleopatra Leontyne Price |
| #6546, aired 2013-02-18 | 1960s BLACK AMERICA $2,500 (Daily Double): In March 1964 he broke with the Nation of Islam Malcolm X |
| #2916, aired 1997-04-14 | BLACK AMERICA $200: This queen of talk shows ranked among Ebony magazine's 15 Most Beautiful Black Women of 1996 Oprah Winfrey |
| #2916, aired 1997-04-14 | BLACK AMERICA $400: A statue of this late tennis star now stands on Monument Avenue in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia Arthur Ashe |
| #2916, aired 1997-04-14 | BLACK AMERICA $600: For President Clinton's 1st inauguration, she wrote & recited the poem "On The Pulse Of Morning" Maya Angelou |
| #2916, aired 1997-04-14 | BLACK AMERICA $800: In 1990 he took office as New York City's first black mayor David Dinkins |
| #2916, aired 1997-04-14 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: This bandleader whose theme was "One O'Clock Jump" was pictured on a 1996 postage stamp Count Basie |
| #2883, aired 1997-02-26 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Ernest Morial was the first black mayor of this Louisiana city; his son Marc became mayor in 1994 New Orleans |
| #2883, aired 1997-02-26 | BLACK AMERICA $400: In 1908 he composed the "Fig Leaf Rag" Scott Joplin |
| #2883, aired 1997-02-26 | BLACK AMERICA $600: The Associated Press named him Male Athlete of the Year after he won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics Jesse Owens |
| #2883, aired 1997-02-26 | BLACK AMERICA $800: He played Mookie in the film "Do The Right Thing", which he also wrote & directed Spike Lee |
| #2883, aired 1997-02-26 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: Ebony & Jet are among the magazines launched by this publisher John Johnson |
| #2868, aired 1997-02-05 | BLACK AMERICA $200: He's currently the only black justice on the Supreme Court Clarence Thomas |
| #2868, aired 1997-02-05 | BLACK AMERICA $400 (Daily Double): The modern civil rights movement began in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus Rosa Parks |
| #2868, aired 1997-02-05 | BLACK AMERICA $400: As TLC & Boyz II Men could tell you, it's singer-songwriter-producer Kenneth Edmonds' nickname "Babyface" |
| #2868, aired 1997-02-05 | BLACK AMERICA $600: This botanist donated his life savings to a research foundation at Tuskegee bearing his name George Washington Carver |
| #2868, aired 1997-02-05 | BLACK AMERICA $800: Arkansas' first woman director of the Department of Health, she became U.S. Surgeon General in 1993 Joycelyn Elders |
| #2819, aired 1996-11-28 | BLACK AMERICA $100: In 1996 People Magazine named this "Courage Under Fire" star "The Sexiest Man Alive" Denzel Washington |
| #2819, aired 1996-11-28 | BLACK AMERICA $200: This Supreme Court justice was chairman of the Federal Equal Opportunity Commission from 1982 to 1990 Clarence Thomas |
| #2819, aired 1996-11-28 | BLACK AMERICA $300: The Tony-winning musical "Raisin" was based on this play by Lorraine Hansberry "A Raisin in the Sun" |
| #2819, aired 1996-11-28 | BLACK AMERICA $400: He leaped to the occasion at the '96 Summer Olympics, winning his fourth consecutive gold in the long jump Carl Lewis |
| #2819, aired 1996-11-28 | BLACK AMERICA $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1971 U Thant eulogized this U.N. undersecretary as "An international institution in his own right" Dr. Ralph Bunche |
| #2730, aired 1996-06-14 | BLACK AMERICA $100: York, an expert hunter, accompanied this pair on their 1800s expedition Lewis and Clark |
| #2730, aired 1996-06-14 | BLACK AMERICA $200: 1995 marked the 30th anniversary of the civil rights march from Selma to this Alabama city Montgomery |
| #2730, aired 1996-06-14 | BLACK AMERICA $300: Duke Ellington first gained national attention while appearing at this famous Harlem nightclub the Cotton Club |
| #2730, aired 1996-06-14 | BLACK AMERICA $400: In 1869 the National Convention of Colored Men was established with this orator as its president Frederick Douglass |
| #2730, aired 1996-06-14 | BLACK AMERICA $500: A native of Chicago, she became the first black American woman elected to the Senate Carol Moseley Braun |
| #2660, aired 1996-03-08 | BLACK AMERICA $100: He played with the Indianapolis Clowns in the Negro League before hitting 755 home runs in the majors Hank Aaron |
| #2660, aired 1996-03-08 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Eldridge Cleaver served as this party's Minister of Information the Black Panthers |
| #2660, aired 1996-03-08 | BLACK AMERICA $300: In 1969 she wrote "My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr." Coretta Scott King |
| #2660, aired 1996-03-08 | BLACK AMERICA $400: It's the largest & one of the most influential civil rights groups in America The NAACP |
| #2660, aired 1996-03-08 | BLACK AMERICA $500: Chris Dickerson was the first Black Mr. America & she was the first Black Miss America Vanessa Williams |
| #2593, aired 1995-12-06 | BLACK AMERICA $100: After 20 years in office, Tom Bradley retired in 1993 as mayor of this large city Los Angeles |
| #2593, aired 1995-12-06 | BLACK AMERICA $200: The book "The Black 100" ranks this civil rights leader as the most influential African-American who ever lived Dr. Martin Luther King |
| #2593, aired 1995-12-06 | BLACK AMERICA $300: He became a four-star general in 1989, the year he was named Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell |
| #2593, aired 1995-12-06 | BLACK AMERICA $400: In 1964 he converted to Orthodox Islam & adopted the name El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Malcolm X |
| #2593, aired 1995-12-06 | BLACK AMERICA $500: For the hundreds of slaves she led to freedom, she's nicknamed the "Moses" of her people Harriet Tubman |
