The following questions and answers were abstracted from a publication of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center.

1. What is Knoxville's oldest Black church?
   Greater Warner Tabernacle A. M. E. Zion
2. Who was Knoxville's first Black lawyer?
   William F. Yardley
3. Who was Knoxville's first Black female physician?
   Dr. Elizabeth McCoy
4. Who was Knoxville's first Black taxpayer?
   James Mason
5. Who was Knoxville's "Bronze Mayor"
   Dr. James H. Presnell
6. Who was Knoxville's last Black Alderman?
   Dr. Henry Green
7. Which Knoxville native was the national president of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority?
   Arnetta Wallace
8. Which Knoxville native was the national president of the Phi Delta Kappa sorority?
   Della Oliver
9. What famous Black poet was born in Knoxville in 1943?
   Nikki Giovanni