IRC Black History Month Trivia Night

What civil rights organization was co-founded by W.E.B. Du Bois?

During "Bloody Sunday", who did police forces attack?

Which new network is Van Jones a commentator for?

Kenneth Clark helped research _______ in black children

How many terms did Shirley Chisholm serve in congress?

Bryan Stevenson is the ____ and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative.

Marcus Garvey is the founder of the Negro World ____

What is Shirley Chisholm the first black woman to accomplish?

In 1955, the bus system in Montgomery, Alabama was segregated by race.

In the LGBTQ community Marsha P. Johnson was known as a “drag mother"

Alicia Garza is working toward bringing attention to the black queer women to popular narratives of black movements.

Marcus Garvey organized the first important American Black nationalist movie based in Georgia

Ida B. Wells is a co-founder of the NAACP?

What role does Van Jones play in the nonprofit civil rights organization Color of Change?

Pauli Murray was the first black person to earn a Doctorate in Science of Law from

What is Thurgood Marshall known to have accomplished?

What is Bryan Stevenson’s profession?

Which association was Kenneth Clark the first African American to be president of?

What happened to Emmett Till, a black teenager from Mississippi in 1955?

Alicia Garza is a co-founder of the movement of Black _____ Matter

Mae Jemison is working toward the advancement of black women getting involved in technology, ___, and engineering

The ratification of the 15th Amendment legally gave some African Americans the right to vote.

Which supreme court case declared segregated public schools unconstitutional?

What is Mae Jemison the first black woman to accomplish?

Who was the first African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard University

Which job did Ida B. Wells have to spread awareness?

Pauli Murray was the first black woman to be ordained a Catholic priest?

Who was a well known figure and activist for gay rights in the Stonewall riots?

Who was the first African American man to play Major League Baseball?

Who was the first African American to serve as a United States Supreme Court Justice?