| #2546, aired 1995-10-02 | BLACK AMERICA $100: In 1876 former slaves honored this president with the Emancipation Statue in Washington, D.C. Abraham Lincoln |
| #2546, aired 1995-10-02 | BLACK AMERICA $200: This longtime L.A. mayor was the recipient of the 1984 Spingarn Medal (Tom) Bradley |
| #2546, aired 1995-10-02 | BLACK AMERICA $300: Abbreviated UNCF, it was founded in 1944 to coordinate fund-raising by private educational institutes the United Negro College Fund |
| #2546, aired 1995-10-02 | BLACK AMERICA $400: His ragtime opera "Treemonisha" didn't have its first full performance until 1972 Scott Joplin |
| #2546, aired 1995-10-02 | BLACK AMERICA $500 (Daily Double): In 1991 this former Congresswoman was appointed special counsel on ethics by the gov. of Texas Barbara Jordan |
| #2505, aired 1995-06-23 | BLACK AMERICA $200: In 1994 Chicago unveiled a bronze statue of this basketball star & his No. 23 jersey was retired Michael Jordan |
| #2505, aired 1995-06-23 | BLACK AMERICA $400: Among the Black heroes of this June 1775 battle near Boston were Peter Salem & Salem Poor The Battle of Bunker Hill |
| #2505, aired 1995-06-23 | BLACK AMERICA $600: In 1855 this famed orator published an autobiography, "My Bondage and My Freedom" Frederick Douglass |
| #2505, aired 1995-06-23 | BLACK AMERICA $800: This author of "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" was an editor of the African Review in Ghana in the 1960s Maya Angelou |
| #2505, aired 1995-06-23 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: Spelman College, America's oldest college for black women, was founded in this southern city in 1881 Atlanta |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | BLACK AMERICA $200: With some electronic magic, she was able to record "Unforgettable" as a duet with her late father Natalie Cole |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | BLACK AMERICA $400: In 1993, after 22 years, Don Cornelius stepped down as host of this music show Soul Train |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | BLACK AMERICA $600: In 1991 this digest-sized magazine from the publisher of Ebony celebrated its 40th anniversary Jet |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: In 1987 sons of Robert Peary & of this Black explorer visited the U.S. from Greenland for the first time (Matthew) Henson |
| #2483, aired 1995-05-24 | BLACK AMERICA $2,000 (Daily Double): This author best known for his novel "Invisible Man" passed away in 1994 at age 80 Ralph Ellison |
| #2356, aired 1994-11-28 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Louis Armstrong was nicknamed "Satchmo" & Leroy Paige was nicknamed this Satchel |
| #2356, aired 1994-11-28 | BLACK AMERICA $400: In 1961 W.E.B. Du Bois joined this political party the Communist Party |
| #2356, aired 1994-11-28 | BLACK AMERICA $600: His third wife, Margaret Murray, was director of the girls' programs at Tuskegee Booker T. Washington |
| #2356, aired 1994-11-28 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: After their 1909 expedition, Robert Peary forbade this man to give any lectures regarding it Matt Henson |
| #2356, aired 1994-11-28 | BLACK AMERICA $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1800 Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable left this city he founded on Lake Michigan & sold his land for 6,000 livres Chicago |
| #2346, aired 1994-11-14 | BLACK AMERICA $100: Ralph Bunche was the first black American to win the Nobel Peace Prize & this civil rights leader was second Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #2346, aired 1994-11-14 | BLACK AMERICA $200: This state song of Virginia was written by black composer James A. Bland "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" |
| #2346, aired 1994-11-14 | BLACK AMERICA $300: When he retired from the Supreme Court in 1991, Clarence Thomas was appointed to his seat Thurgood Marshall |
| #2346, aired 1994-11-14 | BLACK AMERICA $400: In 1957 she became the first black American athlete to win the Wimbledon singles Althea Gibson |
| #2346, aired 1994-11-14 | BLACK AMERICA $500: This "Beloved" author was born Chloe Anthony Wofford in 1931 Toni Morrison |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | BLACK AMERICA $200: A former home of this "Roots" author in Henning, Tenn. is now a state historic site Alex Haley |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | BLACK AMERICA $400: In 1994 this New Jersey-born boxer, the oldest man to win the heavyweight title, died at age 80 Jersey Joe Walcott |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | BLACK AMERICA $600: In 1946 Judge William H. Hastie became the 1st Black governor of this U.S. possession in the Caribbean the Virgin Islands |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | BLACK AMERICA $800: When Malcolm X joined the Black Muslims, he dropped this last name Little |
| #2324, aired 1994-10-13 | BLACK AMERICA $1,000 (Daily Double): She wrote the poems read by Janet Jackson in Poetic Justice" & also appeared in the film Maya Angelou |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | BLACK AMERICA $100: In 1891 jockey Isaac Murphy became the first man to win this horse race 3 times the Kentucky Derby |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | BLACK AMERICA $200: This sportscaster & brother of a morning TV personality covered the '94 Winter Olympics for CBS Greg Gumbel |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | BLACK AMERICA $300: Originally named Araminta, this Underground Railroad "conductor" later adopted her mother's name Harriet Tubman |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | BLACK AMERICA $400: 2 of America's most prestigious black colleges were founded in 1867: Morehouse & this one in Washington, D.C. Howard |
