Black History Bowl #2

Who was the first African-American to appear on a U.S. postage stamp?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Harriet Tubman

• Jackie Robinson

• Booker T. Washington

Who was the first African-American head coach in the NFL?

• Tony Dungy

• Fritz Pollard

• Ray Rhodes

• Art Shell

Who was the plaintiff in the Supreme Court decision that upheld the legal doctrine of "separate but equal?"

• Oliver Brown

• Homer Plessy

• Dred Scott

• Theodore S. Wright

In what city did the National Guard try to prevent nine black students from attending a segregated school in 1957?

• Tuscaloosa, Alabama

• Athens, GA

• Chattanooga, TN

• Little Rock, Arkansas

Who was the first African-American to win a gold medal at the Olympics?

• Jesse Owens

• William Dehart Hubbard

• John Taylor

• George Poage

How many African-Americans have served in the United States Senate since it first convened in 1789?

• 6

• 27

• 81

• 112

What state was the first to elect a black governor, doing so in 1989?

• John Washington

• Douglas Jennings

• Douglas Wilder

• Harold Smith

Who was the first colonist slain in the Boston Massacre?

• John Adams

• Phyllis Wheatley

• Paul Dunbar

• Crispus Attucks

Who is the only major league baseball player to win the MVP in both the National and American Leagues?

• Frank Robinson

• Al Package

• Derek Jeter

• Billy Williams

What author of 'Song of Solomon' won the Nobel Prize for literature?

• Toni Morrison

• Alice Walker

• Langston Hughes

• Zora Neale Hurston