Important People
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks?
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman?
A civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey and Ida B. Wells.
What is the NAACP?
1000 POINT BONUS.
What was the name of the owner of the Dodgers, who recruited Jackie Robinson?
He told Jackie, "I don't need a player who has the guts to fight back. I need a player who doesn't have the guts to fight back."
Who is Branch Rickey?
What was the name of the movie that told the lives of three African-American women who worked for NASA?
What is Hidden Figures?
What was the name of the slave who mailed himself to freedom?
Who is Henry "Box" Brown?
Who said, “I have a dream that one day right there in Alabama little black boys and little black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.”
Who is Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.?
What type of protests were normally led by African-Americans?
What is a non-violent protest?
What little girl helped integrate school right here in New Orleans, Louisiana? Paving the way for future generations.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
Hint: It starred Chadwick Boseman!
What is Black Panther?
What leader freed slaves and led them up north to freedom?
HINT: She used the "Underground Railroad" and they called her Moses!
Who is Harriet Tubman?
What basketball player we learned about, said "Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise."
Who is Kobe Bryant?
Fill in the blanks.
African-Americans were upset about seating on the bus. To show their anger and make change, they ______ the buses, walking, until a change was made.
What is Boycotted?
Who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama for her contributions to NASA?
HINT: She was a brilliant mathematician!
Who is Katherine Johnson?
Who kneeled to protest police brutality and mistreatment of minorities? Potentially blackballing him from the NFL.
Who is Colin Kaepernick?
What group rallied against police brutality and equal rights for minorities?
HINT: They wore black pants, black leather jackets, and black berets.
Who is the Black Panther Party?
DAILY DOUBLE
What basketball player said, "I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
Who is Michael Jordan?
What is an Example of a Jim Crow Law?
Common Jim Crow laws included literary tests, poll taxes, and the grandfather clause, which were all restrictions on voting meant to keep black men from casting a ballot. Bans on interracial marriage and separation between races in public and places of business were also common parts of Jim Crow.
Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Who is Barack Obama?
Double POINTS!
Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmett Till?
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 Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.?
Who's last words were, "I go to prepare a place for you."
Who is Harriet Tubman?
What group of people practiced white supremacy, lynchings, and burning crucifixes?
Who was the KKK?
What Civil Rights Activist was the first African-American inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame?
HINT: His Jersey number was retired through Major League Baseball, #42.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This basketball player did not make his High School Varsity team. Now he is a NBA Legend, with his own shoe line!
Who is Michael Jordan?