| #2311, aired 1994-09-26 | BLACK AMERICA $500: In 1994 Byron de la Beckwith received a life sentence for the 1963 murder of this Miss. civil rights leader Medgar Evers |
| #2288, aired 1994-07-13 | BLACK AMERICA $100: Her 1st novel, "The Third Life of Grange Copeland", was published 12 years before "The Color Purple" (Alice) Walker |
| #2288, aired 1994-07-13 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Countee Cullen's poetry made him one of the leaders of this Manhattan area's "Renaissance" Harlem |
| #2288, aired 1994-07-13 | BLACK AMERICA $300: Booker T. Washington founded an institute in this city in 1881 Tuskegee (Alabama) |
| #2288, aired 1994-07-13 | BLACK AMERICA $400: He was freed in 1857, 2 months after the Supreme Court made its famous decision Dred Scott |
| #2288, aired 1994-07-13 | BLACK AMERICA $500: In 1869 E. Bassett, the U.S.' 1st black diplomat, became minister to this country on Western Hispaniola Haiti |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a Black trader, founded the settlement that later became this "Windy City" Chicago |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | BLACK AMERICA $400: He was an editor for "Black Sports" magazine & sports director of KNBC before joining the "Today" show Bryant Gumbel |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | BLACK AMERICA $600: In 1945 this educator became the 1st Black person elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans Booker T. Washington |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | BLACK AMERICA $800: In 1986 she unseated Katarina Witt to become the world figure skating champion Debi Thomas |
| #2279, aired 1994-06-30 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: This Black Muslim minister born Louis Eugene Walcott once worked as a professional calypso singer Louis Farrakhan |
| #2264, aired 1994-06-09 | BLACK AMERICA $200: In September 1993 this chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff traded in his uniform for civilian clothes Colin Powell |
| #2264, aired 1994-06-09 | BLACK AMERICA $400: When in New York, you might take the "A" train to this composer's home, now a national historic landmark Duke Ellington |
| #2264, aired 1994-06-09 | BLACK AMERICA $600: James Armistead won his freedom & a pension by spying for this Frenchman during the Revolutionary War Lafayette |
| #2264, aired 1994-06-09 | BLACK AMERICA $800: In 1993 Benjamin Chavis Jr. succeeded Benjamin Hooks as head of this organization the NAACP |
| #2264, aired 1994-06-09 | BLACK AMERICA $1,000 (Daily Double): A major Detroit thoroughfare is named for this woman who sparked the civil rights movement in 1955 Rosa Parks |
| #2245, aired 1994-05-13 | BLACK AMERICA $200: In the race for the 1988 Dem. presidential nomination, he finished second to Michael Dukakis (Jesse) Jackson |
| #2245, aired 1994-05-13 | BLACK AMERICA $400: This actor earned an Oscar nomination for playing the title role in the 1992 film "Malcolm X" Denzel Washington |
| #2245, aired 1994-05-13 | BLACK AMERICA $600: In 1894 this agricultural scientist became the first black graduate of what's now Iowa State University George Washington Carver |
| #2245, aired 1994-05-13 | BLACK AMERICA $800: This Supreme Court justice began practicing law in 1933, after graduating from Howard University Thurgood Marshall |
| #2245, aired 1994-05-13 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: This abolitionist & editor of the North Star once served as recorder of deeds in Washington, D.C. (Frederick) Douglass |
| #2225, aired 1994-04-15 | BLACK AMERICA $100: In January 1993, for the first time, all 50 states observed the birthday of this slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #2225, aired 1994-04-15 | BLACK AMERICA $200: In May 1993 Rita Dove became the first Black American to be named to this poetic post poet laureate |
| #2225, aired 1994-04-15 | BLACK AMERICA $300: In 1966 this future clergyman was chosen to head the Chicago Branch of Operation Breadbasket Jesse Jackson |
| #2225, aired 1994-04-15 | BLACK AMERICA $400: In a 1950 poll he was voted the greatest track star of the first half of the century Jesse Owens |
| #2225, aired 1994-04-15 | BLACK AMERICA $500: The monument on her grave reads: "The greatest blues singer in the world will never stop singing" Bessie Smith |
| #2217, aired 1994-04-05 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Lewis Latimer was an engineer for this inventor in the 1880s & wrote a book on his lighting system Edison |
| #2217, aired 1994-04-05 | BLACK AMERICA $400: In 1975 golfer Lee Elder became the first black to play in this major tournament in Augusta, Ga. The Masters |
| #2217, aired 1994-04-05 | BLACK AMERICA $600: In 1967 he resigned as America's 1st Black Solicitor General to become the 1st Black Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall |
| #2217, aired 1994-04-05 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: In 1985 Mississippi held a week-long celebration honoring this late author, a "Native Son" (Richard) Wright |
| #2217, aired 1994-04-05 | BLACK AMERICA $2,000 (Daily Double): "Toussaint L'Ouverture" a painting series by Jacob Lawrence, deals with the slave rebellion in this country Haiti |
| #2203, aired 1994-03-16 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Reagan appointed him to the EEOC; Bush appointed him to the Supreme Court Clarence Thomas |
