Juneteenth Quiz Bowl- Grades 9th-12th

Dr. King believed in ________________.

Name two other locations for this school.

Why was he (Medgar Evers)murdered? 

What important Supreme Court decision was decided in 1954?

 Name the Black National Anthem.

Name the 14 year old youth from Chicago who was brutally murdered in Money, Mississippi in 1955.

Name the enslaved African who led a successful revolt on a slave ship and what was the name of the ship?  

Name the church in Bunkie that recently celebrated 153 years. It was founded on May 18, 1871.

This church is affectionately known as ______________. 

Name the historical black figure that defined Industrial/Vocational Education for African Americans.

Which civil rights leader coined the phrase, “by any means necessary”?

 Name the two most prominent civil rights leaders .

What does the acronym HBCU stand for?

What did the 15th Amendment state about voting rights?

Name the HBCU located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

What was a system of laws enforcing racial discrimination in the 1960's called?

Why was Harriet Tubman call the “Moses of her people”?

 This civil rights leader and Congressman participated in the Selma to Montgomery march.

Who were abolitionists?

What was the significance of the 13th Amendment? 

Name the Christian organization that fought against segregation in the           1960’s.

 Name the two private HBCU’s in New Orleans.

What was the civil rights organization Medgar Evers worked for?

Malcolm X believed in ____________.

When was the end of Slavery was announced in Galveston?

Name the HBCU in North Louisiana.

 Why was it so important?   

Who started Negro History Week, which later to become Black History Month?