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Who was the first African American President of the US?
President Barack Obama
What was the Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of people, African American as well as white, offering shelter and aid to escaped enslaved people from the South.
What crop first created a demand for slave labor in America?
Cotton
Why is February the celebration month for Black History?
Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery, before and during the Civil War
Which city widely acknowledged is known as the birthplace of Hip Hop?
The Bronx
Which African American was known for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus?
Rosa Parks
What was the date that Dr. King was assassinated?
April 4, 1968
Who is the most Grammy-nominated artist in the history of the awards with 76 nominations and 26 awards?
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delightt Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer.
What is an abolitionist?
a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
Where was Muhammad Ali born?
Louisville, KY
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
What was the largest Civil Rights protest in America, and in what year?
The March on Washington, 1963
The March on Washington was a massive protest march that occurred in August 1963, when some 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Also known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the event aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation. It was also the occasion of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s now-iconic “I Have A Dream” speech.
At its height, what was the slave population in the U.S.?
About 4 million
According to the 1860 census tables found on S. Augustus, Mitchell’s 1861 Map of the United States… the population of the United States was 31,429,891 million, an increase of 8,239, 016 as recorded in the 1850 census. Of those 31 million, as also reported on the tables accompanying the map, 3,952, 838 were slaves.
What Supreme Court ruling said that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?
Bonus for 200pts.- What year?
Brown vs. Board of Education
On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional.
Who was the father of black history?
Carter G. Woodson
Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, distinguished Black author, editor, publisher, and historian (December 1875 – April 1950). Carter G. Woodson believed that Blacks should know their past in order to participate intelligently in the affairs in our country. He strongly believed that Black history – which others have tried so diligently to erase – is a firm foundation for young Black Americans to build on in order to become productive citizens of our society.
Who was the Supreme Court's first African American justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Known as “Mr. Civil Rights,” Marshall was one of the architects of the civil rights movement—a passionately progressive attorney who helped end school segregation.
What year was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?
Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States and provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.".
What group launched the Freedom rides in 1961?
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions Morgan v. Virginia (1946) and Boynton v. Virginia (1960), which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional.[3] The Southern states had ignored the rulings and the federal government did nothing to enforce them. The first Freedom Ride left Washington, D.C. on May 4, 1961,[4] and was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on May 17.[5]
With the Fifteenth Amendment ratification in 1870, what did African Americans gain in the U.S.?
The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What was Muhammad Ali's original name?
Cassius Clay
Which young boy was murdered for accusations of offending a white woman in 1955?
Emmett Till
Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955) was a 14-year-old African American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family's grocery store.
First African American woman to go into space, and what year?
In 1992, Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to travel in space.
Who was the First African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Ralph Bunche
Who were the first group of students that integrated a high school located in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957?
The "Little Rock Nine," as the nine teens came to be known, were to be the first African American students to enter Little Rock's Central High School.
Where was Malcolm X killed?
Audubon Ballroom
Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement. He is best known for his time spent as a vocal spokesman for the Nation of Islam.