| #2203, aired 1994-03-16 | BLACK AMERICA $400: This abolitionist bought her home in New York from William H. Seward Harriet Tubman |
| #2203, aired 1994-03-16 | BLACK AMERICA $600: Before turning author & poet, she toured singing & dancing in "Porgy & Bess" Maya Angelou |
| #2203, aired 1994-03-16 | BLACK AMERICA $800: Born Dana Owens, she raps & acts under this "royal" moniker Queen Latifah |
| #2203, aired 1994-03-16 | BLACK AMERICA $2,000 (Daily Double): These mayors of Detroit & Los Angeles, both first elected in 1973, decided not to run again in 1993 Tom Bradley and Coleman Young |
| #2171, aired 1994-01-31 | BLACK AMERICA $200: He's the youngest man ever to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell |
| #2171, aired 1994-01-31 | BLACK AMERICA $400: This entertainer wrote 2 autobiographies, "Yes I Can" & "Why Me?" Sammy Davis |
| #2171, aired 1994-01-31 | BLACK AMERICA $600: This abolitionist who edited the North Star served as U.S. Minister to Haiti 1889-1891 Frederick Douglass |
| #2171, aired 1994-01-31 | BLACK AMERICA $800: In 1843 she said, "The spirit calls me, I must go" & set out to preach against slavery Sojourner Truth |
| #2171, aired 1994-01-31 | BLACK AMERICA $3,000 (Daily Double): This poet who wrote "The Weary Blues" was a major figure of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s Langston Hughes |
| #2157, aired 1994-01-11 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Josiah Henson, an escaped slave & minister, inspired this Harriet Beecher Stowe character Uncle Tom |
| #2157, aired 1994-01-11 | BLACK AMERICA $400: In June 1990 he announced he would not seek a fourth term as mayor of Washington, D.C. Marion Barry |
| #2157, aired 1994-01-11 | BLACK AMERICA $600: In 1988 this founder of Motown was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Berry Gordy, Jr. |
| #2157, aired 1994-01-11 | BLACK AMERICA $800: In 1978 he followed up his decade-old book "Soul on Ice" with another called "Soul on Fire" Eldridge Cleaver |
| #2157, aired 1994-01-11 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: In 1985 she retired from opera singing after a farewell performance as "Aida" Leontyne Price |
| #2155, aired 1994-01-07 | BLACK AMERICA $200: He wrote about his early days as a trumpeter in "Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans" Louis Armstrong |
| #2155, aired 1994-01-07 | BLACK AMERICA $400: His burial site & the church where he served as assistant pastor are part of a historic district in Atlanta Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #2155, aired 1994-01-07 | BLACK AMERICA $600: Author Ernest Gaines gained fame for his 1971 fictional "Autobiography of" this woman Miss Jane Pittman |
| #2155, aired 1994-01-07 | BLACK AMERICA $800: In 1900 this educator founded the National Negro Business League Booker T. Washington |
| #2155, aired 1994-01-07 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: In 1976 the home of this late U.N. diplomat was designated a national historic landmark Dr. Ralph Bunche |
| #2128, aired 1993-12-01 | BLACK AMERICA $200: In 1979 this Michigan State basketball player was chosen first in the NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers Earvin "Magic" Johnson |
| #2128, aired 1993-12-01 | BLACK AMERICA $400: This black educator's autobiography, "Up From Slavery", was published in 1901 Booker T. Washington |
| #2128, aired 1993-12-01 | BLACK AMERICA $600: This Texas congresswoman gave the keynote address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention Barbara Jordan |
| #2128, aired 1993-12-01 | BLACK AMERICA $800: In 1983 she became the first black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction Alice Walker |
| #2128, aired 1993-12-01 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: Hired as Robert Peary's valet in 1887, he accompanied the explorer on 7 trips to the Arctic Matthew Henson |
| #2086, aired 1993-10-04 | BLACK AMERICA $200: In 1989 this singer toured for the first time in her career without the Pips Gladys Knight |
| #2086, aired 1993-10-04 | BLACK AMERICA $400: Joe Black, the first black pitcher to win a World Series game, later became a VP of this bus co. Greyhound |
| #2086, aired 1993-10-04 | BLACK AMERICA $600: In 1935 chemist Percy Julian synthesized physostigmine, a drug used in treating this eye condition glaucoma |
| #2086, aired 1993-10-04 | BLACK AMERICA $800: Oscar De Priest, the 1st 20th c. black elected to Congress, represented this "Prairie State" 1929-1935 Illinois |
| #2086, aired 1993-10-04 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: One of the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" in 1970, this female activist was acquitted of all charges in 1972 Angela Davis |
| #2065, aired 1993-07-23 | BLACK AMERICA $200: On January 20,1992 Winnie Mandela helped lead a march in Atlanta honoring this slain leader Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #2065, aired 1993-07-23 | BLACK AMERICA $400: Charles Evers, brother of this civil rights leader, was mayor of Fayette, Miss. from 1969-1981 Medgar Evers |
| #2065, aired 1993-07-23 | BLACK AMERICA $600: In 1899 then N.Y. Governor Teddy Roosevelt dedicated a monument in Rochester to this famed orator Frederick Douglass |
| #2065, aired 1993-07-23 | BLACK AMERICA $800: It was the nickname of folk singer & composer Huddie Ledbetter Leadbelly |
| #2065, aired 1993-07-23 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: If "Truth" be told, the birth name of this reformer & abolitionist was Isabella Baumfree Sojourner Truth |
| #2011, aired 1993-05-10 | BLACK AMERICA $100: In New England during the 1800s, Lewis Temple helped improve this industry by inventing a toggle harpoon whaling |
