BLACK HISTORY QUIZ BOWL

Who was the first Black American woman to have her own weekly television series, Julia?

Jim Brown rushed for 12,312 yards during his nine-year career with what team?

Which country consumes the most electricity per person in Africa?

What was Ethiopia formerly know as?

Both the Black Panther Party and Black Lives Matter were founded by men.

In 1959, who became the first black to receive an Emmy award?

What real-life person did Halley Berry portray in the TV ministries Queen?

Whose well-known songs include "Ain't That a Shame, "I'm Walkin," and "Poor Me?"

In what year were the post-Civil War college Clark, Claflin, Dillard, and Tougaloo founded?

Who invented the burglar alarm?

Who was the first man to discover the North Pole?

What year was Black Lives Matter established?

What is the first and only minority-owned radio station in Jonesboro?

Who was the founder of the Negro Improvement Association?

For what professional football team did Carl Weathers play?

What White abolitionist urged Frederick Douglass to join the attack on Harper's Ferry?

Langston Hughes was responsible for publishing what Black American magazine:

Who was the first African American hired at the KAIT/TV8 station

Who became Little Rock's first African-American Mayor?

What candidate defeated Jesse Jackson in the 1988 Democratic Presidential race?