1619-1865
1865-1877
1877-1965
1965-2012
Odd & Ends
100
The colony in which African slavery started in North America
What is Jamestown (VA)
100
The former slave who was president of Tuskegee Institute.
Who is Booker T. Washington.
100
During this time period, there were segregation laws in place known by this avian name.
What is Jim Crow.
100
This man became the first African-American President.
Who is Barack Obama
100
This is the country in Africa in which a minority of whites ruled a majority of blacks until apartheid was ended in the early 1990's.
What is South Africa.
200
The first published African-American poet
Who is Phyllis Wheatley.
200
The African-American scientist employed at Tuskegee Institute in the early 1900's.
Who is George Washington Carver.
200
This is the 1896 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that states could have segregation laws. This practice was deemed "separate but equal".
What is Plessey versus Ferguson.
200
This African-American physicist was killed in the Challenger explosion.
Who is Ronald McNair.
200
This man was a political prisoner in South Africa for 27 years, but after his release, became president.
Who is Nelson Mandela.
300
The president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln.
300
The white racist organization that started during this period.
What is the Ku Klux Klan.
300
This was the 1954 case that reversed the doctrine of separate but equal and ordered schools to be desegregated.
What is Brown versus the Board of Education (of Topeka).
300
The not guilty verdict for police accused of beating this man led to the L. A. Riots.
Who is Rodney King.
300
The city in which Dr. M. L. King, Jr. was gunned down in 1968.
What is Memphis.
400
The network created to assist escaping slaves in which Harriet Tubbman was active
What is the Underground Railroad.
400
The president who spoke in favor of allowing blacks to vote during the early 1920's in Birmingham.
Who is Warren G. Harding. Daily Triple
400
This civil rights leader was gunned down by the Klan in Jackson, MS., in 1963.
Who is Medgar Evers. Daily Double.
400
This man, a retired army general, was the first African-American Secretary of State.
Who is Colin Powell.
400
Blank: 400 free points and another turn.
500
The white colonel who was the original commander of the "54th MA, Colored Volunteers".
Who is R. G. Shaw Daily double
500
The president who ended Reconstruction.
Who is R. Hayes.
500
This president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Who is L. B. Johnson.
500
This man wrote Roots and assisted Malcolm X with an autobiography.
Who is Alex Haley.
500
The school that was desegregated in 1970 in "Diary of a White Boy".
What is Fayette County. Daily double.
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