Before the Bus
Before the bus boycott, Rosa Parks worked as a secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Montgomery. Her job included:
A. Investigating cases of racial terror
B. Interviewing survivors of sexual assault
C. Documenting violence
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
Which of the following was one of the Panthers’ survival programs?
A. Free medical clinics
B. Free Breakfast Program
C. Free Pest Control
D. All of the Above
D. All of the Above
Ella Baker believed young people should
A. Wait for established leaders
B. Focus only on voting
C. Develop grassroots leadership rather than follow charismatic authority
D. Avoid confrontation
C. Develop grassroots leadership rather than follow charismatic authority
Stonewall began as resistance to what?
A. An individual hate crime
B. A police raid
C. A court ruling
D. A church protest
B. A police raid
Bianca’s favorite color
A. Emerald green
B. Leopard print
C. Matte black
D. Baby pink
B. Leopard print
Before the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks helped organize national support and demand justice for which Black woman who survived a brutal assault by white men in Alabama in 1944?
A. Fannie Lou Hamer
B. Recy Taylor
C. Ida B. Wells
D. Septima Clark
B. Recy Taylor
The Panthers’ Ten-Point Program demanded which of the following?
A. Universal healthcare
B. Community control of police
C. A two-party political system
D. Higher corporate taxes
B. Community control of police
Youth organizing in the 1960s helped create which student-led civil rights organization?
A. SCLC
B. SNCC
C. NAACP
D. Urban League
B. SNCC
Bayard Rustin, a key organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, was often pushed to the margins of public leadership because he was:
A. An immigrant
B. A socialist
C. Openly gay
D. A minister
C. Openly gay
What was Bianca’s first official role at Freedom, Inc.?
A. Office Assistant
B. Organizing Director
C. Sexual Assault Advocate
D. Communications Manager
A. Office Assistant
Rosa Parks believed in caring for her mental and physical well-being. Which of the following was one of her self-care practices?
A. Long-distance running
B. Yoga
C. Meditation retreats in California
D. Daily church choir rehearsals
B. Yoga
The FBI program that targeted and attempted to dismantle the Black Panther Party was called:
A. Operation Freedom
B. COINTELPRO
C. Patriot Watch
D. Red Scare Initiative
B. COINTELPRO
What was the name of the 1963 Birmingham campaign in which thousands of Black youth marched, were arrested, and faced fire hoses and police dogs after many adult organizers had already been jailed?
A. Freedom Summer
B. The Children’s Crusade
C. The Selma to Montgomery March
D. The Little Rock Integration Campaign
B. The Children’s Crusade
Which Black lesbian feminist collective declared in 1977 that “If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free”?
A. Black Feminist Futures
B. The Combahee River Collective
C. The Lavender Panthers
D. The Gay Activists Alliance
B. The Combahee River Collective
Bianca’s dog, Pecola, was named after the main character in which novel?
A. Beloved by Toni Morrison
B. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
C. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
D. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
B. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
According to Rosa Parks, when she refused to give up her seat in 1955, she was thinking about which young Black victim of racial violence who had been murdered just months earlier?
A. Medgar Evers
B. Emmett Till
C. Fred Hampton
D. James Chaney
B. Emmett Till
The Black Panther Party’s model of community survival programs and militant organizing directly influenced the creation of which two organizations?
A. The Young Lords and the Young Patriots
B. The Brown Berets and the American Indian Movement
C. The Deacons for Defense and CORE
D. The Nation of Islam and SNCC
A. The Young Lords and the Young Patriots
Which two enslaved teenage girls carried out an act of resistance by setting fire to the house of the man who enslaved them?
A. Phillis and Rose
B. Bet and Dinah
C. Harriet and Sarah
D. Lucy and Margaret
B. Bet and Dinah
Which post-Stonewall organization openly aligned itself with socialist and anti-imperialist movements, rejecting assimilation in favor of revolutionary queer liberation?
A. Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries
B. The Gay Liberation Front
C. The Daughters of Bilitis
D. ACT UP
B. The Gay Liberation Front
Which subjects did Bianca teach?
A. Math and Science
B. Language Arts and Social Studies
C. Biology and Chemistry
D. Art and Physical Education
B. Language Arts and Social Studies
After moving to Detroit, Rosa Parks became involved in campaigns supporting which Black woman who was jailed in 1974 after killing a white prison guard who sexually assaulted her?
A. Assata Shakur
B. Angela Davis
C. Joan Little
D. Elaine Brown
C. Joan Little
In 1970, Huey P. Newton publicly called on Panthers to build solidarity with which communities, marking a significant shift in revolutionary politics?
A. Religious conservatives and veterans
B. Women’s liberation and Gay liberation movements
C. Corporate labor unions
D. Federal reform coalitions
B. Women’s liberation and Gay liberation movements
What are the core demands of Freedom, Inc.’s Police Free Schools Campaign?
A. Remove police from schools; expand restorative justice programs; increase school-based mental health services; and create district equity advisory boards
B. Remove police from schools and establish accountability processes for school staff who use police against students; invest in youth leadership, wellness, and creativity; implement transformative justice instead of punishment; and establish community control over schools led by students, parents, and trusted adults
C. Reduce police presence in schools; require anti-bias training for school resource officers; expand diversion programs; and create parent complaint processes
D. Replace school police with private security; increase behavior intervention staff; implement restorative practices; and strengthen superintendent oversight
B. Remove police from schools and establish accountability processes for school staff who use police against students; invest in youth leadership, wellness, and creativity; implement transformative justice instead of punishment; and establish community control over schools led by students, parents, and trusted adults
Which formerly enslave Black trans woman testified before the U.S. Congress about sexual violence committed during the Memphis Massacre, later becoming one of the earliest documented figures in U.S. trans history?
A. William Dorsey Swann
B. Lucy Hicks Anderson
C. Frances Thompson
D. Mary Jones
C. Frances Thompson
What is Bianca’s go-to summer refresher?
A. Iced matcha latte
B. Fresh mint lemonade
C. Sparkling water with lime
D. Lavender Black Tea Lemonade
D. Lavender Black Tea Lemonade