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African Americans in Government
Civil Rights Movement
Famous African Americans
100
What name was given to the escape used by slaves in the late 1800? Answer: Harlem Renaissance
False: Underground Rail Road was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th century enslaved people of African descent in the United States in efforts to escape to free states and Canada.
100
Float like a butter fly, sting like a bee.
Muhammad Ali
100
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
100
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
100
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
200
In what landmark decision did the supreme court declare that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional? Answer: Loving vs. Virginia (1967)
True: The case was brought by Mildred Loving, a black women, and Richard Loving, a white man, who had been sentenced to a year in prison in Virginia for marrying each other.
200
I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.
Michael Jordan
200
Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford
200
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
200
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce Knowles
300
In what year was the Million Man March? Answer: 1968
False: 1995 The Million man March was a gathering of African-American men in Washington, D.C. Called by Louis Farrakhan, it was held on and round the National Mall.
300
Your voice can change the world
Barack Obama
300
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
300
Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X
300
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker
400
What singer set the 2006 Guinness World Record for the most awarded female Artist? Answer: Mariah Carey
False: Whitney Houston has been honored with several awards and accolades recognizing her worldwide success through the music and movie industries. She is the most award female recording artist of all time.
400
People just don't understand how obsessed I am with winning.
Kobe Bryant
400
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
400
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
400
Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmet Till
500
What was the name of the Abolitionist newspaper which Frederick Douglas Founded? Answer: The North Star
True: Frederick Douglas published a newspaper in Rochester, New York, called The North Star. He called it the North Star because slaves escaping at night followed the North Star in the sky towards freedom.
500
Everybody's at war with different things. I'm at war with my own heart sometimes.
Tupac Shakur
500
Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Who is BARACK OBAMA!!!!!
500
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What is the Alabama Church Bombing
500
Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?
Who is George Washington Carver
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