Black History Bowl Quarter One Part two
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| 9 African American students who integrated Central High School | Little Rock Nine |
| A person who works to end slavery | Abolitionist |
| Born in South Carolina in 1977 , who played the role of Jackie Robinson in the movie "42" and "Black Panther"? | Chadwick Boseman |
| Dorothy Height was the president of what organization? | National Council of Negro Women |
| Established in 1881, what college holds the distinction of being America's oldest historically black college for women? | Spelman College |
| For what baseball team did Ernie Banks play? | Chicago Cubs |
| In 1954, what landmark Supreme Court case did Thurgood Marshall help orchestrate? | Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka |
| In 2015, she became the first African American principal dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre. | Misty Copeland |
| Known as the "Princess of Black Poetry" | Nikki Giovanni |
| Network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape North and to Canada | Underground Railroad |
| On January 1, 1863 what significant declaration did President Abraham Lincoln issue? | The Emancipation Proclamation |
| Ranked as the second best selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales over 37 million dollars. | Beyonce Knowles |
| She Served as Secretary of State and is the former assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. | Condoleezza Rice |
| Since 1987, he has been the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district. John Lewis | John Lewis |
| The term "jumping the broom" refers to what? Wedding ceremony | Wedding ceremony |
| What amendment to the Constitution states "Slavery shall not exist in any part of the U.S."? | 13th Amendment |
| What did the Freedom Riders seek to accomplish? | To integrate interstate travel and bus stations |
| What famous musician's trademark was puffing cheeks and a trumpet bell that pointed skyward? | Dizzy Gillespie |
| What was the first Black Greek lettered fraternity? | Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. |
| What was the largest civil rights protest in America? | Million Man March |
| What was the last divine 9 sorority to be founded | Sigma Gamma Rho |
| Who received her pilot's license in 1922, making her the first African American woman? | Bessie Coleman |
| Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin? | Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin? |
| Which document declared "that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious southern states are henceforth and forever free" | Emancipation Proclamation |
| Who provided the voice for Darth Vader in the movie Star Wars? | James Earl Jones |
| Who coordinated Operation Desert Storm? | Colin Powell |
| Who is known as the "Queen of Soul"? | Aretha Franklin |
| Who is the author of The Color Purple? | Alice Walker |
| Who is the founder of Radio One and TV One? | Cathy Hughes |
| Who was the first African American Supreme Court justice? | Thurgood Marshall |
| Who was the first African American woman to have her own weekly television series, "Julia"? | Diahann Carroll |
| Who was the first Black American to win a Pulitzer Prize? | Gwendolyn Brooks |
| Who was the first black to be elected to a political office in the United States? | John Mercer Langston |
| Who was the first black woman to have her work performed on Broadway? | Who was the first black woman to have her work performed on Broadway? |
| Who was the mayor of Atlanta from 1982 to 1989? | Andrew Young |
| Who was the principal at Tuskegee Institute who recruited and hired George Washington Carver? | Booker T. Washington |
| Who wrote The Autobiography of Malcolm X? Alex Haley | Who wrote The Autobiography of Malcolm X? |
| Who was the first female chairperson of the NAACP? | Myrlie Evers-Williams |
| Which president sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to protect black students integrating the schools? | Dwight Eisenhower |
| What was Rosa Parks' occupation at the time she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man? | Seamstress |
| Who was the first black American to orbit the earth? | Guion Bluford |
| Who was the first black woman to have her work performed on Broadway? | Lorraine Hansberry |