Quiz on Black Entertainment History

Who was the first African-American self-made millionaire?

• Hattie McDaniel

• Madame C.J. Walker

• Sherman Maxwell

• Ethel Waters

Who became the first African-American sportscaster in 1929?

• Ernie Davis

• James Baskett

• Sherman Maxwell

• Jackie Robinson

Who was the first African American to star in her own television program?

• Marian Anderson

• Ethel Waters

• Ella Fitzgerald

• Dorothy Dandridge

Who was the first African-American to win an Academy Award?

• Hattie McDaniel

• James Baskett

• Sidney Poitier

• Halle Berry

Who were the first African-American artists to have a #1 hit on the Billboard charts?

• Nat King Cole

• The Mills Brothers

• Beyonce

• Aretha Franklin

Who was the first African-American to win an MVP Award in MLB?

• Michael Jai White

• Jackie Robinson

• Tony Dungy

• Ernie Davis

What was the first comic book produced entirely by African-Americans?

• Black Panther

• All Negro Comics

• Superman

• Spider-Man

Who was the first African-American man to receive an Academy Award?

• Sherman Maxwell

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Sidney Poitier

• James Baskett

Who was the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal?

• Beverly Johnson

• Alice Coachman

• Vanessa Williams

• Dorothy Dandridge

Who was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize?

• Ella Fitzgerald

• Gwendolyn Brooks

• Nat King Cole

• Aretha Franklin