Black History Month Quiz Bowl Set 2

Question 1

Gwendolyn Brooks was the Poet Laureate for what state?

Accepted Answer

Illinois

Question 2

Who was the first African-American woman in space?

Accepted Answer

Mae Jemmison

Question 3

What legislation freed the slaves of the Confederate states?

Accepted Answer

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 4

What is the period around WWI when 6 million blacks left the South to find work in the North?

Accepted Answer

The Great Migration

Question 5

Who was the author of The Color Purple?

Accepted Answer

Alice Walker

Question 6

What is the name of the man who broke the color barrier in professional baseball?

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson

Question 7

What African-American woman refused to give up her bus seat to a white man on Dec. 1, 1955?

Accepted Answer

Rosa Parks

Question 8

Who led so many slaves to freedom that she became known as the Moses of her people?

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 9

What US Supreme Court case declared school segregation unconstitutional?

Accepted Answer

Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka

Question 10

Which constitutional amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States?

Accepted Answer

The Thirteenth Amendment

Question 11

Which of these is a genetic disease commonly found among people of African descent?

Accepted Answer

Sickle-cell anemia

Question 12

Who was sworn in as the first black president of South Africa?

Accepted Answer

Nelson Mandela

Question 13

What was the name given to people who boldly spoke out or wrote against slavery?

Accepted Answer

Abolitionists

Question 14

Who won back-to-back women's singles in tennis at Wimbledon in 2000 and 2001?

Accepted Answer

Venus Williams

Question 15

Who became the first African-American Secretary of State in 2001?

Accepted Answer

Colin Powell

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