Black History Bowl Quiz 1

Black History Month is celebrated during what month?

• January

• February

• June

• September

He became Atlanta's first and youngest black mayor in 1974, a position he held for three terms.

• Michael Jordan

• Stevie Wonder

• Maynard Jackson

• Andrew Young

Founded by Joseph Winthrope Holley in 1903, this Georgia HBCUs original mission was to provide religious and basic education, as well as teacher training to the local black population.

• Morris Brown College

• Albany State University

• Spellman College

• University of Georgia

What TV show is known for highlighting Historically BlackColleges/Universities, where the students attended Hillman University?

• The Cosby

• A Different World

• Black Panther

• Grown-ish

Who was the first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year?

• Aretha Franklin

• Madam C.J. Walker

• Beyonce

• Lauryn Hill

What orator delivered a powerful anti-slavery speech in 1851 at a convention on women‟s rights in Akron, Ohio?

• Soujouner Truth

• Frederick Douglas

• Harriet Tubman

• Barack Obama

In what year was the Black Panther Party founded?

• 1996

• 1966

• 1866

• 2020

In what state is Tuskegee Institute located?

• New York

• Georgia

• Alabama

• Arizona

Who founded the Southern Leadership Conference?

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• W.E.B. Dubois

• Richard Nixon

• Malcom X

Whose sales of innovative beauty products sold throughout the United States and the Caribbean led her to become the first African American female millionaire?

• Vanessa Williams

• Juanita Hall

• Madam C.J. Walker

• Wyatt Tee Walker