| #2011, aired 1993-05-10 | BLACK AMERICA $200: The 15th Amendment, adopted in 1870, gave black Americans this right right to vote |
| #2011, aired 1993-05-10 | BLACK AMERICA $300: The great-grandson of a slave, this 1st black Supreme Court Justice died in 1993 at the age of 84 Thurgood Marshall |
| #2011, aired 1993-05-10 | BLACK AMERICA $400: This orator was forced to flee to Canada after he was accused of conspiring with John Brown Frederick Douglass |
| #2011, aired 1993-05-10 | BLACK AMERICA $500: In 1955 she helped launch the civil rights movement by refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama bus Rosa Parks |
| #1992, aired 1993-04-13 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Wallace Saunders was on this engineer's crew when the train crashed; later, he wrote a ballad about it Casey Jones |
| #1992, aired 1993-04-13 | BLACK AMERICA $400: Robert Russa Moton, a former houseboy, succeeded him as president of Tuskegee Institute Booker T. Washington |
| #1992, aired 1993-04-13 | BLACK AMERICA $600: Robert & John Kennedy helped this man get out of a Georgia jail in 1960 Martin Luther King |
| #1992, aired 1993-04-13 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: Matthew Henson is famous for planting a flag on this part of the world the North Pole |
| #1992, aired 1993-04-13 | BLACK AMERICA $4,000 (Daily Double): This Texas congresswoman was on the committee that said Nixon should be impeached Barbara Jordan |
| #1975, aired 1993-03-19 | BLACK AMERICA $200: In 1775 Black patriots joined this rebel & his Green Mountain Boys in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga Ethan Allen |
| #1975, aired 1993-03-19 | BLACK AMERICA $400: In the 1830s Black bandleader Frank Johnson played for this queen at Buckingham Palace Victoria |
| #1975, aired 1993-03-19 | BLACK AMERICA $600 (Daily Double): In 1989 Coleman Young was elected to an unprecedented fifth term as mayor of this city Detroit |
| #1975, aired 1993-03-19 | BLACK AMERICA $600: For advancements in agricultural chemistry, he received the 1923 Spingarn Medal George Washington Carver |
| #1975, aired 1993-03-19 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: In 1982 Leontyne Price opened the Congress of the DAR with a concert honoring this contralto Marian Anderson |
| #1962, aired 1993-03-02 | BLACK AMERICA $200: This home run hitting champ told his life story in the autobiography "I Had A Hammer" Hank Aaron |
| #1962, aired 1993-03-02 | BLACK AMERICA $400: Mrs. Louis Bellson, she received the nickname "Ambassador of Love" from President Nixon Pearl Bailey |
| #1962, aired 1993-03-02 | BLACK AMERICA $600: In the 1970s he became RCA's biggest-selling country star since Elvis Presley (Charley) Pride |
| #1962, aired 1993-03-02 | BLACK AMERICA $800: This Nobel Peace Prize winner died in 1971, just 2 months after retiring from the U.N. Ralph Bunche |
| #1962, aired 1993-03-02 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: From 1967-1972 she served as the only woman & the only Black in the Texas State Senate Barbara Jordan |
| #1947, aired 1993-02-09 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Upon this man's death in 1968, Ralph Abernathy became head of the SCLC Martin Luther King |
| #1947, aired 1993-02-09 | BLACK AMERICA $400: The original draft of this 1863 declaration is often displayed at the New York State Library in Albany the Emancipation Proclamation |
| #1947, aired 1993-02-09 | BLACK AMERICA $600: In 1971 this Chicagoan founded People United to Save Humanity in order to combat racism Jesse Jackson |
| #1947, aired 1993-02-09 | BLACK AMERICA $800: These laws, named for a character in an old song, required segregation in some public places Jim Crow laws |
| #1947, aired 1993-02-09 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: This league was founded in 1910 to improve living conditions & job opportunities in cities (National) Urban League |
| #1836, aired 1992-09-07 | BLACK AMERICA $200: In October 1991 he was sworn in as the 106th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Clarence Thomas |
| #1836, aired 1992-09-07 | BLACK AMERICA $400: In 1986 he was named "Best Morning TV News Interviewer" by the Washington Journal Review Bryant Gumbel |
| #1836, aired 1992-09-07 | BLACK AMERICA $600: In 1907 he outlined some of his musical ideas in a book called "The School of Ragtime" Scott Joplin |
| #1836, aired 1992-09-07 | BLACK AMERICA $800: Succeeding the Celtics' Red Auerbach in 1966, he became the 1st black to coach an NBA team Bill Russell |
| #1836, aired 1992-09-07 | BLACK AMERICA $3,300 (Daily Double): In 1977 she was awarded the San Francisco Opera Medal to mark the 20th anniv. of her debut with the company Leontyne Price |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | BLACK AMERICA $200: In 1989 David Dinkins was elected this city's first black mayor New York City |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | BLACK AMERICA $400: President Bush credited much of Desert Storm's success to this chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | BLACK AMERICA $600: In 1931 this botanist refused an offer from the Soviet Union to supervise its cotton plantations George Washington Carver |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | BLACK AMERICA $800: At the 1988 Summer Olympics Jackie Joyner-Kersee & this sister-in-law won six medals between them Florence Griffith-Joyner |
| #1732, aired 1992-02-25 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: W.E.B. Du Bois, founder of the Niagara Movement, was the 1st black to receive a Ph.D. from this Ivy League university Harvard |
