Black History Quiz Bowl

Former Atlanta Hawks player with a statue at Phillips Arena?

Senator and Pastor murdered at Mother Emmanuel A.M.E Church

First African-American athlete to be the No. 1 pick, in the NFL draft 

Arrested after race riot, in high school, but indicted on charges. Twenty-one years later, he 

Youngest American athlete in more than 115 years to sign a major league contract, at the age 14

A group of former slaves in Charleston, SC

Born in Honululu, Hawaii: father was Kenyan; met spouse at Harvard

First Black woman elected to Congress 

First African American photographer of Life Magazine: write, musician, and film director

US schools denied her entry, moved to France, first Black woman to earn a pilot's license

Founded Children's Defense Fund

Played George Jefferson on sitcom The Jeffersons

Group of African American students who were enrolled in the first desegregated public school 

First to popularize slogan, "Black Power"

Florida Evans on the sitcom Good Times

First African-American woman to earn an Oscar nomination for best actress

Racially motivated conflict, that took place in Florida

First African American to win an international grandmaster title, in chess

Social reformer, orator, writer, statesman, and abolitionist

Educator from Maysville, SC, who founded an HBCU in Florida and National Council of Negro Woman

Founded the first national Black church in the US

Killed while playing organ at Ebenezer Baptist Church

The only person of African ancestry who died on the Titanic

First African-American to win Nobel Peace Prize

Championed Black Voting Rights known for saying,  "I am sick and tired of being sick and tired"

Invented the pencil sharpener

Slave known for leading a slave rebellion of slaves and free Blacks 

First to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera

NASA Engineer and Super Soaker Inventor

Spent 25 years in jail before becoming South Africa's 1st democratically elected president

Novelist and playwright who worked during the Harlem Renaissance

First professional African-American sculptor

Daring trujpet style; unique vocals; nicknames were "Satchmo" "Pops"

Inventor of cellphone

Invented a shoe-lasting machine

First Black super hero in mainstream American comics

First African American to write a Broadway play

First African-American to win the US Open, Wimbledon champion, and be inducted into the Tennis 

Ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the women's heptathlon and women's long jump

Voted to replace Andrew Jackson on $20 bill

Performed history-making surgery, separating twins joined at the head

First African American child to desegregate an all-White elementary school

Buckwheat of the Little Rascals

Holy City and national capital of the international slave-trade

Chef that invented potato chips

Self-taught engineer who invented Playstation, Wii, and Xbox

First African American Arctic explorer

Folklorist, anthropologist, and author of, Their Eyes Were Watching God

Developed a mobile classroom to bring his agricultural teachings directly to farms/community

World champion title was revoked and boxing license were suspended for refusing to serve