African American Athletes
First African American woman to win a Grand Slam title
Who is Althea Gibson?
The timeframe of the Civil Rights Movement
What is 1954 - 1968?
Association for the Study of African American Life and History
What is ASALH?
President Lydon B. Johnson signed
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
What is NAACP?
Professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era
Who is Jackie Robinson?
African American students enrolled in high school in 1957
What is Little Rock Nine?
______ created the first Negro History Week.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
In 1870, the ________ prohibited states from denying a male citizen the right to vote based on “race, color or previous condition of servitude.”
What is the 15th Amendment?
American businessman and former professional basketball player
Who is Michael Jordan?
American sprinter, who became a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961
What is Freedom Rides?
February was chosen as Black History Month for
What is tradition and reform?
Black people, whose population suffered a high rate of illiteracy due to centuries of oppression and poverty, often would be forced to take
What is Literacy tests?
American professional boxer and activist
Who is Muhammad Ali?
American professional basketball player who played as a center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association
Who is Bill Russel?
Series of violent confrontations between the city police and residents of Watts and other predominantly African American neighborhoods of Los Angeles began on August 11, 1965
What is Watt's Riot?
Announcement of Negro History Week
What is February 1926?
at the time of the passage of the Voting Rights Act, there were __________ members of the U.S. House of Representatives and no Black people in the U.S. Senate.
What is six African American?
It was there to abolish legalized segregation
What is Civil Rights Movement?
American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games
Who is Jesse Owens?
1. Restore voting rights.2. End discrimination in housing, education, and employment. 3. Overturn segregation laws in southern states.
What is goals?
Negro History and Literature Week were renamed to
What is Negro Achievement Week?
Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the presidency in ________
What is November 1963?
In 2013, several states began enacting laws limiting voter access, including _________, ________, and _______
BONUS POINTS!
ID requirements, limits on early voting, mail-in voting