| 100% | IRV | 3 | ___ Cross, first African-American full-time sports analyst on national TV |
| 40% | ZAILAAVANTGARDE | 15 | First African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee |
| 36% | STEELE | 6 | First African-American Republican National Committee chairman |
| 35% | EMMA | 4 | John's first partner on American TV's "The Avengers" |
| 34% | ETHELWATERS | 11 | Harlem Renaissance singer and actress who was the first African American to star in her own TV show: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ELSTON | 6 | ___ Howard, first African-American player on the Yankees (1955) |
| 33% | ROBINSON | 8 | First African American MLB player, Jackie __ |
| 32% | TYRA | 4 | Banks who was the first African-American woman on the cover of GQ |
| 32% | JEMISON | 7 | Mae, first African American woman in space |
| 31% | LLOYD | 5 | Earl ___, first African American to play in the NBA |
| 30% | ALTHEA | 6 | ___ Gibson, first African American to win a Grand Slam title |
| 30% | THEWIZ | 6 | African American musical twist on a Baum classic |
| 30% | DOUGWILLIAMS | 12 | First African American quarterback to be named 44-Across, in 1988: 2 wds. |
| 29% | ONEIL | 5 | Buck who became the first African American coach in the MLB |
| 29% | BRAGG | 5 | Alvin ___, first African American to be elected Manhattan's district attorney |
| 29% | ANDERSON | 8 | Singer Marian, the first African American to perform at the Met |
| 29% | RITA | 4 | Dove, who became the first African American U.S. Poet Laureate |
| 29% | ROOSEVELT | 9 | First us president on tv |
| 29% | PILOT | 5 | First TV show, at times |
| 29% | SUMO | 4 | Sport shown on TV Japan |
| 29% | MISTYCOPELAND | 13 | First African-American prima ballerina for the American Ballet Theater: 2 wds. |
| 29% | SELMA | 5 | James Perkins Jr. was this Alabama city's first African American mayor |
| 29% | LORETTA | 7 | ___ Lynch, first African American woman to serve as U.S. attorney general |
| 29% | BUCK | 4 | O'Neil who was the first African American coach in the MLB |
| 29% | LALAW | 5 | Show that featured the first lesbian kiss on prime-time TV (1991) |
| 29% | KWANZAA | 7 | US African American festival, ends on January 1 |
| 29% | SLOMO | 5 | Sports replay speed, on TV: Hyph. |
| 29% | EUREKA | 6 | American TV serial played on Syfy |
| 29% | FIGHTNIGHT | 10 | Time to watch boxing on TV |
| 28% | AKA | 3 | First African-American sorority |