Quiz Bowl Round 1

Who was the upstate NY native and first African American sculptor to achieve national and international prominence?

Name the School to have the first all Black starting lineup in a NCAA Men’s national Championship Game (1966).

Who created Black History Month as originally Negro History Week?

The First Black Millionaire in the United States.

What Maryland native's 200th birthday falls this year?

Name the Player that was the Second Player to play in the Majors with Jackie Robinson (July 1947).

Where did Rev. Dr. Martin King, Jr. first deliver the "I Have Dream " speech?

. In 2012, at the London Olympics, who became the first Black gymnast to win the Individual All-Around title?

The oldest operating African American club in the United States is the Colored Musicians Club located in what NY city?

He broke baseball's color barrier by becoming the Brooklyn Dodgers first African American baseball player.

In 1940, she became the first Black person to win an Oscar for her supporting role in Gone With the Wind.

Freedom Summer actively recruited white, college students from the North to come to Mississippi as volunteers.

. In 1977, this writer and author's autobiography was transformed into award winning miniseries.

The First Black Astronaut to go to space.

This black author coined the phrase “The Talented Tenth”

What was a thriving Black district in Detroit before I-375 was built?

Which community established by freed Black slaves within New York City's five boroughs no longer exists?

In 1996, who became the first player to sign with the WNBA, with the league debuting a year later?

Who sang “A Change Is Gonna Come”

Martin Luther King Jr. was first African American recipient of Time Magazine's "Man of the Year."