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Black History Quiz Bowl (3-5)
Black History Quiz Bowl (3-5)
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Who was the first African American male to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Morgan Freeman
Colin Powell
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Which Supreme Court case declared segregation as legal and constitutional if facilities were "separate but equal?"
Brown v. Board of Education
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Plessy v. Ferguson
3
Madam C.J. Walker became America's first female, self-made millionaire. What product did her company sell?
medical syringes
cookware
cosmetics
4
Who were the "Little Rock Nine?"
Group of black students who worked to desegregate Central High School
Nonviolent civil rights marchers who were arrested and imprisoned
An early soul group that sang civil rights protest songs.
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The journey from Africa across the Atlantic Ocean was known as...
The Middle Passage
The Triangular Trade Route
The Dark Journey
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What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
A document declaring states west of the Mississippi would be free states.
Executive order declaring slaves' freedom
A document declaring that the Southern states were seceding from the U.S.
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Which famous Supreme Court Case led to the desegregation of schools?
Bakke v. Regents of California
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Brown v. Board of Education
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The first African American newspaper was called...
The Freedom's Journal
The Pittsburgh Courier
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
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When did the Montgomery Bus Boycott start?
December 5, 1955
May 17, 1954
January 1, 1960
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Who was the first African American to develop the animation used to create GIF?
Leola Brown
Theora Stephens
Lisa Gelobter
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Which state was the first to elect a black governor in 1989?
Virginia
New York
Georgia
12
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Ella Fitzgerald
Florence Griffith Joyner
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Who was the first black woman nominated for an Academy Award for best actress?
Dorothy Dandridge
Halle Berry
Hattie McDaniel
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Which southern city is called the birthplace of Jazz?
New Mexico
New Orleans
New York City
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Which civil rights leader wrote "Letter from a Birmingham Jail?"
Martin Luther King
Malcolm X
Thurgood Marshall
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Who was the first African American to appear on a postage stamp?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Booker T. Washington
Jackie Robinson
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Which baseball player broke Babe Ruth's home run record?
Henry (Hank) Aaron
Bo Jackson
Jackie Robinson
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The first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize was...
Gwendolyn Brooks
Toni Morrison
Alice Walker
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Which civil rights leader became the NAACP's first field secretary in 1954?
Dr. Martin Luther King
Marcus Garvey
Medgar Evans
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In what year was slavery abolished?
1875
1860
1865
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What were Jim Crow laws?
These laws legalized racially segregated facilities.
These laws legalized slavery
These laws had to do with fugitive slaves and their return to slaveholders.
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What song is known as the "Black National Anthem?"
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Wade in the Water
Swing Low
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How many Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are there in the U.S.?
1050
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105
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NOW stands for...
Natural Organization for Who's Who
National Overtime for Women
National Organization for Women
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What is an abolitionist?
A person who wanted to end slavery.
A person who wanted to secede from the North.
A person who believed slavery was just and fair.
