| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | AMERICANS IN PROTEST $400: A 2014 shooting in this St. Louis suburb marked a new era of protest against police treatment of African Americans Ferguson |
| #8869, aired 2023-05-11 | NOTABLE BLACK AMERICANS $1,400 (Daily Double): Known for skydiving while playing sax, aviator Hubert Julian went to fight for this African empire against Italy in the 1930s Ethiopia |
| #8831, aired 2023-03-20 | PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS $800: His second inaugural marked the first time African Americans had been included in the inaugural parade Lincoln |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | STUDY: GUIDES $5,000 (Daily Double): From 1936 to 1967 this "colorful" guide aided African Americans in traveling safely during segregation the Green Book |
| #8815, aired 2023-02-24 | BLACK HISTORY $400: In 1930 "Don't buy where you can't work" was a slogan of this economic strategy vs. stores that wouldn't hire African Americans a boycott |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: On January 18, 2021 she officially resigned her California Senate seat; 2 days later, she made history (Kamala) Harris |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: Sadly, inventor Otis Boykin, who made improvements to this medical implant, died of heart failure at 61 a pacemaker |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $1200: In 1986 she founded one of the most successful production companies in daytime TV, Harpo Productions (Oprah) Winfrey |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $1600: A decade before writing "Their Eyes Were Watching God", she was Barnard's first Black graduate (Zora Neale) Hurston |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $5,000 (Daily Double): Seen here, this legendary blues singer & guitarist from Mississippi got his byname from playing in a creek as a boy Muddy Waters |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | 3-NAMED PEOPLE $800: Many students learn the history of African Americans from John Hope Franklin's antonym-titled history "From ____ to ____" From Slavery to Freedom |
| #8714, aired 2022-10-06 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $600: In "The Warmth of Other Suns", Isabel Wilkerson tells of the "Great" this, an Exodus of African Americans from the South to the North Migration |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | U.S. DATES $1000: Date in 1865 on which Union General Gordon Granger told the African Americans of Galveston they were free June 19th (Juneteenth) |
| #8642, aired 2022-05-17 | MILITARY HISTORY $800: So many African Americans wanted to fight for this state's 54th Regiment in the Civil War, the 55th was created Massachusetts |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | 1860s AMERICA $600: This amendment that granted citizenship & civil rights to emancipated African Americans was ratified in 1868 the 14th Amendment |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: His national memorial in Washington, D.C. was unveiled in 2011 MLK (Martin Luther King, Jr.) |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: Journalist & activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett helped found this civil rights organization in 1909 the NAACP |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $1200: With justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passing, he became the second-oldest member of the Supreme Court (Clarence) Thomas |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $1600: In 2021 President Biden mourned this first black Secretary of State as a "dear friend" Powell |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $2000: Published in 1773, her book of poems on various subjects religious & moral contained an endorsement from John Hancock (Phyllis) Wheatley |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | 19th CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICANS $200: When Victoria Woodhull ran for president in 1872, she chose as her running mate this famed orator & activist Frederick Douglass |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | 19th CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: In 1870, Hiram Revels was elected to the United States Senate from this state once represented by Jefferson Davis Mississippi |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | 19th CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICANS $600: In 1870 Robert Fox' treatment on a segregated streetcar sparked protests & a boycott in this largest Kentucky city Louisville |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | 19th CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: In 1898 Black troops known as Buffalo Soldiers fought alongside the Rough Riders during the battle of this hill San Juan |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | 19th CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICANS $1000: In 2020, this journalist seen here was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer citation for reporting on the era of lynching Ida B. Wells |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: Established to help 4 million African Americans transition out of slavery, this bureau lasted from 1865 to 1872 the Freedmen's Bureau |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | AFRICAN AMERICANS PRE-1860 $400: In an 1843 speech Henry Garnet told slaves to consider "the shedding of" this for