Black history bowl-MI

This person has trouble publishing her book

Who sang "hit he road jack?"

Judging someone because of the color of their skin

Moved to Africa...

"When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes"

Which is not true of Russell Simmons?

The father of black history

"I went to the trash pile at Tuskegee and started..."

"Float like a butterfly sting like a bee..."

Who invented the mail box?

First black Secretary of State

Won an oscar for Gone with the Wind but couldn't attend the premier

What year did maya Angelou read a poem at a presidential inauguration?

Escaped slavery and changed his name

Civil rights activist who grew up in Cincinnati

Who served as the head of The Red Cross?

Who founded the black panthers?

Madam Walker's company...

Rosa Parks was a member of what group

Famous poet and playwright

Berry Gordy Jr started what?

Ronald McNair died in the space shuttle Challenger launch explosion of 1987.

Where is Fisk university?

Kwanza is celebrated Dec 26 to

Refusing to buy goods from a store

Who created Fat Albert?

This law said that segregation was legal.

Carol Mosely-Braun was an ambassador to what country?

This is the war between states

First black to earn a PHD in nuclear engineering

Who was the first black woman to sing for the metropolitan opera company?

Started the Rainbow Coalition

Wrote the book Up from Slavery

Which person died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion?

1st black to own a commercial airline and major league sports team

Who won a Pulitzer Prize for "roots"?

Which ruling said that black and white children could go to school together?

Garrett A Morgan did not invent...

The black panthers was founded by

The great awakenings took place when?

First black to have a play on Broadway

First self made female millionaire

..."if I could not have one, I would have the other"

Museum in Cincinnati that teaches visitors about issues on slavery

Which is not true of Raven Symone?

This person led an army of 1000+ slaves

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?

"Lillie's of the field"

The 14th amendment was added in what year?

"It may get me crucified, I may even die..."

Granville Woods invented what?

"The only way for equality to happen is for...

Who co-founded Def Jam Records?

Who invented dance moves rooted in African and Caribbean rhythms?

"Say it loud, I'm black and "

Which is not true of Paul Robeson?

"Be good at what you do..."

Who overcame childhood polio?

Dancer and singer during the Harlem Renaissance

Who talked about hope in the face of difficulty?

The act of opposing something you disagree with in a peaceful way

Which amendment ended slavery in the US?

The Montgomery bus boycott ended when

I rent a piece of land and grow corn, I pay my landlord with corn.

Known as black Thomas Edison

The first person to die in the revolutionary war

Sojourner Truth died in what year?

This person sued for his freedom

".... No matter what the sacrifice"

Laws that made it hard for blacks to vote or enjoy free life

Who invented the pencil sharpener?

"Call and response" is a part of which type of music?

Forcing blacks to use a separate bathroom is an example of what

First black woman to win Nobel prize in literature

Blues...

Wrote "the Color Purple"

Wrote books about violence against blacks

"The white man's happiness can not be purchased ..."

Invented an automatic refrigeration system for trucks

Where is Hampton University?

Time when AAs fought for equal rights

Who said "the whole world opened up to me when..."

Who won an Oscar, Grammy, Tony and Emmy?

Who invented a device to help sailors?

NAACP was created in 1909 and led by

Which person did not work in the medical field?

Where did Josephine Baker move to escape racism?

Years after the civil war when America was rebuilding

First black male to win an oscar

Known as one of the best tennis players of all time

First black US Supreme Court justice

First black to host a network tv show

Musical genre developed during slavery

Who told their students to "dream high?"

First black faculty member at Iowa State

Richard Wright wrote which novel?

Who won a Pulitzer Prize for jazz?

Where were many slaves forced to work from dusk until dawn

Enslaved blacksmith in Virginia

Created a dance company in the 1960's

A slave in Virginia, his owner took him to Illinois (a free state)

First African American senator

Who was the first black woman to receive a patent?

When did the Harlem Renaissance take place?

Jazz became popular in the...

"Be good at what you do and don't let people's attitudes slow you down"

Henry Sampson earned a Ph.D. In chemical engineering.

First AA woman elected to congress

Henry Sampson received a phd in what?

First black to play in the major leagues

Who invented the first blood mobile?

Who is not a known dancer?

First black female U.S. Secretary of State

How many black colleges are in the US?

When was Kwanza started?

Discovered the Jackson 5

Bethune-cookman university is in what state?

Group created by the government to help newly freed blacks get jobs

How many aircraft did the Tuskegee Airmen shoot down?

First African American woman to be mayor of a major city

Wrote "their eyes were watching God"

Refusing to move in order to bring about change

"...say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud"

When is Juneteenth celebrated?

Famous from the song,"Isn't She Lovely," and more, this person was noticed at age 12.

A person who works to end slavery

Dorothy Lavinia served in the general assembly for which state?

Activist who spoke out against lynchings

First black woman nominated for Academy Award for best actress

Ferdinand Lamenthe changed his name to

Allowing all races to live, work and go to school together.

The Supreme Court told this person he was property no matter where he lived

Who was not a famous jazz musician?

Setting someone free from the power of someone else

Nat Cole...

She went on a 47 day hunger strike

The civil war ended in what year?

