Miscellaneous
Quotes and Movies, TV
NAACP/Urban League
BC Area History
Hidden Figures
100
What does the term manumission refer to?
The legal freeing of slaves
100
What do the letters for the network BET stand for?
Black Entertainment Television
100
Who was the first officer of the NAACP?
W.E.B. DuBois
100
How long did Sojourner Truth live in Battle Creek?
27 years
100
In 1916, Garrett Morgan made national news for using a gas mask he had invented to rescue several men trapped during an underground tunnel explosion beneath Lake Erie. What other notable invention is he known for creating that granted him a patent on November 20, 1923?
The Traffic Signal
200
What two states opposed the fugitive slave law of 1850 and granted citizenship to blacks?
Maine and New Hampshire
200
What shoe was a spin-off of The Cosby Show and took place on a college campus?
A Different World
200
The ACLU was founded to champion basic rights set forth in the US constitution. What does ACLU mean?
American Civil Liberties Union
200
Who is the Valentine Center Bldg. in Irving Park named after?
Clark Valentine
200
Michael Jackson was one of the most popular entertainers in the world. But, he was also an inventor who co-invented this device for which he was granted a paten on October 26, 1993.
A system for allowing a shoe wearer to lean forwardly beyond his center of gravity.
300
The million man march took place in 1995 in Washing DC, what was the goal?
To present unity and solidarity and make bonding as models for young black men.
300
The Jefferson's television show had two Black movie performers. Name them.
Isabel Stanford and Marla Gibbs
300
What is the holiday celebrated today marking the day slaves learned about the Emancipation Proclamation?
Juneteenth
300
In what year was Charles W. Jones elected to Albion's City Council Board?
1966
300
Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard this orbiter from NASA's Space Shuttle program.
The Space Shuttle Endeavour
400
What US Supreme Court decision declared school segregation unconstitutional?
Brown versus the Board of Education
400
Who played the father in the 1970's television series Sanford and Son?
Redd Foxx
400
What is the location of the formerly known Village of Harmonia?
Fort Custer Industrial Park
400
Albert Turner Bharucha-Ried was a mathematician and theorist who published his first paper in 1945, a work on mathematical biology, when he was just 18 years old. In 1970 he was appointed Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at this Michigan University.
Wayne State University
500
In what city can you visit the Martin Luther King Junior Memorial Center?
Atlanta, Georgia
500
Who drew the tiger, "Shere Khan" and the python "Kaa" for the Disney's the Jungle Book?
Black animator Floyd Norman
500
How did Rev. Jesse Jackson's Operation PUSH pressure American businesses to hire more blacks?
By threatening Black consumer boycotts.
500
Dr. Velma Laws-Clay was the first African American woman to sit as Board Chair for two major organizations in Battle Creek at the same time. Name the organizations.
Heritage Battle Creek and the Battle Creek Community Foundation
500
This graduate of Columbia University with a master's degree in mechanical engineering began working as an intern for Xerox Corporation and nearly 30 years later in 2009, was named CEO of Xerox and the first African-American CEO of a Fortune 500 Company.
Ursula Burns
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