freedom; Frederick Douglass disagreed blood |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | AFRICAN AMERICANS PRE-1860 $800: Dave the Potter engraved his work with poetry but not in part of the 1840s when this ability was extra dangerous for the enslaved literacy |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | AFRICAN AMERICANS PRE-1860 $1200: The first African American to fight in this corps, John Martin helped capture 5 ships in a Revolutionary War attack the Marine Corps |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | AFRICAN AMERICANS PRE-1860 $1600: In 1838, 272 slaves were sold to keep this D.C. Jesuit U. going; now a building is named for one of them, Isaac Hawkins Georgetown |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | AFRICAN AMERICANS PRE-1860 $2000: Richard Allen was honored on a 2016 stamp, 200 years after he founded the church commonly known by these three initials AME (African Methodist Episcopal) |
| #8419, aired 2021-06-10 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $2000: "Revelations", this man's signature dance piece, is set to African-American spirituals like "Wade in the Water" & "Sinner Man" Alvin Ailey |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: Robert L. Johnson, the first African-American billionaire, launched this cable network back in 1980 BET (Black Entertainment Television) |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: An argument with her mother over money matters inspired this jazz great's lyrics to "God Bless The Child" Billie Holiday |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1200: Sadly, this rapper, activist & entrepreneur known for giving back to his South LA community lost his life there in 2019 Nipsey Hussle |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1600: This author who inspired generations to trace their genealogy is buried at his ancestral home in Henning, Tennessee (Alex) Haley |
| #8415, aired 2021-06-04 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $2000: One of the great stunt pilots of the 1920s, she was the first African-American woman to earn her pilot's license Bessie Coleman |
| #8406, aired 2021-05-24 | NEVER ENOUGH $800: This letter blood type belonging to 45% of Caucasians but over 50% of African Americans is always in high demand O |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | THE AMERICAN LEAGUE $3,000 (Daily Double): nul.org is the website for this organization that's been working for African Americans & civil rights since 1910 the National Urban League |
| #8216, aired 2020-05-18 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Now 115 years old, the Chicago Defender isn't a Bears safety but one of the oldest of these for African Americans a newspaper |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | REMEMBER JAMES GARFIELD! $2,000 (Daily Double): Garfield served 9 terms in Congress as one of these alliterative Republicans who wanted equality for African Americans Radical Republicans |
| #8021, aired 2019-06-24 | DEBATE CLUB $200: In their 5th debate Abraham Lincoln & Stephen Douglas argued whether this document's "all men" included African Americans the Declaration of Independence |
| #8021, aired 2019-06-24 | MEMORIALS $1200: The National Memorial for Peace and Justice in this Alabama city is dedicated to 4,000-plus African Americans killed by racist mobs Montgomery |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | STUDYING FOR THE TEST $2000: This bogus "test" many had to take starting around 1890 was designed to make it impossible for African Americans to vote a literacy test |
| #7940, aired 2019-03-01 | HISTORY WITH LESSER-KNOWN PAINTERS $800: Robert Colescott expanded African Americans' role in history with works like this peanut scientist "Crossing the Delaware" George Washington Carver |
| #7863, aired 2018-11-14 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York.) In February 1963, months before his "I Have A Dream" speech, he delivered an early version of the speech right here at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn to a packed congregation Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #7863, aired 2018-11-14 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: Frank Petersen overcame fear of heights to be the Marine Corps' 1st black one of these, mastering the F-4 Phantom a pilot |
| #7863, aired 2018-11-14 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $1200: In 2018 a pres. pardon was given to Jack Johnson, a champion in this sport whose 1913 conviction had racial overtones heavyweight boxing |
| #7863, aired 2018-11-14 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $1600: The first African-American Secretary of State, he passed the baton to another, Condoleezza Rice (Colin) Powell |
| #7863, aired 2018-11-14 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $2000: Among this educator's many books is "Up from Slavery", his autobiography published in 1901 (Booker T.) Washington |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | AWARDS & HONORS $1200: This medal awarded to African Americans for outstanding achievement is named for an early NAACP chairman the Spingarn Medal |
| #7811, aired 2018-07-23 | THE 1917 SILENT PARADE $400: In 1917 African Americans marched in NYC silently to protest this then-epidemic type of extrajudicial capital punishment lynching |
| #7725, aired 2018-03-23 | WHERE'D THAT HAPPEN? $400: Amid threats & violence, the 1964 Freedom Summer in this state registered a total of 1,200 African Americans to vote Mississippi |
