Historical Figures
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Civil Rights Movement
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Black Culture
200
The first Black professional baseball player.
Jackie Robinson
200
When were hair discrimination laws first introduced and why? (Hint it is recent)
2019 in California due to black hairstyles being deemed unprofessional and distracting in schools and at jobs.
200
What event sparked the Civil Rights Movement? (There are two possible answers)
The Montogomery Bus Boycott in 1955 or Brown v Board of Education in 1954
200
Name the first Black U.S. president and Vice President.
Barack Obama and Kamala Harris
200
List 3 items you may find on a soul food menu.
Collard greens, sweet potato pie, fried chicken or fish, cornbread, baked mac and cheese, etc.
400
Name the escaped slave who became an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and leader.
Frederick Douglass
400
Name a program that the Black Panther Party established that still exists nationwide.
Free Breakfast Programs for students.
400
Describe the Sit-In Movement and what group contributed to the movement.
Black college students went to whites-only diners and sat at lunch counters to peacefully protest starting in 1960.
400
Name the oldest Black female Greek organization?
Alpha Kapa Alpha
400
Name 3 race-related movies that are actually “White Savior” movies and tell us what makes them collectively problematic.
Possible answers; The Blind Side, The Help, Freedom Writers, To Kill a Mockingbird, Hidden Figures, Radio, etc.
600
Name the Black singer that is known for the 1939 song “Strange Fruit” that protested the lynching of black Americans
Billie Holiday
600
Describe the War on Drugs and how it has impacted (and continues to impact) the black community today.
The War on Drugs was established by the Nixon Administration in the early 70s. The Nixon administration wanted to associate the antiwar hippies with marijuana and black people with heroin and crack...
600
Where was MLK assassinated?
Memphis, TN
600
Name the Black musician whose music video was the first to appear on MTV by a Black artist
Michael Jackson
600
Name 2 Black musicians or groups from the 60’s and at least one song they produced.
The Supremes – Stop in the name of love, Aretha Franklin – Respect, The Temptations - My Girl, Jimi Hendrix, Diana Ross, Ike Turner, Louis Armstrong, etc.
800
The first black Olympic athlete that won 4 medals in a single Olympiad
Who is Jesse Owens?
800
Explain why US cities remain segregated.
Redlining
800
Which president sent Federal Marshals to protect the Freedom Riders during a siege in Montgomery, AL?
John F. Kennedy
800
Who was the first Black Billionaire?
Oprah Winfrey
800
Name 3 things rooted in the appropriation of Black culture.
AVEE (African American English Vernacular) aka “internet slang,” street wear- bucket hats, hoop earrings, Hairstyles with styled baby hairs or box braids, Tanning (to the point of blackfishing). Ex: Nikita Dragon
1000
Who was Marsha P. Johnson?
Marsha was an outspoken and fearless trans woman who played a vital part in the fight for civil rights for the LGBT community in New York. She was known as the patron at Stonewall Inn who initiated resistance on the night the police raided the bar.
1000
What year was the ban on interracial marriage overturned in the U.S?
1967
1000
What were some of Malcolm X’s ideas?
He argued for black power, black self-defense, and black economic autonomy, and encouraged racial pride
1000
When was the NAACP established?
February 12, 1909
1000
Name the person that created what we presently know as Black History Month.
Carter G. Woodson