Black History Bowl 100 Questions WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

COMPLETE SOLUTIONS Who helped to keep the African dance tradition alive? correct answer: Katherine Dunham What holiday did Professor Dr. Maulana Karenga create? correct answer: Kwanza What woman led more than 300 slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad? correct answer: Harriet Tubman What was the total number of slaves that escaped to freedom using the Underground Railroad? correct answer: 50,000 What year did the Voting Rights Act become law? correct answer: 1965 What was the largest civil rights protest in America? correct answer: The March on Washington of 1963 What famous speech took place at the March on Washington? correct answer: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech What did Marian Wright Edelman start, to raise money for poor and disabled children and their families? correct answer: The Children's Defense Fund For what purpose was the United Negro College Fund founded? correct answer: The help more blacks go to college Who is the founder of the United Negro College Fund? correct answer: Dr. Frederick D. Patterson Who founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to train black teachers? correct answer: Booker T. Washington What is the first private university founded for black students through the Methodist Episcopal Church? correct answer: Wilberforce University Dr. Carter G. Woodson is known as holding what title? correct answer: The Father of Black History Who became the first black woman millionaire and invented hair care products for black women? correct answer: Madame C.J. Walker Who was the first black woman bank president; what was the name of the bank she founded; where was the bank located? correct answer: Maggie Lee Walker who founded the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Virginia