| #7635, aired 2017-11-17 | TYPES OF MOVIES $1200: 1970s genre of film depicting African Americans in unrealistic & often violent situations blaxploitation |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $800: (Alex presents the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.) The powder horn belonged to one of 10,000 African-Americans who fought at battles like Monmouth in this war; to them, liberty was not just an abstract concept, but something they personally craved and hoped would be granted by the winning side, and in some cases, it was the American Revolution |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: Abbreviated the CBC, it was formed by 13 African Americans elected to the U.S. House in 1970 the Congressional Black Caucus |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | HIGH WATER $1200: The Mississippi flood of 1927 helped spur the mass movement of African Americans north & west, the "Great" this migration |
| #7563, aired 2017-06-28 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: In 1964 he embraced Sunni Islam & changed his name (again) to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Malcolm X |
| #7563, aired 2017-06-28 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: (I'm D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser.) On January 2, 1975 Walter Washington became D.C.'s first elected mayor in a century as he was sworn in by this fellow Howard University alumnus Thurgood Marshall |
| #7563, aired 2017-06-28 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1600: (I'm Melissa Harris-Perry.) My book "Barbershops, Bibles & BET" won a 2005 National Conference of Black Political Scientist Award named for this sociologist who helped create the NAACP in 1909 (W.E.B.) Du Bois |
| #7563, aired 2017-06-28 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $2000: This trumpeter's classic albums include "Kind of Blue" & "Sketches of Spain" Miles Davis |
| #7563, aired 2017-06-28 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $3,000 (Daily Double): Serving under George W. Bush, this soldier was the first person of Jamaican descent in the Cabinet (Colin) Powell |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | HEART SURGERY WITH DR. OZ $800: (Dr. Oz delivers the clue.) As director of a center for integrative medicine, I appreciate a pioneer of integrated medicine, the African-American surgeon Daniel Hale Williams, who in 1893 sutured a man's pericardium, becoming one of the first Americans to perform this then-risky type of surgery open-heart surgery |
| #7518, aired 2017-04-26 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: The Supreme Court reached a low with its 1857 decision on this slave's case: African Americans were not & could not be U.S. citizens Dred Scott |
| #7440, aired 2017-01-06 | U.S. MILITARY MEN $400: In 1997, Vernon Baker became one of only 7 African Americans & the only one living to receive this award for valor in World War II the Congressional Medal of Honor |
| #7386, aired 2016-10-24 | THE SOPRANOS $1200: Born in Laurel, Mississippi, she broke ground as one of the first African Americans to achieve world fame in opera Leontyne Price |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $200: In 1953 this Nation of Islam leader founded & was the minister of Boston Temple No. 11 Malcolm X |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: In 1908 this composer put out an instruction book called "School of Ragtime" (Scott) Joplin |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $600: "How to Get Away with Murder" is but one part of her dominion as a TV writer-producer Shonda Rhimes |
| #7357, aired 2016-09-13 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1000: Born Valerie Bowman, she's a longtime advisor to Pres. Obama, who has said she's like a sister to him Valerie Jarrett |
| #7312, aired 2016-05-31 | NOTED AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: In 1942 Charles Drew received a patent for preserving this, allowing it to be stored in "banks" blood |
| #7312, aired 2016-05-31 | NOTED AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: Harold Amos, the first black department chair at this Ivy League med school, taught there for nearly 50 years Harvard |
| #7312, aired 2016-05-31 | NOTED AFRICAN AMERICANS $1200: The 2016 TV series "The People v. O.J. Simpson" put this late attorney, seen here at the trial, front & center Johnnie Cochran |
| #7312, aired 2016-05-31 | NOTED AFRICAN AMERICANS $1600: As a mission specialist on STS-8 aboard one of these, Guion Bluford helped deploy INSAT-1B a Space Shuttle |
| #7312, aired 2016-05-31 | NOTED AFRICAN AMERICANS $2000: James Armistead told Lafayette that the British were moving into this Va. town; siege & surrender soon followed Yorktown |
| #7266, aired 2016-03-28 | REPUBLICANS $200: After the Civil War the "Radical Republicans" were committed to the enfranchisement of these people slaves (African-Americans accepted) |
| #7241, aired 2016-02-22 | THE IMAGE AWARDS $200: Honoring African Americans in the arts, the Image Awards were established in 1967 by this organization the NAACP |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS $5,000 (Daily Double): With a mark of 5'6" in this event, in 1948 5'7" Alice Coachman became the first African-American woman to win Olympic gold high jump |
