Middle School Black History Quiz Bowl
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| What was the total number of slaves that escaped to freedom using the Underground Railroad? | 50,000
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| What year did the Voting Rights Act become law? | 1965
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| Who was the first African American to integrate Wofford College? | Albert Gray
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| Who invented the elevator? | Alexander Miles
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| On what date was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated? | April 4, 1968
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| Who wast he first African American to hold the title of "Miss Dorman High School"? | April Tyese Thomas
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| Who is named the "Queen of Soul"? | Aretha Franklin
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| Who was the first African American to become a permanent member of a major ballet company? | Arthur Mitchell, who founded the Dance Theatre of Harlem
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| Who is the first African American President of the United States of America? | Barack Obama
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| What African American woman introduced and initiated Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc. to Spartanburg? | Barbara Maxton
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| Who was the first African American to walk in space? | Bernard A. Harris
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| Who is the founder of Motown Records in Detroit, Michigan? | Berry Gordy, Jr.
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| Who was the first African American head coach in major league sports? | Bill Russell
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| Who founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to train black teachers? | Booker T. Washington
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| Who was the first African American pilot to fly for a commercial airline; what was the name of the airline? | Captain Dave Harris for American Airlines
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| Who was the first African American to hold a Democratic Leadership position in the House of Representatives? | Cardiss Collin
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| Who was the first African American country music star? | Charley Pride
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| Who was the first African American woman lawyer? | Charlotte Ray
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| What did Marian Wright Edelman start, to raise money for poor and disabled children and their families? | The Children's Defense Fund
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| Who was the first African American of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and he also became the first African American Secretary of State? | Colin Powell
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| What does CORE mean? | Congress of Racial Equality
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| Who is the first African American to successfully perform open heart surgery? | Daniel Hale Williams
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| Who was the first African American to graduate from Wofford College? | Douglas Jones
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| What African American doctor performed history-making surgery by separating twins joined at the head in 1987? | Dr. Benjamin Carson
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| Who is the first African American to discover a method to store blood and who made blood banks more effective? | Dr. Charles Drew
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| Who is the founder of the United Negro College Fund? | Dr. Frederick D. Patterson
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| Who invented over 300 products from the peanut? | Dr. George Washington Carver
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| Who was the first African American surgeon at Spartanburg Regional Hospital? | Dr. Kirkland
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| Who was the first African American woman astronaut? | Dr. Mae Jemison
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| Who is the only African American honored by a national holiday? | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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| What famous speech took place at the March on Washington? | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech
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| Who was the first African American football player to win the Heisman Trophy? | Ernie Davis
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| Who was the first African American actress to star in a Broadway play? What was the name of the play? In what year did she play the role? | Ethel Waters in the 1939 play "Mamba's Daughters"
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| Dr. Carter G. Woodson is known as holding what title? | The Father of Black History
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| Who as the first African American to become Chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae and to lead a Fortune 500 company? | Franklin Raines
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| Who invented the elevator? | G.F. Grant
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| Who invented the traffic signal? | Garrett Morgan
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| Who was responsible for more than 300 products created from the peanut, including soap & ink;118 products from the sweet potato, including flour, shoe polish, & candy;75 products from the pecan & many other products from cotton, dyes & wood shavings? | George Washington Carver
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| Who invented the boiler furnace? | Granville T. Woods
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| Who was the first African American in space; what was the name of the shuttle; what month, date, and year did the shuttle fly? | Guion S. Bluford, on August 30, 1983, flew aboard the space shuttle Challenger at the Kennedy Space Center
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