| #1655, aired 1991-11-08 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Established in 1944, it's a nonprofit fund-raising association of 41 educational institutions United Negro College Fund |
| #1655, aired 1991-11-08 | BLACK AMERICA $400: He was killed in 1965, months after founding the Organization of Afro-American Unity Malcolm X |
| #1655, aired 1991-11-08 | BLACK AMERICA $600: The bus boycott Martin L. King, Jr. began over the treatment of Rosa Parks lasted over a year in this city Montgomery (Alabama) |
| #1655, aired 1991-11-08 | BLACK AMERICA $800: He's the first elected black governor in the U.S. (Douglas) Wilder |
| #1655, aired 1991-11-08 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: A 1950 Ebony cover called this U.N. statesman "America's Most-Honored Negro" Ralph Bunche |
| #1629, aired 1991-10-03 | BLACK AMERICA $100: In 1952 he began using an X in place of the surname Little which he said came from slave masters Malcolm X |
| #1629, aired 1991-10-03 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Her debut album, the all-time bestseller by a woman, featured the song, "How Will I Know" Whitney Houston |
| #1629, aired 1991-10-03 | BLACK AMERICA $300: In April 1991 he went 12 rounds with Evander Holyfield to try to recapture the heavyweight title George Foreman |
| #1629, aired 1991-10-03 | BLACK AMERICA $400: In 1966 Robert Weaver became the first head of this Cabinet department Housing and Urban Development |
| #1629, aired 1991-10-03 | BLACK AMERICA $500: He served in the Illinois House & Illinois Senate before becoming Chicago's mayor in 1983 (Harold) Washington |
| #1613, aired 1991-09-11 | BLACK AMERICA $200: In her freshman year at college this TV talk show host was named Miss Black Nashville & Miss Black Tennessee Oprah Winfrey |
| #1613, aired 1991-09-11 | BLACK AMERICA $400: Missouri's only national monument marks the birthplace of this famous scientist George Washington Carver |
| #1613, aired 1991-09-11 | BLACK AMERICA $600: He was ABC's senior Capitol Hill correspondent before becoming chief Washington anchor for CNN Bernard Shaw |
| #1613, aired 1991-09-11 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: She died in Paris in 1975 during the 50th anniversary celebration of her Paris debut Josephine Baker |
| #1613, aired 1991-09-11 | BLACK AMERICA $1,500 (Daily Double): A sculpture of this seamstress & civil rights heroine was unveiled recently at the Smithsonian Rosa Parks |
| #1550, aired 1991-05-03 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Recommended by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Banneker was one of the surveyors who laid out this city Washington, D.C. |
| #1550, aired 1991-05-03 | BLACK AMERICA $400: The popularity of ragtime ended about the same time that this composer died in 1917 Joplin |
| #1550, aired 1991-05-03 | BLACK AMERICA $600: In 1967 this author & comic ran for mayor of Chicago; in '68 he was a candidate for president Dick Gregory |
| #1550, aired 1991-05-03 | BLACK AMERICA $800: Replacing Jefferson Davis, Hiram Revels, the first black U.S. senator, represented this state Mississippi |
| #1550, aired 1991-05-03 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: In 1968 she became the first black woman elected to the House of Representatives Shirley Chisholm |
| #1525, aired 1991-03-29 | BLACK AMERICA $200: In 1877 Henry Flipper became the first black graduate of this military academy West Point |
| #1525, aired 1991-03-29 | BLACK AMERICA $400: Birdland, a jazz palace of the '50s, was named for this sax player who was nicknamed "Bird" Charlie Parker |
| #1525, aired 1991-03-29 | BLACK AMERICA $600: In 1958 this contralto was an alternate U.S. delegate to the UN Marian Anderson |
| #1525, aired 1991-03-29 | BLACK AMERICA $800: For supervising the Arab-Israeli armistice, he was awarded the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize Ralph Bunche |
| #1496, aired 1991-02-18 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Not long after the breakup of his marriage to Robin Givens, he lost his heavyweight title Mike Tyson |
| #1496, aired 1991-02-18 | BLACK AMERICA $400: Born Malcolm Little, he changed his name to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz; he was killed in 1965 Malcolm X |
| #1496, aired 1991-02-18 | BLACK AMERICA $600: He was senior cadet in his ROTC class in 1958 & is now chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Colin) Powell |
| #1496, aired 1991-02-18 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: On a 1983 Challenger mission, he became the first Black American to travel in space Guion Bluford |
| #1496, aired 1991-02-18 | BLACK AMERICA $1,600 (Daily Double): Prior to the Civil War, he founded & edited a newspaper called the North Star (Frederick) Douglass |
| #1421, aired 1990-11-05 | BLACK AMERICA $200: In 1962 this ex-Brooklyn Dodger became the first black elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame Jackie Robinson |
| #1421, aired 1990-11-05 | BLACK AMERICA $400: Appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967, he's now its oldest member Thurgood Marshall |
| #1421, aired 1990-11-05 | BLACK AMERICA $600: In 1968 this Baptist minister succeeded M.L. King Jr. as president of the S.C.L.C. (Ralph) Abernathy |
| #1421, aired 1990-11-05 | BLACK AMERICA $800: A former medical professor, he now heads the Department of Health & Human Services (Louis) Sullivan |
| #1421, aired 1990-11-05 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: Appointed FCC commissioner in 1972, he later resigned to become exec. director of the NAACP Benjamin Hooks |