| #6781, aired 2014-02-24 | THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY $600: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.) A sit-in by four young African-Americans in 1960 in Greensboro, North Carolina, sparked nationwide interest & activity in the civil-rights movement & also led this five-and-dime store to desegregate its lunch counters just about six months later Woolworth's |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | MEDICINE $1200: In 1910 physician James Herrick became the first to identify this blood disease that affects many African Americans sickle-cell anemia |
| #6735, aired 2013-12-20 | ____ING THE ____ $700 (Daily Double): This African custom seen at many weddings of African Americans symbolizes sweeping away the old jumping the broom |
| #6540, aired 2013-02-08 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $200: She's added to her accomplishments with "Modelland", a novel for young adults Tyra Banks |
| #6540, aired 2013-02-08 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: In 1857 the Supreme Court ruled that, as a slave, he was not a citizen & therefore not entitled to sue in federal court Dred Scott |
| #6540, aired 2013-02-08 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: 8 years before she won Olympic gold, this gymnast was a 2004 Virginia State champion Gabby Douglas |
| #6540, aired 2013-02-08 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1000: (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar presents the clue.) In 1893 internal surgery was rare--most patients died of infection--but that year Dr. Daniel Hale Williams used antiseptic methods during one of the first successful open-heart surgeries suturing this sac around the heart the pericardium |
| #6540, aired 2013-02-08 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $2,000 (Daily Double): Crispus Attucks, called the first American to die for independence, was killed in this 1770 incident the Boston Massacre |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | FAMOUS AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: He worked on a Ford assembly line & as a prizefighter before founding Motown records Berry Gordy |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | FAMOUS AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: This tennis player's memoir "Days of Grace" was published posthumously in 1993 Arthur Ashe |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | FAMOUS AFRICAN AMERICANS $1200: She read a poem at President Clinton's 1993 inauguration & in 2011 received the Medal of Freedom from President Obama Maya Angelou |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | FAMOUS AFRICAN AMERICANS $1600: Living in rags paid off--in 1976 he was honored with a special Pulitzer citation for his contribution to American music Scott Joplin |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | FAMOUS AFRICAN AMERICANS $2000: In 1990 he succeeded Ed Koch as mayor of New York City (David) Dinkins |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | THE WRIGHT STUFF $1600: This author's "12 Million Black Voices" is a pictorial history of African Americans Richard Wright |
| #6303, aired 2012-02-01 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: In 2009 Charles Bolden, who'd commanded 2 shuttle missions, became administrator of this agency NASA |
| #6303, aired 2012-02-01 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: This businessman with a "9-9-9" tax plan made news in 2011 as a candidate for president Herman Cain |
| #6303, aired 2012-02-01 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1200: In 2011 this director & star of the "Madea" movies topped Forbes' list of the highest-paid men in entertainment Tyler Perry |
| #6303, aired 2012-02-01 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1600: This author of "Invisible Man" was named for another literary great, Emerson Ralph Ellison |
| #6303, aired 2012-02-01 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $2000: His 1912 autobiography "A Negro Explorer at the North Pole" includes a foreword by Robert Peary Matthew Henson |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | THE 1890s $600: In 1895 this black educator delivered the Atlanta Compromise speech about improving the lot of African Americans (Booker T.) Washington |
| #6238, aired 2011-11-02 | THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA $800: In 1868 this amendment gave African Americans full citizenship the 14th |
| #6097, aired 2011-03-01 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $200: In 2010 this Lakers guard became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 25,000 points Kobe Bryant |
| #6097, aired 2011-03-01 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $600: Of that bus incident in 1955, she once said, "All I was doing was trying to get home from work" (Rosa) Parks |
| #6097, aired 2011-03-01 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: The first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize, Gwendolyn Brooks won in this category in 1950 Poetry |
| #6097, aired 2011-03-01 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1,000 (Daily Double): On Forbes' 2008 list of the World's Most Powerful Women, this then Secretary of State ranked seventh Condoleezza Rice |
| #6097, aired 2011-03-01 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1000: This astronomer & mathematician helped survey the land that became Washington, D.C. (Benjamin) Banneker |
