Know Your Heritage Bowl Faraday 2021-2022

Fifteenth Amendment

Ratified in 1870, what Amendment to the U.S. Constitution forbids the federal government and states from using a citizen's race, color, or previous status as a slave as a qualification for voting?

William O. Dillard, Sr.

Who was the first African American deputy sheriff in Christian County in 1968?

Beverly Johnson

Who was the first Black American to appear on the cover of Vogue magazine?

Vanessa Williams

Who was the first Black American woman chosen as Miss America?

Sammy Davis, Jr.

Who was the first black entertainer to sleep in the White House?

Suzette Charles

Who was the second black woman to be crowned Miss America?

Mike Tyson

Who was the youngest boxer to win the heavyweight title?

Gregory Hines

Who won a Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway musical Jelly's Last Jam ?

Maya Angelou

Whose screenplay, Georgia, Georgia , was the first original script by a Black woman to be produced?

Illinois

Barack Obama was a keynote speaker at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and later won a U.S. Senate seat in what state?

Spelman College

Established in 1881, what college holds the distinction of being America's oldest historically black college for women?

Cotton

From 1913 to 1915 price reductions of what crop hurt the Southern farmers and brought on an economic depression?

Staged a sit-in

In 1960, what did four Black American students do at a whites only lunch counter to protest discrimination?

Roots

Kunta Kinte was one the characters in what Alex Haley book?

Thurgood Marshall

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed what attorney as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?

1852

The novel Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in what year?

Star Trek

Actress Nichelle Nichols is best known for her role in what television series?

Denzel Washington

After over forty years, who became the second black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?

NAACP

Booker T. Washington was opposed to the founding of what organization in 1909?

John Singleton

Born in 1968, who directed such films as Boyz N the Hood, Poetic Justice, Higher Learning, Baby Boy, and 2 Fast 2 Furious?

Egypt

Cleopatra was considered a beautiful queen of what country?

Chicago's Provident Hospital

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed the world's first open heart surgery at what hospital?

Race riots

During the 1960s, what erupted in Philadelphia, Chicago, and other major cities due to the turbulent social and political climate?

Coming to America

Eddie Murphy played an African prince in what motion picture?

Johnson Publishing Company

Established in 1945, this publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines is the world's largest black-owned publishing company. Name it.

Eleanora Fagan

Famed jazz singer Billie Holiday was born in 1915 with what name?

Kentucky State University

Founded in 1886, what Kentucky university was originally named the State Normal School for Colored Persons?

Woolworth‟s store in Greensboro, North Carolina

Where did the "sit-in" movement begin?

Jamaica

Where was Marcus Garvey born?

Earl G. Graves, Sr.

Who founded the publication Black Enterprise in 1970?

Morehouse College

From what college did Martin Luther King, Jr. graduate?

Wilt Chamberlain

Who holds the record for most points scored in a single basketball game (100)?

Louis Alexander

Who invented the burglar alarm?

Terry McMillan

Who is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Waiting to Exhale ?

Peanuts

George Washington Carver made paint and ink from what common food item?

Muhammad Ali

He was born Cassius Clay but changed his name after he joined the Nation of Islam. Who is this former Olympic Gold Medal prizefighter?

6,000

Historians report that there are about how many published slave narratives in book length, newspapers, or transcribed from interviews?

Freedom Riders

In 1961 groups of black and white volunteers traveled together on bus trips in the South to test desegregation of buses and restaurants. By what name was this group known?

Harold Washington

In 1983 who became the first black mayor of Chicago, Illinois?

Jesse Jackson

In 1983, this minister announced his candidacy for president of the Democratic Party. Name him.

Toni Morrison

In 1993, she became the first black to be honored with the Nobel Prize for Literature for six novels. She is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved, which became a motion picture, and in 1993 for Jazz . Name her.

Training Day

In 2001, for what film did Denzel Washington become the second African American man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?

Queen Latifah

In 2003 she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Chicago. Who is she?

Jim Crow

In the late nineteenth century there was a system of laws that enforced racial discrimination in the United States. What was it called?

The Little Rascals

In what TV series was a character named "Buckwheat" one of the stars?

Whoopi Goldberg

Who played the role of Celie in the movie version of Alice Walker‟s best-selling book, The Color Purple ?

Kadeem Hardison

Who played the role of Dwayne Wayne on the TV series A Different World?

Michael Jackson

Who played the role of the Scarecrow in the movie version of The Wiz?

Roy Innis

Who presented a bill to Congress in 1968 that would enable Black Americans to control education, business, and social services within Black American communities?

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Key provisions of what federal legislation include Equal Employment Opportunity, Public Accommodation, Desegregation of Public Facilities, Desegregation of Public Education and Voting Rights?

Eddie Murphy

Who starred in the box office hit Trading Places?

