Black Philadelphia
The name of the ship that brought slaves to Philadelphia in 1684
What is The Isabella?
The year that the fugitive slave act was introduced
What is 1793?
The person who is the founder of Black History Month
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
The date of Mr. Moore’s birth
What is April 02, 1915?
The date the picketing began at Girard College to protest segregation.
What is May 1st 1965?
The number of captured Africans on the Isabella
What is 150?
The year that the U.S. Congress outlawed the import of African slaves
What is 1808?
The year that black history week originated
What is 1926?
The branch of military that Cecil B Moore served in.
What are the Marines?
The duration of the segregation protest at Girard college.
What is seven months, 17 days?
The number of Dutch Quaker and German Mennonite community members (in modern-day Germantown) who began plans to abolish slavery in 1688
What is 4?
The name of the act that made it legal for slave owners to retain the right to recapture enslaved people who escaped across state lines, if necessary with force
What is the fugitive slave act?
February was chosen to celebrate Black History in honor of this famous Black abolitionist’s birthday
Who was Frederick Douglass?
The group that Cecil B Moore was president of and helped to protest segregation.
What is the NAACP?
The date Dr. King visited Girard college for the protest.
What is August 3, 1965?
The exported items from Philadelphia that helped to support slavery
What are manufactured cotton items made from slave-picked cotton?
The year the emancipation proclamation was signed
What is 1863?
The name of the Black National Anthem
What is "Lift Every Voice and Sing?"
The number of members in the NAACP when Mr. Moore was president.
What is 25,000?
The year girard college desegregated was upheld as illegal.
What is 1968?
The state that enacted gradual emancipation?
What is Pennsylvania?
The year slaves in Galveston Texas learned about emancipation
What is 1865?
The year that President Gerald Ford recognized Black History Month as a national observance
What is 1976?
The former name of the street that was renamed to honor Cecil B Moore.
What is Columbia Avenue?
The goal of the protests.
What is to vocalize the wrongdoing of Girard College?