The topics listed below are designed to help students prepare for competition. Quiz Bowl questions may include but are not limited to :

Daron Fears Jacob Lawrence Della Reese Jacob Lawrence People: Denzel Washington James Beckworth Desmond Tutu James Brown A. Phillip Randolph Diana Ross James Chaney, Andrew Abraham Lincoln Dikembe Mutombo Goodman and Michael Alan Iverson Dizzy Gillespie Schwerner Alex Haley Douglas Wilder James Earl Jones Alexandre Dumas Dr. Ben Carson James Meridith Alice Walker Dr. Charles Drew James Weldon Johnson Althea Gibson Dr. Daniel Hale Williams Jan Matzelinger Alvin Ailey Dr. Joseph Lowery Janet Jackson Andrew Young Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jean Baptiste Pointe Dusable Angela Bassett Dred Scott Jerry Rice Aretha Franklin Duke Ellington Jesse Jackson Arthur Ashe Duke Ellington Joe Greene August Wilson Earvin Johnson John Brown B.B. King Eddie Griffin John Coltrane Barak Obama Eddie Murphy John Lewis Barbara Jordan Elijah McCoy John Lewis Barbara Jordan Ernest Just John Quincy Adams Barry Bonds Evander Holyfield John Singleton Benjamin Banneker Fantasia Johnetta Cole Benjamin E. Mays Frank Robinson Josephine Baker Beyonce Frank Yerby Josh Gibson Bill Campbell Fredrick Douglas Julius Irving Bill Cosby Gabriel Prosser Kareem Abdul Jabar Bill Pickett Garret Morgan Kofi Anand Billie Holiday Garrett A. Morgan Langston Hughes Billy McKinney George Wallace Larenze Tate Booker T Washington George Washington Carver Larry Johnson Bryant Gumbel Gertrude “Ma” Rainey Lenny Wilkens Carl Malone Ghandi Leontyne Price Carol Moseley Braun Gladys Knight Leroy “Satchel” Paige Carol Mosley-Braun Granville T. Woods Lewis Latimer Carter G. Woodson Guion S. Bluford Lorraine Hansberry Cassius Clay Gwen Torrence Louis Armstrong Cece Winans Gwendolyn Brooks Lyndon Johnson Charlie Parker Gwendolyn Brooks Madame C.J. Walker Charlie Parker Halle Berry Mae Jemison Chris Tucker Hamilton Holmes Malcolm X Clarence Thomas Harriet Tubman Mamie Smith Colin Powell Harry S Truman Mansa Musa Condoleeza Rice Henry “Hank” Aaron Marcus Garvey Connie Stokes Henry O. Tanner Marian Anderson Coretta Scott King Ida B. Wells Marion Berry Crispus Attucks Ike Turner Mary J Bige Cuba Gooding Jr. Jack Johnson Mary McCleod Bethune Cynthia McKinney Jackie Joyner-Kersee Matthew A. Henson Daniel Hale Williams Jackie Robinson Maya Angelou Maynard Jackson Tyler Perry Indianapolis Clowns Mayor Ray Nagin Tyra Banks Ivory Coast Medger Evers Vernon Jones Jamaica Michael Johnson Vince Carter Jet Michael Jordan Ving Rhames Jim Crow Michael Vick W.C. Handy Kente cloth Mildred D. Taylor W.E.B. Du Bois Kenya Mildren D. Taylor Warren Moon Kimbandu Miles Davis Whitney Houston Kongo Moregan Freeman Whoopi Goldberg Kwanzaa Morris Chestnut William Perry Lake Victoria Muhammad Ali William Wells Brown Liberia Nat “King” Cole Wilma Rudolph Libya Nat King Cole Wilt Chamberlain Little Rock, Arkansas Nat Turner Zora Neale Hurston Mali Nelson Mandela Mancala Norbert Rillieux Other Topics: MIA Oprah Winfrey Middle Passage Orlando Jones 3/5 Compromise Mobile Bears Paul Laurence Dunbar African Methodist Episcopal Mobile Bears Phyllis Wheatley African National Congress Mobutu Sese Seko Preston King Alcorn State Monrovia Prince Amendments 13-15 Montgomery Bus Boycott Ralph David Abernathy Amistad Morehouse School of Ralph Waldo Emerson Apartheid Medicine Ray Charles Apollo Theatre Morris Brown Reggie Bush Auburn Avenue NAACP Rev. Hosea Williams Bethune-Cookman College Nigeria Richard Allen Black Panthers Nile River Richard Pennington Black Star Line Oberlin College Richard Wright Boston Massacre Organization for African Robert Johnson Boston University Unity Robert Smalls Brown v. Board of Education People United to Save Ronald E. McNair Buffalo Soldiers Humanity Rosa Parks Cool Running Plessy v. Ferguson Samuel L. Jackson CORE Poll Tax Satchel Paige Dashiki Prairie View A&M Shaquille O’Neal Dred Scott v. Sanford Rainbow Coalition Shirley Chisholm Ebenezer Baptist Church Rastafarian Shirley Franklin Egypt Reconstruction Sidney Poitier Emancipation Proclamation Roots Spike Lee Ethiopia Sahara Desert Stephen Speilberg Exodusters SCLC Stevie Wonder Famous Amos Cookies Seminoles Stokely Carmichael Fisk University Serengeti Sundiata Keita Freaknik Shaka Zulu Terry McMillan Fugitive Slave Act Sickle Cell anemia Thaddeus Stevens Ghana Sierra Leone Thelonius Monk Ghosts of Mississippi Sit-ins Thurbert Baker Great Rift Valley Slave Codes Thurgood Marshall Gullah or Geechee SNCC Tiger Woods Haiti Somalia Tina Turner Harlem Renaissance Soul Train Toni Morrison Harper’s Ferry South Africa Toussaint L’Ouverture Harpo Southern University Spelman College Sudan Suez Canal Swahili Tanzania The Black Panthers The Blues The Crisis The Force Act The Freedmen’s Bureau The Liberator The North Star The Wiz Timbuktu Tuskegee Institute Uncle Tom’s Cabin Underground Railroad United Negro College Fund Voodoo Yoruba Zaire Zimbabwe