Juneteenth Quiz Bowl- Grades 9th-12th

Name the Christian organization that fought against segregation in the           1960’s.

Name the HBCU located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

What important Supreme Court decision was decided in 1954?

Name the enslaved African who led a successful revolt on a slave ship and what was the name of the ship?  

When was the end of Slavery was announced in Galveston?

 This civil rights leader and Congressman participated in the Selma to Montgomery march.

 Name the Black National Anthem.

Dr. King believed in ________________.

Name the historical black figure that defined Industrial/Vocational Education for African Americans.

What does the acronym HBCU stand for?

Malcolm X believed in ____________.

Who were abolitionists?

What was the significance of the 13th Amendment? 

Why was Harriet Tubman call the “Moses of her people”?

 Name the two private HBCU’s in New Orleans.

Name the 14 year old youth from Chicago who was brutally murdered in Money, Mississippi in 1955.

 Why was it so important?   

Name the church in Bunkie that recently celebrated 153 years. It was founded on May 18, 1871.

Which civil rights leader coined the phrase, “by any means necessary”?

What was a system of laws enforcing racial discrimination in the 1960's called?

Name the HBCU in North Louisiana.

This church is affectionately known as ______________. 

Who started Negro History Week, which later to become Black History Month?

What did the 15th Amendment state about voting rights?

 Name the two most prominent civil rights leaders .

Why was he (Medgar Evers)murdered? 

What was the civil rights organization Medgar Evers worked for?

Name two other locations for this school.