Education
The landmark Supreme Court case that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional was:
1954 Brown v. Board of Education
Who conducted nonconsensual, painful surgeries on enslaved black women without using anesthesia, which sought to address the occurrence of vesicovaginal fistulas?
James Marion Sims
Name at least two strategies - during the 20th century - that prevented African Americans from voting.
1. Intimidation, economic retaliation, and violence
2. "Poll taxes" that many people could not afford.
3. Legal devices like the "grandfather clause"
4. Literacy tests
T/F: Jackie Shane was nominated for a Grammy for her live album “Any Other Way”
True
What do the following acronyms stand for: NAACP, SNCC, CORE, SCLC
1. National association for the advancement of colored people.
2. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
3. Congress of Racial Equality
4. Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Which member of the Little Rock Nine was alone on the first day, September 4th, 1957, of attempting to desegregate Little Rock Central High School?
Elizabeth Eckford
Among developed countries, which country has the highest maternal mortality rate?
The United States - 17 maternal deaths for every 100,00 live births (Common health) and among black women in the U.S. it stands at nearly 50 deaths per 100,000 live births (CDC).
What was the Mile 16 marker for the march from Selma to Montgomery?
Lowndes County
who was known as the "father of the blues"
W.C. Handy - brought the music of rural Southern Blacks into the mainstream by copyrighting old songs and writing new songs, spurring the blues into the mainstream of popular music during the 1910s and 20s.
Who was the youngest freedom rider from CORE and what was the goal of the freedom riders?
1. Mr. Charles Person
2. The freedom riders were trying to enforce the Supreme Court's 1960 Boynton v. Virginia ruling, which made segregation on public buses and transportation unconstitutional.
What was a response to the desegregation of public schools in Little Rock Arkansas?
- Closure of schools
- Threatening parents with loss of job
- Ascendence of private schools
What are the names of the mothers of Gynecology?
Betsy, Lucy, Anarcha
Who were the 3 martyrs we talked about when learning about the March from Selma to Montgomery?
Jimmie Lee Jackson, Reverend James Reeb, and Viola Liuzzo
Who sang 'Strange Fruit', a song that protests the lynching of Black Americans with lyrics that compare the victims to the fruits that hang from trees?
Billie Holiday
What year was the Emmett Till Anti-lynching act signed into law?
2022, March 29
In what state did African Americans first win a school desegregation court case?
Iowa
1868 Clark v. Board of Directors - Susan Clark, a 12-year-old African American, was prohibited from going to her Muscatine neighborhood because it was for whites only. The Iowa SC determined that racial segregation was unconstitutional.
How many states adopted eugenic sterilization laws?
31
Who was the youngest foot soldier to March the entire way from Selma to Montgomery?
Linda Blackman Lowery - She turned 15 on the road!
Which artists originally performed 'Hound Dog'?
Big Mama Thornton
This woman fought for racial Justice and human and women's rights. In 1884 she was arrested for not giving up her seat on a railroad car. After suing and winning her case in the local courts but was overturned later on appeal. She also led an anti-lynching crusade and became a renowned journalist and orator in Memphis, TN.
Ida B. Wells
Before Brown v. Board of Education, what legal suit deemed that all non-white individuals were classified as "colored"?
1927 Gong Lum v. Rice: The MS Supreme Court stated that because she was of the "Mongolian or yellow race," she was barred from attending the all-white school.
What is an Appendectomy?
doctors would perform sterilization on a woman without consent, without knowledge, and most commonly without even telling her afterward. Many times these procedures would be done under the guise of the patient requiring the removal of an ovarian cyst, their appendix (hence the term Mississippi Appendectomy),
What act did the 3 marches from Selma to Montgomery contribute towards?
Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibited racial discrimination in voting.
Who was the record producer and founder of Sun Records in Memphis that said, "I always said that if I could find a white man who had the negro sound and feel, I'd make a million dollars."
Sam Phillips
Finish the phrase... "Movements for social change are like jigsaw puzzles. Everyone is a piece. If your piece is missing, the picture is not complete. Why?"
"Because you're the most important piece."