AfAm Week Quiz Bowl

Which Newark resident's works include Dutchman, Slave Ship, It's Nation Time, and The Revolutionary Theatre?

Which Jamaican American model/actress/singer's albums include Nightclubbing, Living My Life, and Bulletproof Heart?

She delivered the "Ain't I a Woman?" speech in 1851's Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.

The US Supreme Court Case Brown v. Board of Education arose out of which state?

In 2016, women held 64% of seats in which nation's legislature, the largest share of any country?

James Baldwin spent much of his life living in self-exile in the U.S.S.R.

Jamaican. Military leader. (c. 1686 – c. 1755)

Which 20th century author said the following:

Who is known as the "Godmother of the Civil Rights Movement" for her early involvement and influence on key figures.

While known as the the voice of Mufasa and Darth Vader, which actor has been a Broadway fixture since 1958?

Which African Nobel Peace Prize winner and cleric said the following:

South African. Politician. Activist. Prisoner. (July 18 1918 – Dec. 5 2013)

Martiniquais. Psychiatrist. Political Philosopher. (20 July 1925 – Dec. 6 1961)

Who was the first African American woman to earn her PhD in history? (She also attended Newark's Barringer High School).

Which artist won two Grammy Awards in 1959, the first year of the award?

This minister and political thinker began to advocate integration and Pan-Africanism following a turn to Sunni Islam.

NPL's exhibit Radical Women: Fighting for Power and the Vote in New Jersey features all of the following figures EXCEPT

Paul Robeson, Maya Angelou, and others performed in a controversial world tour of what opera in 1954-1955?

Which Caribbean poet wrote the following:

RU-N's student center is named for what actor/singer/athlete/activist?

Where is the main office for African American and African Studies?

Which 19th Century abolitionist said the following:

Which talk show host/musician/actor was born in Newark on March 18, 1970?

American. Political Activist. Seamstress. (Feb. 4, 1913 – Oct. 24, 2005)

In 1969, which member of Congress re-introduced the Equal Rights Amendment.

Poet Lucille Clifton was also a professor at Columbia, UC-Santa Cruz, and Dartmouth.

Which 20th Century athlete said the following:

Jaleel White's character on Family Matters wasn't originally intended to stick around for nine seasons.

The Conklin Hall Takeover took place in what year?

American. Abolitionist. Freedom Fighter. (c. Mar. 1822 – Mar. 10, 1913)

Which Nigerian author is perhaps best known for the novels Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God.

Science Fiction author Octavia E. Butler began had a long-standing feud with fellow author Samuel R. Delaney.

Which 20th century poet and memoirist said the following:

True/False: This is going to be fun.

With the Loving v. Virginia US Supreme Court decision, what laws were struck down?

Which Motown star also has a famous daughter known for her roles on Black-ish and Girlfriends?

Black Panther Vol. 1, Issue 1 was published in Jan. 1967

Multiple Choice: Where are we?

Reveal: What RU-N landmark stands between University Ave. and the Norman Samuels Plaza

August Wilson wrote a cycle of 10 plays each set in a different decade of the 20th Century.

Which key figure in black political thought is a pioneer in sociology and data visualization?

Who was the first African American to "EGOT" (earn an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony)?

In July 2017, this Nigerian American writer announced that her sci-fi novel Who Fears Death had been optioned by HBO.

South Africa's system of Apartheid ended in 1982.

This Caribbean writer is the author of A Small Place, Lucy, and The Autobiography of My Mother.

Which Kenyan Nobel Laureate founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977 based in love, community, volunteering, empowerment?

Which 20th Century poet said the following:

Haitian. Revolutionary. General. (May 20, 1743 – April 7, 1803)

This figure's most famous speeches include "The Other America," "Our God is Marching on," and "I Have a Dream."