Joy in Blackness HS

Question 1

The Emancipation Proclamation was enacted by which President?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 2

Black History Month became a month long celebration in what year?

Accepted Answer

1986

Question 3

Who was the FIRST person arrested for not giving up their seat on the bus to a white person?

Accepted Answer

Claudette Colvin

Question 4

Why do we celebrate Black History Month?

Accepted Answer

To celebrate the history and achievements of Black Americans

Question 5

In advisory, we are decorating our doors in honor of notable Black figures in order to...

Accepted Answer

Learn about their impact & celebrate their legacy

Question 6

Black Lives Matter is a movement that was started in what year?

Accepted Answer

2013

Question 7

The practice of ____________ was brought to America by an enslaved person

Accepted Answer

Vaccinations

Question 8

Black History Month is celebrated in the month February because...

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln&#x27;s birth month is in February

Question 9

What was the Civil Rights Movement?

Accepted Answer

A movement to abolish legalized racial segregation and discrimination

Question 10

What are some ways you can celebrate Black History Month?

Accepted Answer

All of the above and more!

Question 11

The words "Black" and "African American" are interchangeable

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

Who was the first female Black doctor?

Accepted Answer

Rebecca Lee Crumpler

Question 13

Black Lives Matter is a movement that only effects Black people.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Who was the first Black student to attend an all white school?

Accepted Answer

Ruby Bridges

Question 15

Black Lives Matter&#x27;s mission is...

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 16

This person escaped slavery and became an activist and abolitionist

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass

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