The Black Dollar
Redlining
Natural Disasters
Throwbacks
General Black History
100
The other name of Tulsa Oklahoma
Black Wall Street
100
What are 3 colors in redlining
Red, Yellow, Blue, Green
100
Name of the Hurricane that hit New Orleans in 2005
Katrina
100
What is the African Diaspora?
Descendants of Africa all over the world
100
Who wrote "I Have a Dream" speech
Martin Luther King Jr
200
When did the Tulsa Massacre Happen?
1920
specifically 1921
200
What is the Southern version of Redlining?
Segregation
200
Haiti
200
Which is NOT a country on the Triangular Slave Trade?
a United States
b Spain
c Ireland
d Puerto Rico
c Ireland
200
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
300
How did Black Wall Street come to an end?
Whites decided to burn down the area
300
What is Redlining
The refusal of home loans to people of color
or
separating of whites and people of color
300
Who was affected the most by Hurricane Katrina? Why?
Black people because of Redlining/ pushed to stay in the lower parts of the city
300
Where were HeLa Cells found?
stolen from Henrietta Lacks when she was getting cancer cells removed
300
Where was Malcolm X killed?
Manhattan
400
What are 3 things Black Wall Street own?
Banks, Airplanes, Hotels, Dentist offices, schools etc
400
Why was Riverton created?
To keep Black people out of areas like Levitown and Stuytown
400
Why was there so much destruction in Haiti during the earthquake?
spent little money on construction materials
400
What is Exploitation?
Treating others unfairly but benefiting of their work
400
What year was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?
1865
500
What started the riots?
Allegedly a black man got into an elevator and assaulted a white woman
500
What is it called when middle class people rebuild neighborhoods displacing low income families
Gentrification
500
What category was Hurricane Katrina?
Category 5
500
How was the Diaspora created
SLAVERY
500
Before it became Black History Month what was the observance of Black History called?
a Black Rights Awareness Day
b Freedom Day
c Negro History Week
d Slave History Week
c Negro History Week