Black history bowl-MI

A very large farm where many slaves are forced to work

She went on a 47 day hunger strike

A person who works to end slavery

Which does not fit Ray Charles?

Jackie Robinson played for which MLB team?

Who performed the first successful heart surgery in the US?

The act of ending slavery

How many black colleges are in the US?

Where did Josephine Baker move to escape racism?

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

Started the North Star

Known as the female Jackie Robinson

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

Who won an Oscar, Grammy, Tony and Emmy?

Who invented the super soaker ?

Who sang "hit he road jack?"

African American soldiers who helped settlers move west

Who sang for European Royalty?

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

Wrote books about violence against blacks

Where is Tuskegee university

First black to receive a patent

This person has trouble publishing her book

Ferdinand Lamenthe changed his name to

".... No matter what the sacrifice"

Where is spell an college?

"Father of the negro leagues"

Wrote "the Color Purple"

The civil war ended in what year?

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

Whose father was Louis Tompkins?

Dancer and singer during the Harlem Renaissance

Dorothy Lavinia served in the general assembly for which state?

First African American woman to be mayor of a major city

What is an amendment?

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?

Sang for royalty

Which person changed his name?

Jazz pianist who switched to pop

Famous poet and playwright

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

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

Henry Sampson received a phd in what?

Who is not a known dancer?

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

Created a dance company in the 1960's

Who was not a famous black panther?

Who founded the countries first interracial hospital?

Who won a Pulitzer Prize for jazz?

Who was not in the Olympics for track and field?

Known as the most influential woman in the world

What is the country's oldest private black university?

He was captured and killed because of his rebellion

He invented the pencil sharpener.

Carol Mosely-Braun was an ambassador to what country?

Richard Wright wrote which novel?

First black woman to win Nobel prize in literature

Civil rights activist who grew up in Cincinnati

The 14th amendment was added in what year?

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

The father of black history

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

Who won a Pulitzer Prize for "roots"?

This is the war between states

Who owns Phat Farm?

Became a minister after he was in jail

First black woman nominated for an oscar for best actress

When was Kwanza started?

One of the greatest jazz musicians

Which is not true of the Little Rock 9?

Received the Presidential Medal of Honor in 2012

First AA female entertainer to become popular among blacks and whites

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

Former slave who died in the Boston Massacre

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

Who was a great symbol of hope in 1938?

Started the Rainbow Coalition

Known as the "father of the civil rights movement"

Proved that blacks were equal to white in the military

Who talked about hope in the face of difficulty?

Escaped slavery and changed his name

Mae Jemison...

What is not true of Toni Morrison?

Known as Moses

Which is true of the Tuskegee Airmen?

John Johnson created what magazine?

Where is Fisk university?

This law said that segregation was legal.

Wilberforce University is where ?

Who told their students to "dream high?"

Improved the light bulb

Famous director whose movies focus on racial issues

David Crosthwait did not invent...

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

First black to have a play on Broadway

The act of a master freeing a slave

Judging someone because of the color of their skin

Garrett A Morgan did not invent...

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

Who co-founded Def Jam Records?

Madam Walker's company...

Who invented a device to help sailors?

First black faculty member at Iowa State

First African American senator

Wrote the book Up from Slavery

First black to play in the major leagues

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

Who founded Tuskegee Institute?

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

First black professor at Harvard

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

Which person did not win an Oscar?

Which amendment ended slavery in the US?

Won an Emmy. Grammy, Tony and Oscar

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

Moved to Africa...

The great awakenings took place when?

Who was not a famous jazz musician?

Who started Motown Records?

How many aircraft did the Tuskegee Airmen shoot down?

Which of these does not describe John Moon?

"Be good at what you do..."

Who invented the automatic elevator door?

Setting someone free from the power of someone else

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

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

Where is morehouse college?

Where was Halle Berry raised?

Which amendment gives black men the right to vote?

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

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

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

Which is true about Harold and Fayard Nicholas?

