| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | BLACK HISTORY & CULTURE $800: Seen here are these heroic aviators, the first African-American combat pilots who served during World War II the Tuskegee Airmen |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | ENTERTAINMENT & THE NMAAHC $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.) Featuring an all-Black cast, songs like "Ease On Down The Road" & the costumes seen here, this 1975 Broadway musical had a rough beginning before becoming a smash hit & winning 7 Tonys The Wiz |
| #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | ENTERTAINMENT & THE NMAAHC $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the National Museum of African American History and Culture.) The 1943 film, "Stormy Weather", featured some of the greatest Black entertainers of the day, including Bill Robinson, Dooley Wilson, & of course, this beloved actress & singer, then in her 20s, who wore this green velvet dress & sang the title song (Lena) Horne |
| #8401, aired 2021-05-17 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: The Great Sioux War of 1876 is also called this war, after the sacred region the Sioux were fighting for Black Hills War |
| #8391, aired 2021-05-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN $2000: Before she made history in Congress, Barbara Jordan was the first Black woman elected to this state's Senate Texas |
| #8346, aired 2021-03-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Black Elk, a holy man of the Oglala branch of these people, was at the battle of Little Bighorn & lived until 1950 the Sioux |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY $3,500 (Daily Double): In 1832, hoping to reclaim land in Illinois, this Sauk leader led Native Americans against U.S. forces in a months-long war Black Hawk |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: E.E. Ward Moving & Storage is the oldest Black-owned co. in the U.S., dating to the 1840s when a Ward was a conductor on this the Underground Railroad |
| #8284, aired 2020-11-19 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: In 1919, as part of his Back to Africa plan, Marcus Garvey founded this, contrasting with the name of a British ship line the Black Star Line |
| #8159, aired 2020-02-13 | FEBRUARY $400: According to annual presidential proclamations, February is this month--not "Black" anymore African-American History Month |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) One of the most memorable moments in Olympic history was when track stars Tommie Smith & John Carlos raised their fists in a Black Power salute in Mexico City in this year of escalated racial tensions six months after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968 |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.) Argubably "The Greatest" inside the ring & out, Muhammed Ali first won the heavyweight title by beating Sonny Liston in 1964; in the next few days, publicly adopting Islam, he changed from this & became an example of Black pride & defiance of the establishment Cassius Clay |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1940, for her role in this film, Hattie McDaniel became the first black performer to win an Oscar Gone with the Wind |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: A 1957 study of the middle class, with the alliterative title "The Black" this group, traced it to 1865 & the Freedmen's Bank the Bourgeoisie |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: This 1960s alliterative slogan has roots in an 1858 speech that mentioned "rich color" & "full broad features" "Black is beautiful" |
| #8061, aired 2019-09-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: When this beloved first lady died in Washington in 1849, the "ladies of Virginia" were urged to wear a black bow or ribbon in tribute Dolley Madison |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Ron Brown in 1989 for the Democrats & Michael Steele in 2009 for the G.O.P. were the first black holders of this post chairman of the party |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: In 1968 at this school, SFSU for short, Nathan Hare created the USA's first black studies program San Francisco State University |
| #7689, aired 2018-02-01 | BLACK HISTORY NOTABLES $1200: In 1957, she became the first African-American to win a singles title at Wimbledon Althea Gibson |
| #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 |
| #7547, aired 2017-06-06 | AWARDS & HONORS $400: (Alex presents the clue from the National Museum of African American History & Culture.) In World War I, because of racial tensions within the Army, a black combat unit nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters was assigned to fight with the French, and because of their valor, the regiment was awarded this cross of war, one of France's highest honors the Croix de guerre |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $400: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) At the gift shop, you can pick up a kinara, a candleholder that represents African roots; it'll hold candles in the symbolic colors of black for the people, red for their struggle & green for hope, all to help you celebrate this late December holiday Kwanzaa |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $2000: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) The tape recorder was used by this man, whose ideas for black activism couldn't be contained by the Nation of Islam, leading to the sad correctness of his prediction in his autobiography that, "I, too, will die by violence" Malcolm X |
