Black History Quiz Bowl Preliminary Round

In what year did Charles W. Follis become the first black American to play professional football?

• 1922

• 1902

• 1892

• 1932

In 1988 Black American author Toni Morrison was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for what novel?

• Beloved

• The Color Purple

• Harlem Nights

• The Five Heartbeats

"Free at last, free at last; thank God almighty, . . . (Complete Dr. M.L. King, Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech.)

• . . . we are the last."

• . . . we are free at last."

• . . . you are free at last."

• . . . this is the past."

What year was Malcolm X assassinated?

• 1944

• 1974

• 1954

• 1964

In what year did "Black History Month" officially begin?

• 1966

• 1976

• 1986

• 1956

How old was Martin Luther King, Jr. when he was assassinated?

• 59

• 29

• 39

• 49

The NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was organized in what year with blacks and whites as members?

• 1909

• 1899

• 1919

• 1929

Who wrote "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"?

• Alex Haley

• Alvin Ailey

• Tyler Perry

• Spike Lee

Director, producer, writer, and actor Spike Lee has released over 35 films since 1983 through his production company. Name it.

• Spike Lee Filmworks

• 40 Horses & A Mule Filmworks

• 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks

• Filmworks by Spike Lee

In what year did Marian Anderson debut as the first Black American singer at the Metropolitan Opera?

• 1955

• 1945

• 1935

• 1965