Your Black History Quiz Flashcards

1

College students staged a sit-in that helped integrate this store's lunch counter.

2

What was the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s father's church?

3

What famous baseball player said, "Today's black athletes have no idea what we had to endure.”

4

Who was elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1966?

5

What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?

6

SNCC, Stokely Carmichaels, Lowndes County Freedom Organization in Alabama. What was its symbol?

7

At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?

8

Who wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

9

This labor union helped to build the nation’s black middle class and civil rights movement?

10

What was Muhammad Ali's original name?

Your Black History Quiz