Where is Tuskegee university

Known as the "father of the civil rights movement"

What is not true of Olaudah equiano?

Who made products from peanut butter?

Holiday which celebrates freedom from slavery

Which is true of the Tuskegee Airmen?

Who founded the countries first interracial hospital?

Who discovered ways to use Carbohydrates to make other chemicals that are not Carbohydrates

Former slave who died in the Boston Massacre

First black female senator

The triangular trade is also known as

Famous poet during the Harlem Renaissance

First black woman Cabinet member

First AA female entertainer to become popular among blacks and whites

A piano-based music with a bouncy beat is...

Started the North Star

Jackie Robinson played for which MLB team?

Which is not true of Mae Jamison?

An attack on a person that usually ended in the victims death

"The color of our skin is in no way connected..."

Where is morehouse college?

In 1991, Katherine Dumham went on a hunger strike for how many days?

Who invented the super soaker ?

"We are fighting for recognition of human beings"

Law signed in 1863 freeing all slaves in the north

Which war did James Forten fight in?

The act of a master freeing a slave

First black child to attend an all white school

"The whole world opened up to me when I learned to ______"

Named Olympian of the century

What year was the 13th amendment added?

Fastest woman in the world

Which is not true of Beyoncé Knowles?

Who performed the first successful heart surgery in the US?

Won an Emmy. Grammy, Tony and Oscar

Helped design the street layout of Washington, D.C.

Who was a great symbol of hope in 1938?

"...the night is beautiful, so the faces of my people..."

Which person changed his name?

Which does not fit Ray Charles?

David Crosthwait did not invent...

"I was determined to achieve the total freedom..."

"They think because they hold us in infernal chains..."

Who wrote "on the pulse of morning"

This person started by singing Gospel in church.

Which is not true of the Little Rock 9?

"The color of skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind..."

Treating people differently because of their race, religion or place of birth

Proved that blacks were equal to white in the military

Jazz pianist who switched to pop

First black to serve in the House of Representatives

Who was not a famous black panther?

Changed his name from Cassius Clay

Mae Jemison...

Broke Babe Ruth's home run record

Kwanza means "first fruits" in what language?

"Freedom is a precious thing..."

Who taught students at Howard University?

What is the country's oldest private black university?

Famous director whose movies focus on racial issues

Which person did not win an Oscar?

Which is true about Harold and Fayard Nicholas?

"The only way to get equality is for two people to get the same thing at the same..."

Says that all people born in the US are citizens

African American soldiers who helped settlers move west

"Father of the negro leagues"

"For racism to die, a totally different America must be born"

When did MLK give his I Have a Dream speech?

Known as the female Jackie Robinson

What year were blacks allowed to play in the major leagues?

First black woman nominated for an oscar for best actress

A very large farm where many slaves are forced to work

Received the Presidential Medal of Honor in 2012

Who was not in the Olympics for track and field?

Known as Moses

Spirituals developed into...

Invented a dry cleaning process

What is an amendment?

"A belief that there are better days ahead"

First African American in space

First black to receive a patent

Improved the light bulb

Who invented a steam engine for a war ship?

"Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom"

Famous poet, sold to a British family at the age of 7

Named "female entertainer of the century"

Wilberforce University is where ?

Escaped slavery at the age of 29

One of the greatest jazz musicians

Became a minister after he was in jail

He was captured and killed because of his rebellion

Where is spell an college?

"Education is the key to unlock the golden doors of freedom"

Jane cook wright worked with what group?

Wasn't allowed to play in the Major leagues until age 42

What is the Great Migration?

Captured at the age of 10

"..,we will have accomplished much..."

Army led by George Washington during the revolutionary war

"If there is a book you really want to read..."

First black to get an advanced degree from Harvard

Which is not true of MLK jr?

Barack Obama was which president?

Known as the most influential woman in the world

The middle leg of the triangular trade is

Who sang for European Royalty?

The act of ending slavery

Where was Halle Berry raised?

Which person was not born into slavery?

The "Real McCoy" refers to what?

John Johnson created what magazine?

He invented the pencil sharpener.

Who started Motown Records?

Songs about god and Faith are considered...

The years following he civil war when the nation was rebuilding

What kind of medals did Carl Lewis win?

"...but our nation is a rainbow..."

"...we're all precious in God's sight"

Whose father was Louis Tompkins?

"We are fighting for recognition as human beings"

The middle passage did not include?

An important leader of the NAACP

First African American to be elected mayor of a major city

First black professor at Harvard

The time when many slaves were introduced to the bible is known as what?

What is not true of Toni Morrison?

Who remembered not being allowed into public libraries as a child?

Network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape to feeedom

Ranked #1 in the world (tennis)

Which amendment gives black men the right to vote?

Which film did Morgan Freeman star in?

Sang for royalty

Spirituals become a part of prayer, which developed into what genre of music?

Wrote "go tell it on the mountain"

"...that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the..."

Which of these does not describe John Moon?

"Education is the key to unlock the golden ..."

Singer who dressed and acted black during a play in the 1830's

Ellen Walker Craig was the first black woman to be mayor of what city?

Freed slave from New York who also fought for women's rights

Who owns Phat Farm?

Who invented the automatic elevator door?

Who founded Tuskegee Institute?