Bessie Coleman

Who trained in France and received her pilot's license in 1921, making her the first Black woman to fly a plane?

Wyatt Tee Walker

Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.‟s executive assistant?

Spiritual

Music historians refer to what type of music as the first Black American music?

the Hustle, the Bump, and the Bus Stop

Name three dance steps from the Disco era?

Jet

Noted sports editor Edward Clayton was the first editor of what popular magazine?

Who wrote the poem "A Negro Love Song"?

Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Charleston

Popularized by the 1923 musical Runnin' Wild , what 1920s dance is believed to have started in a coastal city of South Carolina?

Joe Frazier

Who was Muhammad Ali's opponent in the famous "Thrilla in Manila" fight?

Madam C.J. Walker

Sarah Breedlove Walker developed special hair care products for black women. Among them was the hot comb. By what name she was known?

Debbie Allen

She is a dancer-choreographer who is also a director and producer. She was involved with the television show Fame. Name her.

Spike Lee

This director, screenwriter and actor was born in Atlanta but relocated to Brooklyn, where he later established a film company. Whether working with low-budget and unknown actors or Hollywood heavyweights, his films continue to be controversial and push racial boundaries. Name him.

Chicago

The Harlem Globetrotters got their start in what city?

Maya Angelou

This multifaceted author started her career as an entertainer. She is also a poet who delivered her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton‟s inauguration in 1993. What is her name?

Alex Haley

This writer won a Pulitzer Prize chronicling his seven-generation family from West Africa in the story Roots. Name him.

"Dream Team"

The men's basketball team won a Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The team was known as what?

Venus and Serena Williams

These two sisters were born in 1980 and 1981, respectively. They are champions of Wimbledon and other major tennis tournaments. Name them.

Driving Miss Daisy

What 1989 movie won several Academy Awards, including Best Picture?

A. Miles

What Black American inventor received a patent to the elevator in 1887?

Freedmen‟s Bureau

What US federal government agency founded over 4000 schools, including Howard University?

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

What actor played the role of Bill Cosby‟s son Theo on The Cosby Show?

Thurgood Marshal

What attorney argued the case Abbington v Board of Education of Louisville resulting in the Louisville School Board agreeing to cease teacher salary discrimination if Ms. Abbington agreed to drop her lawsuit?

Bill Russell

What basketball superstar became the first Black American to manage a major league sports team?

New Orleans

What city known for jazz music had a great influence on Mahalia Jackson?

Morehouse College

What college, originally established as August Institute, was organized by three ministers in the basement of a Baptist church in 1867?

Reconstruction

What do many historians call the period immediately following the Civil War?

Mamie Smith

What early 20th century artist was the first blues singer to have a recording contract?

Jesse Jackson

What famous Black American founded the National Rainbow Coalition and Operation PUSH?

Ed Bradley

What famous Black American was a reporter on the CBS television program 60 Minutes?

William H. Gray, III

What influential Congressman became Executive Director of the United Negro College Fund?

Harpo Productions

What is the name of Oprah Winfrey‟s TV production company?

The Cotton Club

What is the name of the Harlem club where many famous Black American entertainers began their careers?

Howard University

What is the name of the famous Black college in Washington, D.C. where Dr. Charles Drew taught medicine?

Essence

What magazine is called "The Magazine of Today‟s Black Woman"?

Luther Vandross

What musical artist released the hit album Power of Love ?

Berry Gordy, Jr.

What non-performer, founder of Motown was inducted into the hall of fame in 1988 with The Drifters and The Supremes?

Modeling

What occupation do Iman, Beverly Johnson, and Naomi Sims have in common?

Unite Negro College Fund

What organization helps fund over forty Black American colleges?

Teddy Riley

What producer/songwriter originated the New Jack Swing?

Walter Payton

What running back surpassed Jim Brown's rushing record of 12,312 yards?

Harlem Renaissance

What term refers generally to the artistic and socio-cultural awakening among black people in the 1920s and early 1930s?

Carl Lewis

What track star won four gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics?

African and Caribbean

What type of dance rhythm and movements did Katherine Dunham introduce in America?

Edward Kennedy Ellington

What was Duke Ellington‟s given name?

Malcolm Little

What was Malcolm X‟s given name?

The Stono Rebellion

What was the first serious uprising among slaves took place in 1739 and resulted in passage of the Negro Act, which placed restrictions on the ability of slaves in South Carolina to assemble and move freely?

Run-DMC

What was the name of the first hip-hop group to break into the mainstream American culture in the early 1980s?

Solid Gold

What was the name of the music and dance television show hosted by Marilyn McCoo?

Sharecropping

What was the name of the system in which Black Americans farmed someone else's land and received a split of the season's crop?

Soul Train

What will be the longest, continuously running, first-run syndicated television program until at least 2016?

Alpha Kappa Alpha

n 1908, what was the first black sorority founded at Howard University?