Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (25 results returned)

#3920, aired 2001-09-21BLACK FIRSTS $200: In 1999 Maurice Ashley became the first black American international grandmaster in this chess
#3920, aired 2001-09-21BLACK FIRSTS $400: In 1888 William Hunton became the 1st black full-time sec. of this organization where "It's fun to stay" YMCA
#3920, aired 2001-09-21BLACK FIRSTS $600: Meeting Edith Jones, the first black to attend the Univ. of Ark. Medical School, inspired this later surgeon-general Joycelyn Elders
#3920, aired 2001-09-21BLACK FIRSTS $800: She appeared in over 300 films & was the first black actress to win an Oscar Hattie McDaniel
#3920, aired 2001-09-21BLACK FIRSTS $1000: She was not the first African-American in the Texas Senate, but she was the first African-American woman there Barbara Jordan
#2779, aired 1996-10-03BLACK FIRSTS $200: In 1777 this "Green Mountain State" became the first to forbid slavery Vermont
#2779, aired 1996-10-03BLACK FIRSTS $400: The first medal won by a black athlete in the Winter Olympics was this figure skater's bronze in 1988 Debi Thomas
#2779, aired 1996-10-03BLACK FIRSTS $600: Robert C. Weaver, the first black Cabinet secretary was appointed Secretary of HUD in 1966 by this president LBJ, Lyndon Johnson
#2779, aired 1996-10-03BLACK FIRSTS $800: On Feb. 1, 1978 this 19th century heroine became the first black woman honored on a U.S. stamp Harriet Tubman
#2779, aired 1996-10-03BLACK FIRSTS $2,000 (Daily Double): This former Cleveland mayor, the first black elected mayor of a major U.S. city, died in 1996 (Carl) Stokes
#2497, aired 1995-06-13BLACK FIRSTS $100: In 1875 at Churchill Downs, Black jockey Oliver Lewis, on Aristides, won the first running of this race the Kentucky Derby
#2497, aired 1995-06-13BLACK FIRSTS $200: George Washington Carver was the second Black on a U.S. stamp; he was the first Booker T. Washington
#2497, aired 1995-06-13BLACK FIRSTS $300: In 1624 at this settlement, William Tucker became the first Black born in England's American colonies Jamestown
#2497, aired 1995-06-13BLACK FIRSTS $400: In 1985 Lt. Commander Donnie Cochran became the first Black Navy pilot to fly with this elite squad the Blue Angels
#2497, aired 1995-06-13BLACK FIRSTS $500 (Daily Double): The first Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, was founded in 1908 at this Washington, D.C. university Howard
#2136, aired 1993-12-13BLACK FIRSTS $200: Henry Blair, who invented a corn harvester, was the 1st Black to obtain one of these a patent
#2136, aired 1993-12-13BLACK FIRSTS $400: In 1992 Mae Jemison "Endeavoured" to become the 1st Black woman to go here, & she did space
#2136, aired 1993-12-13BLACK FIRSTS $600: In 1952 he & Oliver Tambo formed the 1st Black law partnership in South Africa Nelson Mandela
#2136, aired 1993-12-13BLACK FIRSTS $800: Edward Alexander Bouchet was the 1st Black to earn a Ph.D. & the 1st to join this Greek-letter fraternity Phi Beta Kappa
#2136, aired 1993-12-13BLACK FIRSTS $1000: In 1908 he defeated Tommy Burns to become the 1st Black world heavyweight boxing champ Jack Johnson
#1911, aired 1992-12-21BLACK FIRSTS $200: In September 1983 Vanessa Williams became the 1st Black woman to win this beauty title Miss America
#1911, aired 1992-12-21BLACK FIRSTS $400: In 1949 Wesley A. Brown became the 1st Black Midshipman to graduate from this service academy the Naval Academy
#1911, aired 1992-12-21BLACK FIRSTS $600: In 1966 Andrew F. Brimmer became the 1st Black member of this government banking system's Board of Governors the Federal Reserve
#1911, aired 1992-12-21BLACK FIRSTS $800: No relation to Jackie, he became Major League Baseball's first Black manager in 1974 Frank Robinson
#1911, aired 1992-12-21BLACK FIRSTS $1000: Her "A Raisin in the Sun" was the 1st play by a Black author to win a New York Drama Critics Circle Award Lorraine Hansberry

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