Slavery
Harlem Renaissance
Civil Rights
African Americans in Politics
Road to African American President
100
A hiding place for slaves
What was the "Underground Railroad"?
100
Place where many black poets, writers, artists and musicians moved during the 1920's?
What is Harlem, New York?
100
A preacher who led the March on Washington, in 1963?
Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
100
Louis Farrakhan organized this march of mostly men and boys.
What is the Million Man March?
200
Codes that didn't allow black people to own land.
What were the "Black Codes"?
200
This man was considered the "Poet Laureate of Harlem"?
Who is Langston Hughes?
200
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
What is the NAACP?
200
Required governments and public institutions to hire more monorities.
What is affirmative action?
300
Time period that black slaves were brought to European colonies in the United States.
What is the 1500's to the mid 1800's?
300
A famous blues singer from the Harlem Rennaissance?
Who is Bessie Smith?
300
She was a seamstress who refused to give up her seat on the bus.
Who was Rosa Parks?
300
Ran for president in 1984 and 1988?
Who is Jesse Jackson?
300
Place where Barack Obama worked as a civil rights lawyer.
What is Chicago, Illinois?
400
This was the first state to make slavery legal.
What is Virginia?
400
Famous jazz artists from the Harlem Rennaissance?
Who is Louis Armstrong or Billie Holliday?
400
During the 1950's, black leaders began to use marches, demonstrations, and the courts to defeat racist laws.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
400
Nation's first black U.S. senator.
Who was Hiram Revels?
400
The first African American president of the United States.
Who is President Barack Obama?
500
Estabilished in 1865 to help slaves resettle into life.
What is the Freedmans Bureau?
500
The 1920's.
What was the decade of the Harlem Renaissance?
500
Spoke about the unfair treatment of black and encouraged them to use "any means necessary", including the use of violence, to fight for equality.
Who is Malcolm X?
500
First African American female Secretary of State.
Who is Condoleeza Rice?
500
A competitor thought to have little chance of winning a fight or contest.
What is an "underdog"?
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