| #1316, aired 1990-04-30 | BLACK AMERICA $200: This cookie entrepreneur donated his Panama hat & pullover shirt to the Smithsonian Famous Amos |
| #1316, aired 1990-04-30 | BLACK AMERICA $400: He co-wrote "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" before he wrote "Roots" Alex Haley |
| #1316, aired 1990-04-30 | BLACK AMERICA $600: He was Manhattan borough pres. when elected NYC's first Black mayor, November 7, 1989 (David) Dinkins |
| #1316, aired 1990-04-30 | BLACK AMERICA $800: This actor who played Joe in the 1936 film "Show Boat" graduated first in his class at Rutgers Paul Robeson |
| #1316, aired 1990-04-30 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: The first Black to sit on the National Security Council was this award-winning newspaper columnist Carl Rowan |
| #1304, aired 1990-04-12 | BLACK AMERICA $200: On August 30, 1983 Guion Bluford Jr. became the first Black American to travel here space |
| #1304, aired 1990-04-12 | BLACK AMERICA $400: The head that wears this crown for 1990 is that of Missouri's Debbye Turner Miss America |
| #1304, aired 1990-04-12 | BLACK AMERICA $600: Among guests at Desmond Tutu's installation as archbishop were Coretta Scott King & this Detroit mayor Coleman Young |
| #1304, aired 1990-04-12 | BLACK AMERICA $800: In '54 the Supreme Court decided in favor of this girl & against the Topeka Board of Education Brown |
| #1304, aired 1990-04-12 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: A statue of this man who was killed March 5, 1770 stands in the Boston Common Crispus Attucks |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Coinciding with the birth of Frederick Douglass & Abraham Lincoln, it's Black History Month February |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BLACK AMERICA $400: This "party" was founded in Oakland, Calif. in 1966 by Huey P. Newton & Bobby Seale the Black Panther Party |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BLACK AMERICA $600: The phrase "Black Power" came into vogue in 1966 during James Meredith's peace march in this southern state Mississippi |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BLACK AMERICA $800: This black leader was assassinated in Harlem on February 21, 1965 Malcolm X |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: The 1st sit-ins of the '60s civil rights movement were at lunch counters in this "colorful" N.C. city Greensboro |
| #1162, aired 1989-09-26 | BLACK AMERICA $400: He once said that he "cried like a baby" while writing about Kunta Kinte Alex Haley |
| #1162, aired 1989-09-26 | BLACK AMERICA $600: A dancer in "The Wiz" & an understudy in "Dreamgirls", she's sung & danced on "The Cosby Show" Phylicia Rashad |
| #1162, aired 1989-09-26 | BLACK AMERICA $800: He's famous for having gone on long fasts during the Vietnam War & the 1980 Iran hostage crisis Dick Gregory |
| #1162, aired 1989-09-26 | BLACK AMERICA $1,000 (Daily Double): He won a 1962 Grammy for the following:
"I can't stop loving you, I've made up my mind..." Ray Charles |
| #1162, aired 1989-09-26 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: In 1977 PBS's "Black Journal" was renamed for him, its executive producer & host Tony Brown |
| #940, aired 1988-10-07 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Ralph Abernathy became head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference upon this man's death Martin Luther King |
| #940, aired 1988-10-07 | BLACK AMERICA $400: Of 6, 9 or 12, no. of children Joseph & Katherine Jackson have had, including Michael 9 |
| #940, aired 1988-10-07 | BLACK AMERICA $800: After fighting in the Civil War, she set up a home for needy Blacks in Auburn, New York Harriet Tubman |
| #940, aired 1988-10-07 | BLACK AMERICA $1,000 (Daily Double): Last name common to the mayors of Atlanta & Detroit Young |
| #940, aired 1988-10-07 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: Benjamin Banneker assisted L'Enfant in planning this city Washington, D.C. |
| #901, aired 1988-07-04 | BLACK AMERICA $100: The World Almanac lists this man, born circa 1860, as a botanist, chemurgist & educator George Washington Carver |
| #901, aired 1988-07-04 | BLACK AMERICA $200: It was under this name that Elijah Poole led the Black Muslims Elijah Muhammad |
| #901, aired 1988-07-04 | BLACK AMERICA $300: Hiram Revels, who finished out Jefferson Davis' term in 1879, was 1st Black elected as this a (U.S.) senator |
| #901, aired 1988-07-04 | BLACK AMERICA $400: One of the 1st Blacks to get a patent, Henry Blair got his 2nd in 1836 for a device to plant this crop cotton |
| #901, aired 1988-07-04 | BLACK AMERICA $500: A founder of this group, W.E.B. Du Bois, edited its magazine "The Crisis" the NAACP |
| #868, aired 1988-05-18 | BLACK AMERICA $200: A black literary renaissance of the '20s is named for this neighborhood in which it was centered Harlem |
| #868, aired 1988-05-18 | BLACK AMERICA $400: The 24th Amendment abolished these, making it possible for many more blacks to vote poll taxes |
| #868, aired 1988-05-18 | BLACK AMERICA $800: Playing the accursed Judas on B'way in "Jesus Christ Superstar" proved a blessing to this star's career Ben Vereen |
| #868, aired 1988-05-18 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: Upon replacing Frank Carlucci, Lt. Gen. Colin Powell became the 1st black to hold this position National Security Advisor |
| #704, aired 1987-10-01 | BLACK AMERICA $400: Emmett Ashford was the first black man to be one of these in the major leagues umpire |
| #704, aired 1987-10-01 | BLACK AMERICA $500 (Daily Double): Heard here, he was 1st major black performer to host a prime time TV network variety series:
