Black History Quiz Bowl

First African American to write a Broadway play

Performed history-making surgery, separating twins joined at the head

Holy City and national capital of the international slave-trade

First African-American to win the US Open, Wimbledon champion, and be inducted into the Tennis 

NASA Engineer and Super Soaker Inventor

Group of African American students who were enrolled in the first desegregated public school 

Former Atlanta Hawks player with a statue at Phillips Arena?

Youngest American athlete in more than 115 years to sign a major league contract, at the age 14

Championed Black Voting Rights known for saying,  "I am sick and tired of being sick and tired"

Self-taught engineer who invented Playstation, Wii, and Xbox

Folklorist, anthropologist, and author of, Their Eyes Were Watching God

Played George Jefferson on sitcom The Jeffersons

Social reformer, orator, writer, statesman, and abolitionist

Novelist and playwright who worked during the Harlem Renaissance

US schools denied her entry, moved to France, first Black woman to earn a pilot's license

Spent 25 years in jail before becoming South Africa's 1st democratically elected president

First to popularize slogan, "Black Power"

Invented a shoe-lasting machine

First African American to win an international grandmaster title, in chess

First African-American athlete to be the No. 1 pick, in the NFL draft 

Racially motivated conflict, that took place in Florida

Slave known for leading a slave rebellion of slaves and free Blacks 

First African-American to win Nobel Peace Prize

The only person of African ancestry who died on the Titanic

Florida Evans on the sitcom Good Times

First African American child to desegregate an all-White elementary school

First to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera

World champion title was revoked and boxing license were suspended for refusing to serve 

First African-American woman to earn an Oscar nomination for best actress

Daring trujpet style; unique vocals; nicknames were "Satchmo" "Pops"

Senator and Pastor murdered at Mother Emmanuel A.M.E Church

First Black woman elected to Congress 

Developed a mobile classroom to bring his agricultural teachings directly to farms/community

Arrested after race riot, in high school, but indicted on charges. Twenty-one years later, he 

Invented the pencil sharpener

First African American Arctic explorer

First African American photographer of Life Magazine: write, musician, and film director

A group of former slaves in Charleston, SC

Born in Honululu, Hawaii: father was Kenyan; met spouse at Harvard

First Black super hero in mainstream American comics

Voted to replace Andrew Jackson on $20 bill

Buckwheat of the Little Rascals

Killed while playing organ at Ebenezer Baptist Church

Founded the first national Black church in the US

Inventor of cellphone

Chef that invented potato chips

First professional African-American sculptor

Founded Children's Defense Fund

Ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the women's heptathlon and women's long jump

Educator from Maysville, SC, who founded an HBCU in Florida and National Council of Negro Woman