| #7198, aired 2015-12-23 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $200: This phrase of protest coined by Alicia Garza has become a hashtag & a movement Black Lives Matter |
| #7003, aired 2015-02-11 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: Hiram Revels, the first black U.S. senator, represented this state, but too late to be Jeff Davis' colleague Mississippi |
| #6776, aired 2014-02-17 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Valley Forge Nat'l Historical Park in Pennsylvania.) Honored with a monument, the 500 black soldiers at Valley Forge included the U.S. military's first African-American unit of free men, the regiment known as the First of this Ocean State Rhode Island |
| #4404, aired 2003-10-30 | CONGRESSIONAL HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): When this group, the CBC, was founded in 1971, it aimed for 10% of the House to be African-American -- not there yet the Congressional Black Caucus |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $100: In 1989 Bertram Lee & Peter Bynoe became the first black owners of a major sports franchise, this city's NBA Nuggets Denver |
| #3913, aired 2001-09-12 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $300: In 1957 it became the USA's first major city with a black majority Washington, D.C. |
| #3684, aired 2000-09-14 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1916 President Wilson sent this brigadier general into Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa John "Black Jack" Pershing |
| #3558, aired 2000-02-09 | BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY $200: An 1879 mass movement of Southern blacks to the West was known by this Biblical name The Exodus |
| #3558, aired 2000-02-09 | BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Common name of the historic 1963 event seen here: March on Washington, D.C. |
| #3558, aired 2000-02-09 | BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Believed to be part black & part Native American, he was a leader & fatality in the 1770 Boston Massacre Crispus Attucks |
| #3558, aired 2000-02-09 | BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): This organization was founded in 1944 after Tuskegee's president suggested pooling schools' money United Negro College Fund |
| #3558, aired 2000-02-09 | BLACK AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: This important black church was formally organized in 1816 with Richard Allen as its first bishop African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) |
| #3442, aired 1999-07-20 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1869 Ebenezer Bassett, the USA's first black diplomat, became minister to this French-speaking nation Haiti |
| #2950, aired 1997-05-30 | AMERICAN HISTORY $500: In 1960 black sit-ins at segregated lunch counters started in Greensboro in this state North Carolina |
| #2659, aired 1996-03-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1963 this Black leader began writing his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail" on the margin of a newspaper Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| #2493, aired 1995-06-07 | MUSEUMS $800: A 10-foot mural of Black history adorns a wall of this city's Dusable Museum of African American history Chicago |
| #2493, aired 1995-06-07 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: This Indian's war ended August 27, 1832 with his capture Black Hawk |
| #2335, aired 1994-10-28 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: On Oct. 1, 1962 James Meredith became the first black student enrolled at this university the University of Mississippi |
| #1981, aired 1993-03-29 | MODERN BLACK HISTORY $400: In 1964 he quit the Nation of Islam & founded the Organization for Afro-American Unity Malcolm X |
| #1785, aired 1992-05-08 | BLACK HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1847 American-born Joseph Roberts was elected the first president of this African country Liberia |
| #1691, aired 1991-12-30 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Ebenezer Bassett, the 1st Black U.S. diplomat, was named consul general to this French-speaking nation in 1869 Haiti |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: Black Friday, September 24, 1869, resulted from Gould & Fisk's attempt to corner the U.S. supply of this gold |
| #1251, aired 1990-01-29 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: He was called "Black Dan" due to his swarthy complexion & "Godlike Daniel" from his imposing style Daniel Webster |
| #1158, aired 1989-09-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: The legal name of this black evangelist-abolitionist was Isabella Van Wagener Sojourner Truth |
| #1079, aired 1989-04-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In the post Civil War South, most Black tenant farmers paid their rent with this their crop |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1964 Malcolm X left this group; the following year 3 of its members killed him the Black Muslims |
| #972, aired 1988-11-22 | U.S. HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): The day known as "Black Easter" in American history was the day after he died Abraham Lincoln |
