Black History Trivia Question and Answers
1.
What was the name of the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?
Answer:
Sidney Poitier
2.
Who was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress?
Answer:
Halle Berry
3.
What was the name of the first African American woman to graduate from Harvard Law School?
Answer:
Charlotte E. Ray
4.
What was the name of the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States?
Answer:
Thurgood Marshall
5.
What was the name of the first African American to fly in space?
Answer:
Guion Bluford
6.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Nobel Prize?
Answer:
Ralph Bunche
7.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction?
Answer:
James Baldwin
8.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year?
Answer:
Ray Charles
9.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play?
Answer:
James Earl Jones
10.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for poetry?
Answer:
Gwendolyn Brooks
11.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for drama?
Answer:
August Wilson
12.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism?
Answer:
Ralph Bunche
13.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for history?
Answer:
John Hope Franklin
14.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for biography?
Answer:
David Levering Lewis
15.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for music?
Answer:
Wynton Marsalis
16.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for photography?
Answer:
Emmet Gowin
17.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for public service?
Answer:
The Washington Post
18.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for feature writing?
Answer:
Gene Roberts
19.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting?
Answer:
The Miami Herald
20.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for local reporting?
Answer:
The Los Angeles Times
21.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for commentary?
Answer:
Leonard Pitts Jr.
22.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning?
Answer:
Doug Marlette
23.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography?
Answer:
David Hume Kennerly
24.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for feature photography?
Answer:
Gordon Parks
25.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography?
Answer:
The Associated Press
26.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for multimedia journalism?
Answer:
The New York Times
27.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing?
Answer:
Eugene Robinson
28.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for criticism?
Answer:
Hilton Als
29.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting?
Answer:
The New York Times
30.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting?
Answer:
The Washington Post
31.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting?
Answer:
The New York Times
32.
What was the name of the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting?
Answer:
The Washington Post
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