Music & Art
What genre of music did Bob Marley performed and made famous?
Reggae
On what date do we celebrate MLK Day each year?
January 18th
Who are the American sisters who dominated the world of tennis throughout the early 2000s?
The first Female, Black and South Asian Vice President of the United States
Who is Kamala Harris?
Who was the MVP of Superbowl 60?
Kenneth Walker III
Bonus Question: Who does Mr. J think SHOULD'VE been the MVP? (100 points)
What is the term (made popular by Pele) describes soccer?
"The Beautiful Game"
Viv Anderson
Judge Thurgood Marshall was the first Black appointee to the Supreme Court. In what branch of the U.S. government is the Supreme Court?
The Judicial Branch
The Middle Passage
NBA legend Kobe Bryant won an Oscar award for what?
A short film biography
Who was the 15 year old who was the first to boycott bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama months BEFORE Rosa Parks?
Claudette Colvin
Bonus Question: What three criteria did NAACP cite for why they didn't want Colvin to be the face of the Montgomery Bus Boycott? (100 pts. for each reason)
He'd float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
Who was the GREATEST Muhammad Ali?
Who was the first Black & Bi-racial President of the United States?
Barack Obama
What academic team does Mr. Sealey coach here at FWHS?
Speech & Debate
This multi-platinum rapper dominated the charts in the 1990s and was raised by a prominant member of the Black Panthers
Who is Tupac Shakur?
Bill Russell was a NBA legend and Civil Rights leader, who were just two of the Influential Black Figures that he worked with?
Countless...
But, most prominently Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jim Brown, MLK Jr., and Muhammad Ali
What disease was THE GREATEST Muhammad Ali diagnosed with?
Parkinson's
Nelson Mandela was the first democratically Black president of what country?
South Africa
Who was the abolitionist author who sailed the world, bought his freedom, but died just a few years before the T.A.S.T. was outlawed?
Olaudauh Equiano
Who was the award-winning star of stage and screen who voiced Darth Vader in Star Wars and Mr. Mertle in The Sandlot?
James Earl Jones (300 points)
ACTING CHALLENGE (300 points)
Choose your best voice actor!
Before becoming a baseball legend, what combat unit did Jackie Robinson serve in during WW2?
The 442nd Armored Battalion or "Black Panthers"
Which fighter still goes by the nickname "Mighty Mouse"?
Demetrius Johnson (150 points)
DRAWING CHALLENGE (500 Points)
Choose your best artist!
Called "Obamacare" by political enemies, which act was signed into law by President Barack Obama?
The Affordable Care Act
Which two birthdays are the reason why Black History Month is celebrate in February? (150 for each person)
Frederick Douglass & Abraham Lincoln