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