History
Notable Phillips Alumni
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Phillips Principals & Teachers
100

What year was Wendell Phillips founded?

What is 1904

100

This Chicago Historian and Author marched with Martin Luther King and lived to be 102 years old

Who is Timuel Black

100

The two years Wendell Phillips Basketball won the State Championship for Illinois

What are 1975 and 2024

100

This club creates the Souvenir Book with all student pictures and activities 

What is 'The Yearbook Club'

100

Taught African American History at Phillips

Who is 'Mr. Scott'?

200

What were the original colors for Wendell Phillips before the fire?

What is Red and Black

200

This incredible singer sang 'Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire'

Who is Nat King Cole

200

The years the Phillips Football Team won the State Championship

What is 2015 and 2017

200

This group wears uniforms like the military and undergoes extensive training

What is 'ROTC'?

200

Our Truant Officer at Phillips and disciplinarian

Who is 'Mr. Golden'?

300

True or False:  Wendell Phillips opened as a predominantly white school?

What is True

300

This wildcat was Florence on the Jeffersons, and received her honor on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last year

Who is Marla Gibbs

300

The famous basketball team that came out of Phillips and were originally called the 'Savoy Big Five'

Who are the Harlem Globetrotters

300

The Society of high achievers

What is 'The National Honor Society'?

300
Taught English and Literature, and assigned students to read classics such as 'The Tale of Two Cities'

Who is Mr. Lovelace? 

400

Wendell Phillips was designated what on May 7, 2003

What is a Landmark

400

This teacher later became a counselor, the first woman and black to lead Driver's Ed, and taught Modern Dance

Who is Loretta Martin Muhammed

400

The 1975 Phillips Basketball Champ seen handing the Net and Trophy to Coach Paris.

Who is Marty 'Joe-Joe' Murray

400

This occurred in the 1970's in the lunchroom and the students had to duck underneath the tables

What is 'A Food Fight'?

400

Current Principal at Wendell Phillips

Who is 'Rashad Talley'?

500

Wendell Phillips was an abolitionist and the Leader of this American Society

What is 'Anti-Slavery'

500

This 1981 graduate was just promoted to Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard by Governor Pritzer

Who is Major General Rodney Boyd

500

The athletic team who practiced on the third floor of Phillips after 9th period

What is the Track Team

500

This group shares student concerns with school administrators and is set up like the government

What is 'The Student Council'?

500

The principal from 1975 - 1990

Who is Ernestine D. Curry?

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