Black History Bowl, Round 2

The Montgomery bus boycott brought about the Supreme Court decision that declared:

In 1883, a town was incorporated for blacks in:

The first African American female___________was Dr. Mae Jemison.

The music group Parliament played what type of music?

In 1867, Howard University was founded in which U.S. city?

In 2002, she became the 1st African American to win an Olympic gold medal at the Winter Games:

Poet Phillis Wheatley was:

Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Who was the first black boxer to hold the heavyweight championship longer than a decade?

Frederick Douglass was nominated as a presidential candidate in:

Susie King Taylor served with the First Regiment of the South Carolina Volunteers as a:

Marcus Garvey advocated "back to ____________":

Joseph Searles was the first black man to get a seat:

Jesse Owens won this many gold medals in the 1936 Olympics:

In 1968, Rev. Channing Phillips became the first black to be ever nominated for:

From 1973-1976, this famous singer won 3 out 4Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocalist:

Isabella Baumfree was the real name of:

In 1963, Sidney Poitier was the first blackperson to win a Best Actor Oscar for what movie?

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams is credited with which of the following?

Former nurse Ruth Carol Taylor became the first African American female:

Booker T. Washington, author of Up From Slavery, made his largest contribution in the field of:

Black entrepreneur who started his own cookiecompany:

Black explorer Matthew Henson discovered the:

Sojourner Truth was active as:

Wilma Rudolph did not learn to walk until she was eight years old. At age 20, she was called: