KAM Black History Bowl

Question 1

Who became the first black women to be promoted to principal dancer in ABT's 75 year history

Accepted Answer

Misty Copeland

Question 2

Venus William AA tennis player was ranked no. 1 in singles on eight separate occasions by the women's tennis association

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

Name the all girls and all boys HBCU's in Atlanta Ga

Accepted Answer

Morehouse and Spelman

Question 4

Who is Madem CJ Walker

Accepted Answer

millionaire that introduced hair care product and designed the hot comb

Question 5

The first AA women to host a nationally syndicated TV show

Accepted Answer

Oprah Winfrey

Question 6

Was Joe Louise nicknamed the Brown Bomber

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Was Phillis Wheatly the first published AA female poet

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

The first AA women in the US to qualify as a doctor and open her own medical clinic in Boston

Accepted Answer

Rebeca Lee Crumpler

Question 9

Was Kesha Lance Bottom the first female Mayor of Atlanta

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Who was President of the US when Congress passed the Civil Rights Act Of 1964

Accepted Answer

Lydon Johnson 1963-1969

Question 11

There are 107 historically black colleges today HBCU

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

He won the pulitzer prize and the American book award in 1988 for Beloved

Accepted Answer

Toni Morrison

Question 13

AA physicians surgeon and medical researcher. He developed large scale blood banks early in World War II

Accepted Answer

Charles Drew

Question 14

Who was the first African American chairman of the Joint Cheifs of Staff & Secretary of State

Accepted Answer

Collin Powell

Question 15

He served in the US congress this AA man marched with Dr. King in Salma Alabama

Accepted Answer

John Lewis

Question 16

Who is know as the Queen of Gospel

Accepted Answer

Mahalia Jackson

Question 17

She has been called the "MATRIARCH AND QUEEN MOTHER OF BLACK DANCE"

Accepted Answer

Katherine Dunham

Question 18

Did Claude McKay a Jamaican poet and writer, write a manuscript in 1942 but wasn't published until 2017

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Was AA women forbidden from signing up officially for the Civil war

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

What is the largest hospital in the state of Georgia and is also Georgia's only level 1 trauma center

Accepted Answer

Grady Hospital

Question 21

At the March on Washington, who delivered his famous I Have a Dream speech

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King Jr

Question 22

Katherine Dunham had one of the worst careers as a dancer choreography author educator and social activist

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

Who was the first business women to become a millionaire

Accepted Answer

Annie Turnbo Malone

Question 24

Jack Johnson was nicknamed what

Accepted Answer

The Galveston Giant

Question 25

Did a AA invent the traffic light

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

LorraineVivianHansberry was a playwright/ writer and the second black female author to have a play performed on Broadway

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

Who built the first wooden clock in the US in 1973

Accepted Answer

Benjamin Banneker

Question 28

Jack Johnson was the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

the 58th Mayor of the City of Atlanta.She became the first female mayor of Atlanta in 2001

Accepted Answer

Shirley Franklin

Question 30

One of the earliest innovators of jazz poetry where was James Hughes from

Accepted Answer

Joplin Missouri

Question 31

This tennis player has 5 single titles, her first major at the 2017 US open

Accepted Answer

Slone Stephens

Question 32

Is Tyler Perry the first AA to outright on his own major film studio

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

Was Maya Angelou the first Black Cable Car conductor in San Francisco in 1944

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

What did the actress, comedian author and tv host Caryn Elaine Johnson's change her name to

Accepted Answer

Whoopi Goldberg

Question 35

Track and field athlete and four time Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 games

Accepted Answer

Jesse Owens

Question 36

Who invented the traffic light

Accepted Answer

Garrett A Morgan

Question 37

Who held the heavyweight boxing championship in 1937-1949

Accepted Answer

Joe Louis

Question 38

Born free in NorthCarolina, He was the 1st AA and NA to serve in the US Congress to represent Mississippi in 1870/1891

Accepted Answer

Hiram Rhodes Revels

Question 39

What book is Lorraine Vivian Hansberry known for?

Accepted Answer

A Raisin in the Sun

Question 40

In 1994 he was sworn in as the first black president of South Africa

Accepted Answer

Nelson Mandela

Question 41

Mae Jemison became the first African American women to travel where

Accepted Answer

In space

Question 42

Known as the Queen of Soul this AA singer global sales are over 75 million records,

Accepted Answer

Aretha Franklin

Question 43

American, politician, educator and author in 1968 she became the first black women elected to the United States Congress

Accepted Answer

Shirley Chisholm

Question 44

an American actor, producer, and director. He has 3 Golden Globe awards a Tony award 2 Academy awards

Accepted Answer

Denzel Washington

Question 45

American voting rights activist, a leader in the Civil Rights Movement and philanthropist who worked primarily in MS.

Accepted Answer

Fannie Lou Hamer

Question 46

Were Jim Crow Laws state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States passed by AA

Accepted Answer

False

Question 47

Rev Jesse Jackson founded operations PUSH (PEOPLE UNITED TO SERVE HUMANITY)

Accepted Answer

True

Question 48

One of the best ever Jazz singer this women often referred as Lady of song, Queen of Jazz

Accepted Answer

Ella Fitzgerald

Question 49

Dana Elaine Owen better known by the stage name

Accepted Answer

Queen Latifah

Question 50

Who is the NBA All Star Game career scoring leader and the NBA career playoff scoring leader

Accepted Answer

Lebron James

Question 51

A leader in the Civil Rights Movemnet, in 1925 He organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

Accepted Answer

A. Philip Randolph

Question 52

An African American contralto and one of the most celebrated singer of the twentieth century

Accepted Answer

Marian Anderson

Question 53

Who was the first African American mayor of Atlanta Georgia that Hartsfield Jackson Airport was named after

Accepted Answer

Maynard Jackson

Question 54

Under the Jim Crow Laws and coined by John Wesley Dobbs this neighborhood was called "richest Negro street in the world"

Accepted Answer

The Sweet Auburn Historic District

Question 55

American singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. She holds the most music awards and nomination

Accepted Answer

Beyonce Carter

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