| #6093, aired 2011-02-23 | SOCIAL STUDIES $400: The "Great Migration" from the south brought 120,000 African Americans to this "Windy City" in the 1920s Chicago |
| #6084, aired 2011-02-10 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $200: "All Hail the Queen" & "The Dana Owens Album" are releases by this actress & hip hop artist Queen Latifah |
| #6084, aired 2011-02-10 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: An award for African-American authors & illustrators is named for this wife of Martin Luther King Jr. Coretta Scott King |
| #6084, aired 2011-02-10 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $600: Between the time this boxer retired in 1977 & again in 1997, he began hawking lean mean grilling machines George Foreman |
| #6084, aired 2011-02-10 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: In 2005 Baltimore/Washington Intl. Airport was renamed for this late Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall |
| #6084, aired 2011-02-10 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1000: Representing Texas from 1973 to 1979, she was the first black woman from a Southern state to serve in Congress Barbara Jordan |
| #5929, aired 2010-05-27 | ADOPTION $800: In 2008 Americans adopted 2 kids from this African country; Madonna has adopted that many by herself Malawi |
| #5922, aired 2010-05-18 | THE NEW YORK TIMES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR $400: This author of "Push" wrote a letter to the editor saying "Silence will not save African Americans" Sapphire |
| #5852, aired 2010-02-09 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: The first African American to play modern Major League Baseball, he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 Jackie Robinson |
| #5852, aired 2010-02-09 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1,200 (Daily Double): A biography of this former Cabinet secretary is subtitled "Soldier and Statesman" Colin Powell |
| #5852, aired 2010-02-09 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1200: Her website calls her a Renaissance woman, poet, historian, author, actress & playwright Maya Angelou |
| #5852, aired 2010-02-09 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1600: Carl Stokes, the first black mayor of a major U.S. city, was mayor of this Ohio metropolis from 1967 to 1971 Cleveland |
| #5852, aired 2010-02-09 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $2000: He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1987 for his play "Fences" & another for "The Piano Lesson" in 1990 (August) Wilson |
| #5842, aired 2010-01-26 | PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION LORE $200: The first time African Americans marched in the parade was at Lincoln's second inauguration, in this year 1865 |
| #5694, aired 2009-05-14 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: African Americans, 13% of the U.S., were nearly twice that percentage of U.S. troops in this 1990-91 war the First Gulf War |
| #5691, aired 2009-05-11 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: As part of a 3-book deal, she'll soon write a memoir about her years as Secretary of State (Condoleezza) Rice |
| #5691, aired 2009-05-11 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: In 1962 he said, "I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law" Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #5691, aired 2009-05-11 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1200: Currently, he's the only African American on the Supreme Court Clarence Thomas |
| #5691, aired 2009-05-11 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1600: In 1872 Victoria Woodhull chose this orator & former slave to be her running mate Frederick Douglass |
| #5691, aired 2009-05-11 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $2000: Ernest Just, who received the first Spingarn Medal in 1915, was a biologist & professor at this D.C. university Howard |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | ELLEN $800: This First Lady's efforts resulted in a 1914 law improving housing for African Americans in Washington, D.C. Ellen Wilson |
| #5191, aired 2007-03-19 | THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE $400: One of the two African Americans to win the prize, one in 1950, the other in 1964 Martin Luther King, Jr. (& Ralph Bunche) |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | WELCOME TO "HIGH" SCHOOL $800: Also known as hypertension, this condidtion affects far more African Americans on average than white Americans high blood pressure |
| #4884, aired 2005-12-01 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $1200: In 1950 this U.N. mediator became the first African American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Ralph Bunche |
| #4855, aired 2005-10-21 | DISEASES $1600: Joint pain & fever are results of this 3-word blood disease occurring chiefly among African Americans sickle cell anemia |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | YOU DESERVE A SHOWBIZ AWARD! $1200: Starting in 1972, the ACT awards were handed out for achievement in television aimed at this demographic children |
| #4690, aired 2005-01-14 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $800: He was the first African-American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell |
| #4677, aired 2004-12-28 | SPECS & THE CITY $400: Of the 10 most populous U.S. cities, this Michigan city has the highest percentage of African-Americans Detroit |
