| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $400: He made history in November 2008 when, as the New York Times reported, he swept away "the last racial barrier in American politics" Barack Obama |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $800: Ruth Simmons, the first African-American Ivy League president, led this Rhode Island school from 2001 to 2012 Brown |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1200: The first African-American Rhodes Scholar, Alain Locke was later hailed as "the father of" this NYC creative movement the Harlem Renaissance |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1600: For her supporting role in "Gone with the Wind", she was the first African-American performer to win an Oscar Hattie McDaniel |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $2000: Inspired by Nichelle Nichols & her "Star Trek" character, she became the first African-American woman in space (Mae) Jemison |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $400: In 1947 he broke the color barrier & became the first African American to play modern Major League Baseball (Jackie) Robinson |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $800: The American Ballet Theater's first black female principal dancer, she was also the first to dance "Swan Lake" for the ABT (Misty) Copeland |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1200: He was the first African American to serve as National Security Advisor & as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Colin) Powell |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1600: A-tisket a-tasket, in 1959 she won a Grammy for her basket, the first African-American woman to do so Fitzgerald |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $2000: A Florida educator & college founder, she is the first African American to represent a state in Statuary Hall McLeod Bethune |
| #7766, aired 2018-05-21 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPORTS FIRSTS $400: In 1875 Oliver Lewis became the first African-American jockey to win this race known as the "Run for the Roses" the Kentucky Derby |
| #7766, aired 2018-05-21 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPORTS FIRSTS $800: The first black winter Olympic gold medalist, Vonetta Flowers won as a brake woman in this event in 2002 bobsled |
| #7766, aired 2018-05-21 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPORTS FIRSTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Tennis great Althea Gibson was also the first African American on the tour of this association in another sport the LPGA |
| #7766, aired 2018-05-21 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPORTS FIRSTS $1600: In 1952 this Dodgers catcher became the first African American to be featured on a Wheaties box (Roy) Campanella |
| #7766, aired 2018-05-21 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPORTS FIRSTS $2000: The first African-American head coach to win a Super Bowl was this man who led the Colts to victory in 2007 (Tony) Dungy |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $400: Her win for 2001 was the first Best Actress Oscar for an African-American Halle Berry |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $800: In 1983 Guy Bluford became the first African American to go here space |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1200: In 1908 he knocked out Tommy Burns to become the first black boxer to win the world heavyweight title Jack Johnson |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1600: A year after his admission sparked a deadly riot, James Meredith became the first black graduate of this university University of Mississippi |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $2000: The first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize, in 1968 she was named poet laureate of Illinois Gwendolyn Brooks |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $400: Messman Dorie Miller was the first African American awarded the Navy Cross for bravery at this place, December 7th, 1941. Pearl Harbor |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $800: In 2000 Robert Johnson became the first African American billionaire after selling this TV network to Viacom B.E.T. |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1200: In 1950 Juanita Hall became the first African American to win a Tony, for playing Bloody Mary in this musical South Pacific |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1600: Mary Patterson, the first black woman to earn a B.A. degree, graduated in 1862 from this state's Oberlin College Ohio |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $2000: Rita Dove was the first African American to serve in this government post, from 1993 to 1995 poet laureate |
| #5765, aired 2009-10-09 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPORTS FIRSTS $400: In 1963 Wendell Scott became the first African American to win a stock car race in this association NASCAR |
| #5765, aired 2009-10-09 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPORTS FIRSTS $800: The aptly named Willie Thrower, the NFL's first black quarterback, played one game in 1953 for this team at Wrigley Field the Chicago Bears |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | STATE FIRSTS $1000: In 1989 this state elected the first African-American governor, L. Douglas Wilder Virginia |
| #4485, aired 2004-02-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $200: In December 1993 Toni Morrison became the first African-American woman awarded this international literature prize the Nobel Prize |
| #4485, aired 2004-02-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $400: In October 1967 Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American one of these Supreme Court justices |
| #4485, aired 2004-02-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $600: W.E.B. Du Bois was the first African-American to earn a doctorate from this prestigious Massachusetts university Harvard |
| #4485, aired 2004-02-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $800: In 1977 Andrew Young became the first African-American to serve as U.S. ambassador to this body the U.N. (United Nations) |
| #4485, aired 2004-02-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1000: In 1978 this escaped slave became the first African-American woman honored on a U.S. postage stamp Harriet Tubman |
| #4259, aired 2003-02-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $400: In 2002 she made movie history as the first African-American to win the Oscar for Best Actress Halle Berry |
| #4259, aired 2003-02-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $800 (Daily Double): Rita Dove was the first African-American writer to serve in this post from 1993 to 1995 Poet Laureate of the United States |
| #4259, aired 2003-02-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $800: We now salute Henry O. Flipper, seen here, the first African-American graduate of this academy West Point (U.S. Military Academy) |
| #4259, aired 2003-02-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1200: In 1874 Patrick Francis Healy, a Jesuit theologian, became the first black president of this D.C. university Georgetown |
| #4259, aired 2003-02-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1600: This man, seen here, went on the air as CNN's first African-American news anchor Bernard Shaw |
| #4021, aired 2002-02-11 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $400: He's not only the first African-American to win the Masters, he's also the first Asian-American Tiger Woods |
| #4021, aired 2002-02-11 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $800: We salute you if you know Colin Powell was the first black American chairman of this advisory group the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| #4021, aired 2002-02-11 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1200: Hiram Revels, the first black U.S. Senator, represented this state, completing Jefferson Davis' term Mississippi |
| #4021, aired 2002-02-11 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $1600: This "Invisible Man" author was the first African-American to win the National Book Award (Ralph) Ellison |
| #4021, aired 2002-02-11 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $2000: Elected in 1989, he was the first black mayor of New York City David Dinkins |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $100: In 1989, aboard Discovery, Frederick D. Gregory became the first black commander of one of these missions a Space Shuttle mission |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $200: For his role in "Lilies of the Field", he was the first African-American to win a Best Actor Oscar Sidney Poitier |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $300: "On My Honor" from 1975 to 1978 Gloria Randle Scott served as the first black president of this organization Girl Scouts of America |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $500: In 1950 this U.N. mediator became the first African-American to win the Nobel Peace Prize Dr. Ralph Bunche |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $700 (Daily Double): Robert Weaver, the first black Cabinet member, made himself at "home" in this department in 1966 Housing and Urban Development (HUD) |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | BLACK FIRSTS $1000: She was not the first African-American in the Texas Senate, but she was the first African-American woman there Barbara Jordan |
| #3377, aired 1999-04-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $200: Ladies & Gents...in the 1970s Bernice Collins took center ring as this circus' first black female clown Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus |
| #3377, aired 1999-04-20 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS $400: This "Beloved" author was the first African-American to win a Nobel Prize for Literature Toni Morrison |
