WHO IS IT
What was the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s father's church?
a. Mason Temple
b. Atlanta Tabernacle
c. Ebenezer Baptist
c. EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH
896 South Adams Street
The address in Camden, Arkansas for Greater St Paul Baptist Church.
The Fresh Prince of Belair first aired on television in:
a. September 1975
b. September 1987
c. September 1990
c. SEPTEMBER 1990
Who said, "You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it's right".
a. Harriett Tubman
b. Ruby Bridges
c. Rosa Parks
C. ROSA PARKS.
Government Leaders
a. Barack Obama
b. Martin Luther King, Jr.
c. Nelson Mandela
B. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Both Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela were presidents of a Country. Obama was the 44th President of the United States and Mandela was the former president of South Africa
Who was the 1st African American to win a Grand Slam Tennis title?
a. Althea Gibson
b. Arthur Ashe
c. Serena Williams
A. ALTHEA GIBSON. She was an American tennis player and a professional golfer. On July 6, 1957, she became the 1st African American to win a Grand Slam Tennis title (Wimbledon).
Where is the National Civil Rights Museum located?
a. Atlanta, Georgia
b. Memphis, Tennessee
c. Montgomery, Alabama
b. MEMPHIS TENNESSEE is the location of the National Civil Rights Museum
When was Martin Luther King, Jr born?
a. January 15 1925
b. January 15, 1927
c. January 15, 1929
C. JANUARY 15, 1929
Who said, "When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something".
a. Barack Obama
b. John Lewis
c. Martin Luther King, Jr.
b. JOHN LEWIS. He made this statement about seeking truth, justice, and equality, during the first impeachment trial of Donald Trump, in 2020.
a. Mike Tyson
b. Joe Louis
c. Muhammad Ali
d. Denzell Washington
D. DENZELL WASHINGTON - is an actor. The other three were Heavyweight Boxing Champions.
What is the 1st traditionally white university in the South since Reconstruction to enroll an African American?
a. University of Mississippi
b. University of Alabama
c. University of Arkansas
c. UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS. Silas Hunt enrolled in the University of Arkansas Law School on February 2, 1948, which broke the color barrier in higher education and started integration of colleges and universities in the South. Basement classes. Barrier upstairs. Spring semester. Part of Summer. Withdrew due to illness in late July 1948. Died in April 22, 1949 (tuberculosis)
Where was Black Wall Street?
a. Tulsa, Oklahoma
b. New York City, New York
c. Atlanta, Georgia
a. "BLACK WALL STREET" was in TULSA, OKLAHOMA. It was destroyed over a three day period (May 31-June 2, 1921), during a race massacre. It was one of the most severe incidents of racial violence in U.S. history. More than 1,400 homes and businesses were burned and nearly 10,000 people, from a prosperous black neighborhood, were left homeless.
What year did the Civil War end?
a. 1863
b. 1865
c. 1877
b. 1865
Who said, " I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."
a. Michael Jordan
b. Lebron James
c. Muhammad Ali
A MICHAEL JORDAN
a. Harriett Tubman
b. Miss Jane Pittman
c. Rosa Parks
d. Ruby Bridges
b. MISS JANE PITTMAN. She was a fictional character in a book, that was later made into a movie.
Harriett Tubman, Rosa Parks and Ruby Bridges are black women who each played important roles in securing the freedoms and rights that we enjoy today.
What was Muhammad Ali's original name?
a. Cassius Clay, Jr.
b. Joe Louis
c. Jack Johnson
a. CASSIUS CLAY, JR
In what state is the Edmund Pettus Bridge located?
a. Alabama
b. Mississippi
c. Tennessee
a. The Edmund Pettus Bridge is located in Selma, ALABAMA.
When did Barack Obama begin his 1st term as President of the United States?
a. 2006
b. 2008
c. 2009
c. Barack Obama began his first term as President on January 20, 2009. However he was elected as President on Tuesday, November 4, 2008.
Who said, "Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America".
a. Elijah Cummings
b. Martin Luther King, Jr.
c. John Lewis
C. JOHN LEWIS. Lewis said this while speaking atop the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 1, 2020.
a. Tiger Woods
b. Michael B. Jordan
c. Jamie Foxx
d. Will Smith
a. TIGER WOODS is a professional golfer. The other three are actors
What African American has held the highest office in the United States?
a. Thurgood Marshall
b. Kamala Harris
c. Barack Obama
c. BARACK OBAMA
What City is the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum located?
a. Birmingham
b. Kansas City
c. St Louis
b. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is located in KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
Who were the Little Rock 9?
a. The 1st all black baseball team in Arkansas
b. The first group of black men to enter medical school in Little Rock
c. The 1st African American students to attend the previously all white Central High School
c. The Little Rock 9 were teenagers who became the 1st African Americans to attend Central High School in Little Rock, in 1957. The National Guard and Army troops were called out by President Eisenhower to personally guard the teenagers as they attended class.
Who said, "What you choose, What you think, and What you do, is Who you become.
a. Kamala Harris
b. Oprah Winfrey
c. Dr. Christa E. Washington
C. DR. CHRISTA WASHINGTON. These were Dr. Washington's closing words to our group during GSP ZOOM TUESDAY on February 2, 2021. She stated that this was advice given to Dr. Washington by her mother, Harriett Washington.
a. University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
b. Southern Arkansas University
c. Howard University
d. Grambling University
b. Southern Arkansas University does not fit. It is NOT a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) as are UAPB, Howard and Grambling.