Black History Brain Bowl Week 1

This history maker was the first African American to play major league baseball.

• Who was Lonnie G. Johnson

• Who was Jackie Robinson

• Who was James Weldon Johnson

• Who was Blanche Armwood

This ancient African culture was located in the area which is now Nigeria. They were believed to be the first African civilization to use iron to make tools and weapons.

• Who were the Maltian's

• Who were the Nok's

• Who were the Ghanan's

This African King was ruled by the Lion King

• What is Nok

• What is Ghana

• What is Mali

This was the first major farming empire to appear in West Africa. They had no written language so what we know about them has been passed down through generations.

• What is Ghana

• What is Nok

• What is Mali

This history maker invented the super soaker.

• Who was James Weldon Johnson

• Who was Jackie Robinson

• Who was Lonnie G. Anderson

• Who was Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard

This history maker loved to write about Aunt Flossie's Hats.

• Who is Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard.

• Who is James Weldon Johnson.

• Who is Aunt Flossie.

• Who is Blache Armwood.

This Tampa Native was the first African American to graduate from an accredited law school in Florida and a local high school is named after her.

(a)  

These African American regiments patrolled the Western Frontier. Their presence brough a sense of law and order to the mountain wilderness.

(a)  

I'm a poet wouldn't you know it. My most famous poem was turned into a song, and it known as the Black National Athem.

(a)  

This town was first named Maitland, then Joseph C. Clarke it named was changed to (a)   .