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

Which film did Morgan Freeman star in?

Who invented the mail box?

First self made female millionaire

Bethune-cookman university is in what state?

First black Secretary of State

Who invented the pencil sharpener?

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

Which war did James Forten fight in?

Discovered the Jackson 5

Which is not true of MLK jr?

Jane cook wright worked with what group?

Who invented dance moves rooted in African and Caribbean rhythms?

Nat Cole...

Activist who spoke out against lynchings

Jazz became popular in the...

Named "female entertainer of the century"

First black to host a network tv show

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

First black child to attend an all white school

"Lillie's of the field"

Wrote "go tell it on the mountain"

Which is not true of Paul Robeson?

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

Refusing to move in order to bring about change

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

Refusing to buy goods from a store

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

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

This person led an army of 1000+ slaves

Famous poet during the Harlem Renaissance

Berry Gordy Jr started what?

First black to serve in the House of Representatives

First black female senator

First black US Supreme Court justice

"Freedom is a precious thing..."

The middle leg of the triangular trade is

First black woman Cabinet member

What is the Great Migration?

Who taught students at Howard University?

Which is not true of Russell Simmons?

Kwanza means "first fruits" in what language?

The first person to die in the revolutionary war

Fastest woman in the world

First African American to be elected mayor of a major city

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

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

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

Which person was not born into slavery?

Kwanza is celebrated Dec 26 to

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

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

Sojourner Truth died in what year?

Who was the first black woman to receive a patent?

Ranked #1 in the world (tennis)

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

The black panthers was founded by

Who made products from peanut butter?

Which is not true of Raven Symone?

When did the Harlem Renaissance take place?

Captured at the age of 10

The Montgomery bus boycott ended when

Spirituals developed into...

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

Escaped slavery at the age of 29

What is not true of Olaudah equiano?

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

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

Invented a dry cleaning process

Who wrote "on the pulse of morning"

Museum in Cincinnati that teaches visitors about issues on slavery

Law signed in 1863 freeing all slaves in the north

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

"Say it loud, I'm black and "

Musical genre developed during slavery

Who invented a steam engine for a war ship?

NAACP was created in 1909 and led by

Named Olympian of the century

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

Holiday which celebrates freedom from slavery

First African American in space

"A belief that there are better days ahead"

Who served as the head of The Red Cross?

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

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

Barack Obama was which president?

Broke Babe Ruth's home run record

Who founded the black panthers?

Years after the civil war when America was rebuilding

Who created Fat Albert?

Says that all people born in the US are citizens

Who overcame childhood polio?

Blues...

Known as black Thomas Edison

First black to get an advanced degree from Harvard

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

The middle passage did not include?

First AA woman elected to congress

An important leader of the NAACP

When did MLK give his I Have a Dream speech?

First black female U.S. Secretary of State

The "Real McCoy" refers to what?

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

Songs about god and Faith are considered...

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

Which person died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion?

Which is not true of Beyoncé Knowles?

First black to earn a PHD in nuclear engineering

Where were many slaves forced to work from dusk until dawn

"We are fighting for recognition as human beings"

The years following he civil war when the nation was rebuilding

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

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

Which is not true of Mae Jamison?

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

Time when AAs fought for equal rights

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

First black woman nominated for Academy Award for best actress

Which person did not work in the medical field?

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

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

Enslaved blacksmith in Virginia

When is Juneteenth celebrated?

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

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

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

Army led by George Washington during the revolutionary war

Where is Hampton University?

First black male to win an oscar

Changed his name from Cassius Clay

Who invented the first blood mobile?

What year was the 13th amendment added?

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

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

This person started by singing Gospel in church.

Known as one of the best tennis players of all time

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

The triangular trade is also known as

"We are fighting for recognition of human beings"

Granville Woods invented what?

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

Wrote "their eyes were watching God"

This person sued for his freedom

What kind of medals did Carl Lewis win?

Invented an automatic refrigeration system for trucks

Rosa Parks was a member of what group

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