Reconstruciton
Identify the constitutional amendment that guaranteed citizenship, due process, and equal protection under the law.
14th Amendment
The forced separation of people by race in the South was known as
I was a co-founder of the NAACP and led the Anti-Lynching Campaign. Who am I?
Ida B. Wells
Identify the direction most African Americans went during the Great Migration.
North
Name at last one poet from the Harlem Renaissance (double points if you can name two)
Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, James Weldon Johnson, Countee Cullen, etc.
Identify the organization that helped formerly enslaved people transition to freedom by building schools, providing healthcare, reuniting loved ones, etc.
Freedman's Bureau
Provide one example of a Jim Crow "norm" (not law). Double points if you provide two examples.
Many possibilities!
I was a co-founder of the NAACP and a firm opponent of Booker T Washington and his "accommodationist" approach to race issues. Who am I?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Identify the world wide event going on during the early stages of the Great Migration which led to more jobs being available in the North.
World War I
Name of the concert hall where Jazz bands would play to all-white audiences
Cotton Club
Laws designed to restrict and control the rights and movement of Black people during Reconstruction were collectively known as
Black Codes
Identify two ways that Black people were disenfranchised in the Jim Crow era. Double points if you can name 4!
Poll tax, literacy test, grandfather clause, terrorism/intimidation, white primary
I founded the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and promoted the idea of Black people controlling their own communities, support Black owned businesses, and even moving to Africa. Who am I?
Marcus Garvey
This city was the site of the most deadly race massacre in American history and led to the destruction of "Black Wall Street"
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Empress of the Blues (double points if you can also identify the Father of the Blues)
Bessie Smith (W.C. Handy)
Identify the U.S. president who opposed Reconstruction and sought to sabotage it.
Andrew Johnson
Convict ________ was a common way to control Black people and was an early form of mass incarceration.
leasing
I was an African American entrepreneur who made a fortune in the cosmetics industry, specializing in hair products for Black women. Who am I?
Madam C.J. Walker
I was falsely accused and eventually executed for murder and this led to the Knoxville Race Riot. Who am I?
Maurice Mays
Author of Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
Collective nick name for the first historically Black fraternities and sororities
Divine 9
Most southern states passed endogamy laws as part of their Jim Crow systems, which...
outlawed interracial marriage/sexual relations to promote white purity
I led the NAACP in the 1920s and wrote "Lift Every Voice and Sing", known today as the "Black National Anthem." Who am I?
James Weldon Johnson
National Urban League
Known as the "Father of Black History," I started National Negro History week, emphasizing the importance of Black people (and all Americans) learning African American History. Who am I?
Carter Woodson