Civil Rights
In 1963, the KKK planted a bomb at this location and four young girls were killed, Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley
What is the 16th Street Baptist Church
Araminta Ross is the real name of this famous abolitionists
Who is Harriet Tubman
An East High School graduate wo has been serving medicine for over 25 years in family practice and affiliated with Mercy Health Youngstown/Boardman, Surgical Hospital at South Woods, and Medical Direction for Youngstown Health District.
Who is Dr. David Davis
This was the name of the disease that killed many slaves on ships
What is "the Flux"
A black civil rights leader who said "The only master race is the human race, and we are all by the grace of God, members of it."
Who is Roy Wilkins
She was a mother of 5 and a white civil rights activist who drove for 3 straight days to participate in civil rights demonstrations and was chased and killed by the Ku Klux Klan while driving demonstrators back to Selma.
Who is Viola Liuzzo
This was the region in Africa where most slaves came from.
West Africa
Graduating in 2000 from the former Woodrow Wilson High School, he coordinated the Jay-Z and Beyonce concert in Cleveland in 2008 and has been the touring music director for Beyonce since 2012.
Who is Derek Dixie
The process of capturing slaves, treating them like property and depriving them of all human dignity.
What is dehuminization
In 1968 she became the first African American woman elected to Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisolm
They were founders of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense and their principles were inspired by Malcolm X and his views.
Who were Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale
According to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade data base, this was the number of Africans enslaved in America.
What is 12.5 million
He was a 1989 East High graduate who is a professional dancer who has had tours on Broadway dancing in the Lion King and Cats. He also did tours in Europe and Australia with the show "Fame."
Who is Levensky Smith
This was the most famous ship rebellion.
What is Amistad
What famous civil rights leader said "If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl but what ever you do, you have to keep moving forward."
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
In 1954, this landmark Supreme Court case was where the justices ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools were unconstitutional.
What is the Brown vs. the Board of Education, Topeka
This state did not ratify the 13th Amendment until 1976, even though three-fourths of the U.S. states ratified it in 1865.
What is Kentucky
Attended The Rayen High School and was considered one of the most influential African Americans in Youngstown. He became the first African American to serve on the Youngstown School Board
Who is Hugh Frost
The African slave trade was based on this.
What is power and economics
Before he was elected president of the United States, Barak Obama served as a U.S. senator of which midwestern state.
What is Illinois
On March 7, 1965, state and local police used billy clubs, whips, and tear gas to attack 600 civil rights activists beginning a march from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol in Montgomery.
What is Bloody Sunday
In 1857, the Supreme Court decision ruled that no black person free or enslaved could claim U.S. citizenship.
What is Dred Scott decision
A graduate of Cardinal Money who played football for the Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, New York Jets, and San Francisco 49ers and is currently the associate head coach for the University of Kentucky
Who is Vince Marrow
What was the major reason for the flow of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.
What are economic demands of the plantation system
Juneteenth which became an official federal holiday in 2021 commemorates this.
What is the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the U.S.