"They tried to tell us we're too young..." Nat King Cole |
| #704, aired 1987-10-01 | BLACK AMERICA $600: This trumpeter called his autobiography "to Be or not...to Bop" Dizzy Gillespie |
| #704, aired 1987-10-01 | BLACK AMERICA $800: 1st black congressman from a southern state, she was 1st black keynote speaker at a Dem. nat'l convention Barbara Jordan |
| #704, aired 1987-10-01 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: Born a slave in N.Y., I. Van Wagener worked for both abolition & women's rights using this unusual name Sojourner Truth |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | BLACK AMERICA $100: Jackie Mabley, who had 3 children by age 14, used this appropriate stage name Moms (Mabley) |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | BLACK AMERICA $200: G. Washington named Black surveyor B. Banneker to commission that laid out this city's boundaries Washington, D.C. |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | BLACK AMERICA $300: It's said he also developed at least 75 products from the pecan George Washington Carver |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | BLACK AMERICA $400: By order of Pres. Reagan, boxer Joe Louis was buried in this cemetery in 1981 Arlington National Cemetery |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | BLACK AMERICA $500: He grew up in Harlem & used it as setting for his 1st novel, "Go Tell It on the Mountain" James Baldwin |
| #644, aired 1987-05-28 | BLACK AMERICA $200: This Chicago-based talk show host once won the Miss Black Tennessee Pageant Oprah Winfrey |
| #644, aired 1987-05-28 | BLACK AMERICA $400: While she stars on "Fame", her sister Phylicia, stars on "The Cosby Show" Debbie Allen |
| #644, aired 1987-05-28 | BLACK AMERICA $600: An assistant to this explorer, Matthew Henson became 1st black American to reach the North Pole (Robert) Peary |
| #644, aired 1987-05-28 | BLACK AMERICA $800: In 1967, he became the 1st black U.S. Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall |
| #644, aired 1987-05-28 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: Dr. Joseph Lowery now heads this million-member group founded by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. the Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
| #600, aired 1987-03-27 | BLACK AMERICA $200: He played 1 pro football game in Hawaii before joining the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 Jackie Robinson |
| #600, aired 1987-03-27 | BLACK AMERICA $400: In 1945, John Johnson began publishing this "Life"like magazine Ebony |
| #593, aired 1987-03-18 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Black Enterprise Magazine credits him with "PUSH"ing 3 million new black voters to register Jesse Jackson |
| #593, aired 1987-03-18 | BLACK AMERICA $400: The winningest college football coach of all time is Eddie Robinson of this Louisiana school Grambling |
| #593, aired 1987-03-18 | BLACK AMERICA $500 (Daily Double): This performer hosts the annual United Negro College Fund telethon:
"You'll never find, as long as you live" Lou Rawls |
| #593, aired 1987-03-18 | BLACK AMERICA $800: Mrs. Miles Davis, this actress is cofounder & a director of The Dance Theatre of Harlem Cicely Tyson |
| #593, aired 1987-03-18 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: 1st mayor ever to complete the Boston Marathon, Kenneth Gibson is mayor of this eastern city Newark (New Jersey) |
| #418, aired 1986-04-16 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Since she received a doctorate from Georgetown U. in 1985, you can now call her Dr. Pearlie Mae Pearl Bailey |
| #418, aired 1986-04-16 | BLACK AMERICA $400: The largest Black magazine in the world, in November 1985 it celebrated its 40th anniversary Ebony |
| #418, aired 1986-04-16 | BLACK AMERICA $600: Life & religion in the ghetto were the subjects of his 1953 novel "Go Tell It on the Mountain" James Baldwin |
| #418, aired 1986-04-16 | BLACK AMERICA $800: Known for freeing slaves, during Civil War she became only American woman to lead U.S. soldiers in battle Harriet Tubman |
| #418, aired 1986-04-16 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: He was the 1st singer to record a non-classical album that sold more than 1 million copies Harry Belafonte |
| #335, aired 1985-12-20 | BLACK AMERICA $200: Currently TV's highest paid child star Gary Coleman |
| #335, aired 1985-12-20 | BLACK AMERICA $400: After building career with Bacharach-David hits, she added & then dropped "e" from last name Dionne Warwick |
| #335, aired 1985-12-20 | BLACK AMERICA $600: Born & raised at Tuskegee Institute, he was celebrity star at 1984 Olympics closing Lionel Richie |
| #335, aired 1985-12-20 | BLACK AMERICA $800: In 1983, he became 1st black to host a network morning news show Bryant Gumbel |
| #335, aired 1985-12-20 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: In 1870, Hiram Revels of Mississippi gained this distinction first black elected to U.S. Senate |
| #9, aired 1984-09-20 | BLACK AMERICA $200: The first black in Big League Baseball Jackie Robinson |
| #9, aired 1984-09-20 | BLACK AMERICA $400: Forced to give up crown as Miss America because of photos in "Penthouse" Vanessa Williams |
| #9, aired 1984-09-20 | BLACK AMERICA $600: A symbol for black performers in film since the '50's, he won an Oscar as Best Actor in '63 Sidney Poitier |
| #9, aired 1984-09-20 | BLACK AMERICA $800: As result of anti-slavery raid on Harper's Ferry, his "body lies a moldering in the grave" John Brown |
| #9, aired 1984-09-20 | BLACK AMERICA $1000: Harriet Tubman, who freed over 300 slaves, was 1 of its foremost "conductors" the Underground Railroad |
