Charlotte History
The royal title of who the city of Charlotte is named after.
Who is William Henry Belk?
The man who fought for the labor rights of farmers on the west coast. (Hint: Obama used his slogan during his presidential campaign)
Who is Cesar Chavez?
The original mascot of West Meck.
What is Indians?
What is a tekhen?
The year Harding University HS was desegregated
What is 1957?
When students organized protests in East LA as a call for civil rights and better access to educational resources.
What were the LA Walkouts?
The last Black HS in Charlotte
What is West Charlotte HS?
The concept of Zombies came from this country.
What is Haiti?
The religious wars during the Middle Ages
What is the Crusades?
This region was named after an owner of a plantation and a confederate solider.
Who is Colonel William Myers?
This museum/Hall of Fame sits on the land of the first library for Black Charlotteans
1917, when American health officials in El Paso, Texas launched a campaign to use toxic chemicals to disinfect immigrants who worked past the US-Mexico border.
What were gasoline baths?
The Black neighborhood that was destoryed for the creation of I-77 and the Bank of America stadium
What is Brooklyn Village?
What is California?
What is Sirius?
The year West Meck was founded.
What is 1951?
What is the Bank of America stadium?
Sylvia Mendez, a 9 year-old American girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent, was the main figure in the landmark 1946 Mendez v. Westminster case that led to the desegregation of California schools and paved the way for integration—8 years prior to this case.
What is Brown v. Board?
The exclusion of dark skinned Black people from functions, social clubs, churches etc through a "test"
What is the Brown Paper Bag test?
Who are the Twa/Pygmies'?
The document that Natives put their name on to receive government benefits
What is the Dawes Rolls?
This college started off as a womens only college.
What is Queens University?
This city was a planned utopia for Black capitalism but it is now a ghost town.
What is Soul City, NC?
Who is Joaquin Murrieta?
5 Greek gods
What is the Nile Valley Civilization?