Segration/Emancipation
What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?
Who is CORE-Congress of Racial Equality
WHO WAS THE FIRST African-American to appear on a U.S. postage stamp?
Booker T. Washington
Who said, "Yes, we can!"
Who is Barack Obama
With the 15th Amendment ratification in 1870, what did African Americans gain in the United States?
Voting Rights
Who became the first African American to graduate from Harvard University?
Richard Theodore Greener
Who is the famous leader of the abolitionist movement who uses his words and writings to express anti-slavery ideas?
Who is Frederick Douglass
Cesar Chavez created United Farm Workers Organization Committee (UFWOC) in 1996 primarily to
a) increase farm income
b) improve working conditions for migrant laborers
What is B
What was Wally Amos famous for?
What is chocolate chip cookies
Who is the first African American starting quarterback to win and make it to the Super bowl?
A.)Donald Hunt
B.) Sean Taylor
C.) Doug Williams
C- Doug Williams
The PGA was considered "Caucasian Only" until which golfer joined?
Charles Sifford
When was the Emancipation Proclamation made? A.) September of 1962
B.) October of 1962
C.) January 1, 1863
A
TRUE of FALSE. There were approximately one million slaves during the height of slavery.
What is TRUE.
Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?
Greensboro, North Carolina
Who became the first African American female billionaire in 2004?
Who is Oprah Winfrey
Sarah Goode was the first African American woman to receive a patent. What did she invent?
Folding Bed
Who is considered the "Father of Black History"?
Carter G. Woodson
What does NAACP stands for?
What is National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Who was the first African American to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Who was called the King of the Keys?
Who is Duke Ellington
What is the name of the bus driver that Rosa Parks refused to obey?
A. John B. Clark
B. Joseph Cleveland
C. James F. Blake
C
What was the First American Colony to abolish slavery?
Vermont,
Florida,
Maine
What is Vermont
What is the purpose of the March of Washington Movement which lasted from 1933-1947?
A.) To pressure the government into desegregating the armed forces and provide fair working opportunities for African American B.) To talk about economy, jobs and gun control
What is A
What year was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?
1865
Billie Holiday's life was subject of what famous movie?
What is The Lady Sings the Blues
What was the first African American owned-and-operated newspaper?
Freedom's Journal