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1
Name two men who either carried out a slave revolt in the U.S., or planned to do so.
Toussaint L'Overture
Frederick Douglass
Denmark Vesey
Nat Turner
Gabriel Prosser
David Walker
2
When were the Jim Crow Laws enforced?
1876-1965
1412-1776
1788-1812
1986-2012
3
Who founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1925?
A. Phillip Randolph
Homer Plessy
Thurgood Marshall
Rosa Parks
4
What is the title and subject matter of Ida B. Wells most famous book ? "Red Summer"
slavery
lynchings
5
Who was Jackie Robinson?
helped free African American slaves
taught himself how to read
known as the "Father of the Country"
first African American major league baseball player
6
Who is consider the 'Father of Medicine'?
Imhotep
Aristole
Hippocrates
Herodotus
7
Who was the leader of the Haitian revolution?
Nat Turner
Jean-Jaques Dessalines
Papa Doc
Toussaint L'Overture
8
Which type of Egyptian structure did Imhotep design?
mastaba
temple
stepped pyramid
true pyramid
9
Which of the following are quotes by Fannie Lou Hamer?
"I am sick and tired of being sick and tired."
Never to forget where we came from & praise the bridges that carried us.
All of the above.
"Nobody's free until everybody's free."
10
Fred Hampton, chairman of Black Panther Chicago Chapter, was murdered in his sleep by the...
Chicago Police in 1969
CIA in 1945
Minneapolis Police in 1995
FBI 1975
11
Name that HBCU!!!
Howard University
Arkansas Pine Bluff University
Virginia State University
Morgan State University
12
What is Abolitionism, also known as the Abolitionist movement?
A gathering to plan an important event
A movement to end slavery
A movement to save slaves
A protest
13
What was the Haitian Revolution?
A political group
A successful slave rebellion
A title of a book written by a slave
A method of travel
14
When did Malcolm X die?
Never
Idk
My birthday
On February 21, 1965, at 3:30 p.m
15
The director of the 13th, Ava Duvernay, also directed which movie on the civil rights era?
The Help
Selma
The Butler
Malcolm X
16
Raphael Warnock was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2020. Name one other African American currently in the U.S. Senate.
Jesse Jackson
Ted James
Corey Booker
Benjamin Crump
17
Who was Dr. Charles Richard Drew?
Inventor of the ATM card
First African-American Board member of the Stock Exchange
President of the first African-American owned bank
Created the Blood Bank in the U.S.
18
Who originally sung Strange Fruit, a song about lynching in the south?
Billie Holiday
Sarah Vaughan
Ella Fitzgerald
Nina Simone
19
What did the Jim Crow Laws do?
It made white and colored come together.
It separated whites from certain states.
It segregated schools, buses, water fountains, from colored to white.
All of the above.
20
This civil rights leader participated in the Selma to Montgomery March. He was a member of theHouse of Representatives
Thurgood Marshall
John Lewis
MLK
Barack Obama
21
Select the false fact about Desmond Tutu:
He was executed for his beliefs.
He was a South African activist.
Fought against racial division.
Won the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize.
22
What protest was Colin Kaepernick famous for?
Black lives matter
Olympic Black Power Salute
Kneeling for USA national anthem
Freedom Riders
23
**Who is the only African American in the U.S. Congress from Louisiana and who did he replace?
Gary Chambers, John Kennedy
Troy Carter, Cedric Richmond
Cedric Richmond, Troy Carter
Ted James, Latoya Cantrell
24
What did Sarah Boone invent?
Traffic Light
Updated Ironing board
A space-saver
Toaster
25
Stokely Carmichael started the
The Black Power Movement
SCLC
SNCC
Black Panthers
26
Sharing part of his name with a president, this scientist studied crop rotation ...
Thomas Jefferson Carver
John Adams Carver
George Washington Carver
Abraham Lincoln Carver
27
George Washington Carver is a ..........
Musician, Singer and Songwriter
Head of the Underground Railroad
Actor, Director, and Writer
Botanist, Chemist, Scientist, and Inventor
28
When and where was the NAACP founded?
February 12, 1909 in New York, NY
January 12, 1909 in Montgomery, AL
February 17, 1900 in San Francisco, CA
December 19, 1905 in New York, NY
29
Dr. Booker T. Washington founded which HBCU?
Jackson State University
Alcorn State University
Florida A&M University
Tuskegee University
30
What was the NAACP?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Colored People Advancement National Association
North African America Colored People
Northwest African American Colored People
31
When did the Haitian Revolution begin?
1778
1791
2015
1563
32
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were both once U.S. Senators. True or False
True
False
33
What does SNCC mean?
student non-violent coordinating committee
Student non-comformative coordinating committee
Student non-violent civil-rights committee
Student non-violent coordinating council
34
In 1959, Barry Gordy founded this famous music production company.
Motown
Bad Boy
Cash Money
Death Row
35
Which president passed the Affordable Care Act, to ensure that all Americans had access to health care?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Barack Obama
36
Who was Nelson Mandela?
First Senator of ANC
Founder of ANC
First black president of South Africa
Congressman of South Africa
37
What is apartheid?
means "apartness" in Afrikaans
a system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race
in South Africa
all of the above
38
Name that HBCU!
Savannah State University
Southern University
Alcorn State University
Texas Southern University
39
Name the 14 year old youth from Chicago who was brutallymurdered in Money, Mississippi in 1955.
Emmett Till
Emmitt Till
40
Mayor Cantrell is the first Black mayor of New Orleans.
True
False
41
****Name two African American quarterbacks who have won Super Bowl rings.
Steve McNair
Cam Newton
Doug Williams
Russell Wilson
Patrick Mahomes
Donovan McNabb
42
What does the SCLC stand for?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Sailors Can't Live Cool
Southern Conference Leadership for Christians
Southern Christian Leadership Committee
43
HBCU stands for...
Historically Black Colleges & Universities
Helping Blacks in College & Universities
Help Bringing Colleges & Universities
Historically Binding Common Universities
44
When was Malcolm X born?
May, 19, 1925
December, 10, 1963
February, 27, 1965
February, 21, 1965
45
What did the Voting Rights Act guarantee?
A ban on literacy tests
Established the legal means to challenge voting restrictions
Gave permission to US A.G. to investigate the use of poll taxes
Prohibited gerrymandering
46
Garret Morgan invented what?
gas masks
telephone
lightbulb
3 position traffic signal
47
What was the Little Rock 9?
A code name for the project to develop high speed trains
A mass shooting in Little Rock, AK where 9 died
Nine basketball players that won the Olympic Gold
Nine black students who attended an all-white school
48
Ralph Ellison wrote which novel?
A Raisin in the Sun
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Invisible Man
Mein Kamph
49
Ava DuVernay created the hit TV series "Queen Sugar"
True
False
50
This author of 'The Souls of Black Folk' co- founded the N.A.A.C.P in 1909.
Frederick Douglass
Booker T. Washington
Marcus Garvey
W.E.B. DuBois
