African American History Review Game

Question 1

"A Letter From a Birmingham Jail" encouraged non-violent protest and was authored by -

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Question 2

The violence of state troopers at this march led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act:

Accepted Answer

The Selma March

Question 3

This abolitionist editor encouraged Lincoln to allow black soldiers to fight in the Civil War -

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglas

Question 4

Martin Luther King delivered the "I Have A Dream" speech on the steps of -

Accepted Answer

The Lincoln Memorial

Question 5

What church, led by the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, was bombed by klansmen in September of 1963?

Accepted Answer

16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham

Question 6

Which African American historian founded the original "Negro History Week?"

Accepted Answer

Carter Woodson

Question 7

This poet was the leader of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, and wrote "Dream Deferred" -

Accepted Answer

Langston Hughes

Question 8

Which of the men below was an African-American killed during the Boston Massacre?

Accepted Answer

Crispus Attucks

Question 9

He fought for fair wages, integration of the Army, to end job discrimination, & MLK's "Dream" -

Accepted Answer

Asa Philip Randolph

Question 10

He won in Brown V. Board of Education (1954) and was the first black Supreme Court justice:

Accepted Answer

Thurgood Marshall

Question 11

He founded the "Black Power" movement, rejected non-violence, and inspired the Black Panthers:

Accepted Answer

Stokely Carmichael

Question 12

He founded the NAACP, demanded immediate justice, and wrote the book The Souls of Black Folk:

Accepted Answer

W.E.B. DuBois

Question 13

Chuck D, Flavor Flav, and Terminator X were members of this influential 1980s and 90s rap band:

Accepted Answer

Public Enemy

Question 14

She was the first African American woman to serve as Secretary of State - for George W. Bush:

Accepted Answer

Condoleezza Rice

Question 15

C.O.R.E. led this attempt to test federal anti-discrimination laws in interstate travel -

Accepted Answer

The Freedom Rides of 1961

Question 16

He was the first African-American Secretary of State, JCOS, and a hero of the Persian Gulf War:

Accepted Answer

Colin Powell

Question 17

What school system closed down in "Massive Resistance" in 1958, rather than integrate?

Accepted Answer

Norfolk Public Schools in Virginia

Question 18

White families choosing to leave cities where schools were being integrated is known as -

Accepted Answer

white flight

Question 19

This Harvard historian created the documentary The African Americans - Across Many Rivers:

Accepted Answer

Henry Louis Gates

Question 20

This outspoken actor was "blacklisted" for having sympathized with communists during the 1950s:

Accepted Answer

Paul Robeson

Question 21

The largest race riot in US History took place in 1921 in this Midwestern city -

Accepted Answer

Tulsa, OK

Question 22

He was the only enslaved African American to joined the Corps of Discovery Expedition in 1803 -

Accepted Answer

York

Question 23

She is the author of Song of Solomon and Beloved and she employs magical realism in her novels:

Accepted Answer

Toni Morrison

Question 24

This NAACP leader from Mississippi was assassinated in 1963 after promoting voter registration:

Accepted Answer

Medgar Evers

Question 25

This 1857 SCOTUS decision ruled slaves had no rights and slavery was legal even in the North:

Accepted Answer

Dred Scott V. Sanford

Question 26

This 1967 Supreme Court decision ruled interracial marriage legal in the United States:

Accepted Answer

Loving V. Virginia

Question 27

She wrote the anti-lynching collection A Red Record, and co-founded the NAACP:

Accepted Answer

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Question 28

Who is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of the novel The Underground Railroad?

Accepted Answer

Colson Whitehead

Question 29

Born in Norfolk, VA, she trained students in non-violent protest and organized the SNCC -

Accepted Answer

Ella Baker

Question 30

Both Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch held this Cabinet level position under Barack Obama:

Accepted Answer

Attorney General

Question 31

What percentage of the Continental Army was African-American during the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

20%

Question 32

She was an influential literary figure and poet who wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings":

Accepted Answer

Maya Angelou

Question 33

This book was published so African-American families could travel safely in segregated regions:

Accepted Answer

Victor Hugo Green's Green Book

Question 34

He led the largest slave revolt in American History in Southampton, VA, in 1831:

Accepted Answer

Nat Turner

Question 35

His "Appeal" in 1829 encouraged the enslaved to use violent force against their masters -

Accepted Answer

David Walker

Question 36

The first African-American woman to serve as Sec. of State, she led the US during two wars:

Accepted Answer

Condoleezza Rice

Question 37

The Negro Leagues were created due to segregation in this professional sports league:

Accepted Answer

Major League Baseball

Question 38

This gay, African-American, expatriate author wrote The Fire Next Time and Giovanni's Room:

Accepted Answer

James Baldwin

Question 39

He directed the films "Do The Right Thing," "Crooklyn," "Malcolm X," and "Four Little Girls":

Accepted Answer

Spike Lee

Question 40

One reason to emphasize the contributions of African-Americans to US History in February is -

Accepted Answer

Historical bias, since most historians were old, white men.

Question 41

He founded the Tuskegee Institute and encouraged "gradualism" as a cure to racial segregation:

Accepted Answer

Booker T. Washington

Question 42

He was the first student ever to attend classes at Ole Miss, and he led the March Against Fear:

Accepted Answer

James Meredith

Question 43

This influential rapper scored the soundtrack of Black Panther and urges you to "Be Humble."

Accepted Answer

Kendrick Lamar

Question 44

This minister was the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church -

Accepted Answer

Richard Allen

Question 45

Identify the NPR journalist who hosts the daily talk show and podcast "1A":

Accepted Answer

Joshua Johnson

Question 46

Which Founding Father had a prolonged relationship with an enslaved woman, Sally Hemings?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 47

This 1896 SCOTUS decision ruled segregation legal if the institutions were "separate but equal"

Accepted Answer

Plessy V. Ferguson

Question 48

A runaway slave, he was jailed and returned to slavery in VA due to the Fugitive Slave Act:

Accepted Answer

Anthony Burns

Question 49

The 1989 "Greekfest" Riots took place in this local city:

Accepted Answer

Virginia Beach

Question 50

This heavyweight champion boxer refused to join the Army after he was drafted during Vietnam -

Accepted Answer

Muhammad Ali

Question 51

He was Virginia's first African-American governor and organized a boycott against apartheid -

Accepted Answer

L. Douglas Wilder

Question 52

A riot broke out in this city during WW II, when black workers moved into housing projects -

Accepted Answer

Detroit

Question 53

This South Carolina slave stole the CSS Planter out of Charleston Harbor and joined the Union :

Accepted Answer

Robert Smalls

Question 54

The Double-V Campaign of WW II was for victory over racism at home and victory over -

Accepted Answer

fascism abroad.

Question 55

Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometti founded this after Trayvon Martin's murder:

Accepted Answer

The Black Lives Matter Movement

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