BHM Quiz Bowl - High School

In what year was MLK's birthday first celebrated as a national holiday?

This athlete gained became the first American woman to win three gold medals at the 1960 Olympic Games.

While Hampton University is a renowned HBCU it has also specialized in the education of whom?

In what year was the NAACP founded?

In what year was segregation made legal through the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson?

What former two-time heavyweight boxing champion won a Gold Medal at the 1968 Olympics and later became a minister?

Georgia Douglas Johnson, a poet during the Harlem Renaissance era held writers' workshops at her home in what city?

What provided all U.S male citizens, the right to vote, including Black men and formerly enslaved men?

Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?

Worked at NASA as a human-computer, performing complex mathematical calculations and implemented code for many projects.

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Who am I?

What is the name of the Black-owned newspaper founded by Robert S. Abbott in 1905 that is still in operation today?

Who wrote Clotel, or The President’s Daughter, the first published novel by a Black American in 1853?

Who was the first Black woman to serve as mayor of a major US city?

Who is the author of Between the World and Me?

This composer and bandleader led the first band to play jazz at New York’s famed Carnegie Hall.

Who was the first Black woman representative in Congress?

Mary McLeod Bethune was the founder and president of what national association?

How many Blacks Americans have served in Congress?