| #4628, aired 2004-10-20 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $2000: Born into slavery around 1818, this great orator helped recruit his fellow African-Americans for the Union army Frederick Douglass |
| #4565, aired 2004-06-11 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS $1200: This play about a family moving to the suburbs was the first Broadway play written & directed by African Americans A Raisin in the Sun |
| #4441, aired 2003-12-22 | ___ & ___ $2000: The origins of tap lie in this dance created by 19th century African Americans the buck & wing |
| #4411, aired 2003-11-10 | AFRICAN-AMERICANA $1600: Currently, they're the 2 highest-ranking African-Americans in President Bush's administration Condoleezza Rice & Colin Powell |
| #4378, aired 2003-09-24 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $200: In September 1992 Mae Jemison blasted off aboard this as the first African-American woman in space the space shuttle |
| #4378, aired 2003-09-24 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: In 1961 Fred Moore stood watch as the first black guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in this cemetery Arlington National Cemetery |
| #4378, aired 2003-09-24 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $600: From 1969 to 1983 Shirley Chisholm served New York state in this U.S. Gov't. body that elects its members every 2 years the House of Representatives |
| #4378, aired 2003-09-24 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: Now a member of President Bush's Cabinet, this Army man is the son of Jamaican immigrants Colin Powell |
| #4378, aired 2003-09-24 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1000: Chemist Lloyd Quarterman worked on the 1940s "Manhattan Project" & helped build the first of these weapons an atomic bomb |
| #4315, aired 2003-05-09 | RECONSTRUCTION $2000: This bureau, among others, built over 4,000 schools for African-Americans, including Howard University the Freedman's Bureau |
| #4304, aired 2003-04-24 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: "Harambee!" & "Habari Gani!" are phrases used by African Americans during this 7-day celebration Kwanzaa |
| #4275, aired 2003-03-14 | PORGY-POURRI $600: In 1936 this city's National Theatre was briefly desegregated so African-Americans could see "Porgy and Bess" there Washington, D.C. |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | AWARDS & HONORS $600: This organization awards the Spingarn Medal, its highest honor for achievement among African-Americans NAACP |
| #4183, aired 2002-11-06 | 18th CENTURY AMERICANS $800: In the 1770s, this pamphleteer wrote "African Slavery in America", an article condemning slavery Thomas Paine |
| #4159, aired 2002-10-03 | THE FABULOUS (18)50s $1000: In 1857 this infamous Supreme Court decision declared that African-Americans were not U.S. citizens Dred Scott Decision |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | NOTED AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: In addition to developing industrial uses for peanuts, he developed a new hybrid of cotton (George Washington) Carver |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | NOTED AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: In 1957 he co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference & became its first president Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | NOTED AFRICAN AMERICANS $1200: In 1946 this African American became director of the U.N. Trusteeship division Dr. Ralph Bunche |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | NOTED AFRICAN AMERICANS $1600: In 1993 she became the second Black American elected to serve in the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction Carol Moseley Braun |
| #4138, aired 2002-09-04 | NOTED AFRICAN AMERICANS $2000: An African-born slave, she published her "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral" in 1773 Phillis Wheatley |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | CELEBRATED AFRICAN-AMERICANS $200: By any means necessary, tell us the name of this black leader seen here Malcolm X |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | CELEBRATED AFRICAN-AMERICANS $400: This boxing hall of famer seen here "bombed" many an opponent Joe Louis |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | CELEBRATED AFRICAN-AMERICANS $600: She's the "Caged" poet seen here Maya Angelou |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | CELEBRATED AFRICAN-AMERICANS $800: He started "warming the bench" in 1967 Thurgood Marshall |
| #3965, aired 2001-11-23 | CELEBRATED AFRICAN-AMERICANS $1000: In 1972 this woman's place was in the House; the House of Representatives Barbara Jordan |
| #3799, aired 2001-02-22 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $100: Lewis Latimer developed a carbon filament for this device & later worked for its inventor Light bulb |
| #3799, aired 2001-02-22 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $200: Bessie Coleman, seen here on a Black Heritage stamp, traveled to Europe to earn this type of license a pilot's license |
| #3799, aired 2001-02-22 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $300: Starting in 1927, this "noble" man's big band broadcast on radio from Harlem's Cotton Club Duke Ellington |
| #3799, aired 2001-02-22 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: John Brown called this woman a "general" because of her bravery in helping slaves escape Harriet Tubman |
