Black History Bowl Round 2

Who was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

• Toni Morrison

• Nikki Giovanni

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Mary McLeod Bethune

Which musical genre's popularity began in the 1920s using syncopated rhythms and improvisation?

• Ragtime

• Gospel

• Jazz

• Blues

Which writer is the author of the poem, "My People"?

• Ellen Walker Craig

• Maya Angelou

• Langston Hughes

• Alex Haley

Who wrote "The Audacity of Hope"?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Barack Obama

• Stokely Carmichael

• Frederick Douglass

Name the country's oldest private black university.

• Tuskegee University

• Wilberforce University

• University of Alabama

• Wright State University

Name the museum located in Cincinnati, Ohio, that is dedicated to the Underground Railroad and slavery in the past and present.

• Slavery and Freedom Center

• National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

• African American History Museum

• Museum of Black History

Which entertainer famously stated, "We'd rather die on our feet than be livin' on our knees. Say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud"?

• Paul Robeson

• Ossie Davis

• Spike Lee

• James Brown

Who was an author, poet, and civil rights activist that grew up in Cincinnati?

• Toni Morrison

• Carl B. Stokes

• Nikki Giovanni

• Ellen Walker Craig

Whose books initially didn't get published due to the author speaking out against racism?

• Nikki Giovanni

• Toni Morrison

• Alice Walker

• Zora Neale Hurston

She read her poem, "On the Pulse of Morning," during President Clinton's inauguration ceremony.

• Alice Walker

• Lorraine Hansberry

• Maya Angelou

• Zora Neale Hurston