Moments in Time
Kelley vs. Board of Education
1. The suit was filed to desegregate public schools in Knoxville, TN.
2. Thurgood Marshall served as one of the attorneys on the case.
3. After the schools desegregation plan was accepted by the courts and the Black students were permitted to attend classes, one of the elementary schools was bombed by a White segregationalist.
#1- The suit was filed by a group of families in Nashville, TN in an attempt to hold the schools accountable for the Brown vs. BOE ruling on 1954.
1. Tennessee State offers an aeronautical engineering program
2. Tennessee State was founded in 1912
3. The state of Tennessee has over 9 HBCU's
#3- Tennessee is home to 7 HBCU's
First Black woman elected to Congress
1. Shirley Chisholm
2. Barbara Jordan
3. Kamala Harris
#1- Shirley Chisholm served from 1969-1983
Amazing Grace, how sweet the _______
1. song
2. sound
3. strawberries
(Amazing Grace)
#2- sound
Establishing MLK Day.
1. President Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law.
2. The bill was first proposed in 1968.
3. Congressional conservatives wanted to celebrate King with this honor.
#3- Conservatives did not believe that King was deserving as this recognition as he had never held public office.
1. FAMU is built on the second highest hill in Tallahassee
2. Part of the FAMU campus is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
3. FAMU's marching band is nicknamed "The Marching 100"
#1- FAMU is built on the highest of 7 hills in the city of Tallahassee
First Black person to win an Oscar
1. Hattie McDaniel
2. Louis Gossett Jr.
3. Viola Davis
#1- Hattie McDaniel won for her role in Gone with the Wing (1939) as Best Supporting Actress.
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in his wonderful face
And the _____ __ _____ will grow strangely dim
1. crops and flowers
2. things and seed
3. things of earth
(Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus)
#3- things of earth
Freedom Summer
1. During this movement, tens of thousands of Black voters registered- dispelling the myth that Black residents were not interested in voting.
2. More than 60 churches and homes were bombed or burned in an attempt to stop the influx of voter registration.
3. In 1966, activists attempted to register as many Black voters as possible in Mississippi.
#3- Freedom Summer occurred in the year 1964.
1. The nation's first and oldest HBCU was established in Pennsylvania
2. In 1965, HBCU's were officially designated by the U.S. Department of Education
3. The first HBCU Polo Team was established at Morehouse in 2023
#3- The Morehouse Polo Team was established in 2020
First Black person to win a Nobel Peace Prize
1. Desmond Tutu
2. Martin Luther King Jr.
3. Ralph Bunche
#3- Ralph Bunche won in 1950
When through the ____ _____ I call you to go,
The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow
1. big ocean
2. deep waters
3. fast river
(How Firm A Foundation)
#2- deep waters
Start of Slavery
1. In 1619 a Dutch ship brought 20 enslaved Africans ashore to the British colony of Jamestown, Virginia thus beginning the use of Black slaves as opposed to indentured European servants.
2. An estimated 4 to 5 million enslaved people were brought to the New World during the 18th century alone.
3. In 1808, Congress outlawed the import of newly enslaved people however over the next 50 years the slave population nearly tripled.
#2- An estimated 6 to 7 million enslaved people were brought from Africa, depleting the continent of its most valuable resource- the most able-bodied men and women.
1. There are 10 HBCU's in the state of Alabama
2. Tuskegee University was founded by Booker T. Washington
3. Oakwood University was founded on a plantation by the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
#1- There are 14 HBCU's in Alabama
First Graduate University open for Blacks.
1. Atlanta University
2. Florida A & M University
3. Cheyney University
#1. Atlanta University
Oh, perfect _____, the purchase of _____,
To every believer the promise of God
1. child, life
2. savior, love
3. redemption, blood
(To God Be the Glory)
#3- redemption, blood
Ocoee Massacre
1. Largest election related massacre of the 20th century.
2. In June 2017 a historical marker honoring July Perry & others killed was placed in Heritage Square.
2. Speculations were made that riots were planned so whites could seize property of the wealthiest Blacks in town.
#2- The historical marker was added to Heritage Square in June 2019.
West Virginia State University
1. Was ranked the fourth best HBCU in 2022 in the nation
2. Is a land-grant institution
3. As of 2020, offers five doctoral programs
#3- As of 2020 WVSU does not offer any doctoral programs
First Black winner of Miss USA
1. Vanessa Williams
2. Carole Ann-Marie Gist
3. Crystle Stewart
#2- Vanessa Williams was the first to win Miss America in 1984, Gist won her crown in 190.
Holy, holy holy!
_______ ___ ______
God in three persons
Blessed Trinity!
1. Merciful and mighty
2. Lord God Almighty
3. Perfect in power
(Holy, Holy, Holy)
#1- Merciful and mighty