| #3799, aired 2001-02-22 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $500: "I cannot offer you money, position or fame", he said when he offered George Washington Carver a job at Tuskegee Booker T. Washington |
| #3671, aired 2000-07-17 | PLACE $500: In the '90s Americans learned more about this African country highlighted here Somalia |
| #3478, aired 1999-10-20 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $500: It's estimated that 1 in 12 African-Americans has the trait for this blood disease sickle cell anemia |
| #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | BLACK AMERICANS $200: (Hi, I'm Star Jones of "The View". One of my personal heroes is) this man (who) in 1989 was the first African-American to be named chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell |
| #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | BLACK AMERICANS $1000: While a member of the Robert Peary expedition in 1909, he became the first African-American to reach the North Pole Matthew Henson |
| #3250, aired 1998-10-23 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $200: A Hanes ad says you can't have this NBA star's game, rings or fame, but you can have his underwear Michael Jordan |
| #3250, aired 1998-10-23 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: He became the highest-ranking American at the U.N. in 1955 when he was named undersecretary Dr. Ralph Bunche |
| #3250, aired 1998-10-23 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $500 (Daily Double): In 1961 this soprano made her debut with the Metropolitan in "Il Trovatore" Leontyne Price |
| #3250, aired 1998-10-23 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: This famous poet seen here was San Francisco's first female streetcar conductor Maya Angelou |
| #3250, aired 1998-10-23 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1000: Before her election to the Senate, she served 10 years in the Illinois House of Representatives Carol Moseley Braun |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | AFRICAN-AMERICANS $100: In 1964 he became the first black American to be named Time's "Man of the Year" Martin Luther King Jr. |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | AFRICAN-AMERICANS $200: Pop star-turned-sitcom ("Moesha") star seen here Brandy |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | AFRICAN-AMERICANS $300: He served 24 years on the Supreme Court before retiring in 1991 Thurgood Marshall |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | AFRICAN-AMERICANS $400: Seen here, he's now in his 17th year with a hit TV series ("60 Minutes") Ed Bradley |
| #3169, aired 1998-05-14 | AFRICAN-AMERICANS $1,000 (Daily Double): This author traced his "Roots" back several generations to an African called "Kinte" Alex Haley |
| #3141, aired 1998-04-06 | BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOODS $1000: These "Heights" populated by African Americans & Hasidic Jews were the site of rioting in 1991 Crown Heights |
| #3112, aired 1998-02-24 | SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS $500 (Daily Double): Title character played by former Alvin Ailey dancer Desmond Richardson in a 1997 ballet Othello |
| #3100, aired 1998-02-06 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $100: About 200,000 black soldiers served in the Civil War on this side Union |
| #3100, aired 1998-02-06 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $200: This Harlem-born singer-dancer-actor was a member of the 1960s "Rat Pack" with Frank & Dino Sammy Davis, Jr. |
| #3100, aired 1998-02-06 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: In the 1950s this man sued the Topeka Board of Education over which school his daughter might attend Oliver Brown |
| #3100, aired 1998-02-06 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Jesse Jackson, Jr.) About 2/3 of the people that I represent in Congress live in this city Chicago |
| #3100, aired 1998-02-06 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $500: "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" is a famous work by this jazz bassist & bandleader Charlie Mingus |
| #3087, aired 1998-01-20 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $200: Spike Lee chronicled the life of this black activist in a 1992 film Malcolm X |
| #3087, aired 1998-01-20 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: Of the Underground Railroad, she said she never ran a train off the track & never lost a passenger Harriet Tubman |
| #3087, aired 1998-01-20 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $600: The late Ron Brown was the first black American to head this cabinet department Commerce |
| #3087, aired 1998-01-20 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: This actress featured in "Executive Decision" was formerly married to outfielder David Justice Halle Berry |
| #3087, aired 1998-01-20 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $1000: Noted for his Gulf War coverage, he's the principal Washington anchor for CNN Bernard Shaw |
| #2916, aired 1997-04-14 | GENEALOGY $300: This 1976 bestseller sparked interest in the subject, especially by African Americans Roots |
| #2513, aired 1995-07-05 | LIFE SCIENCE $500: About 1 in 400 African-Americans has this hereditary disease affecting the hemoglobin sickle-cell anemia |
| #2203, aired 1994-03-16 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $400: This magazine for African-Americans has a circulation of over 1.8 million Ebony |
