MISSISSIPPI
What is the capital of Mississippi that also has the largest black population in the state?
Jackson, Mississippi.
Who was the first black president of the United States?
Barack Obama
What percentage of the United States identifies as Black or African American?
13.5% of the total population
Who was the first black person to attend the University of Mississippi?
James Meredith
In the movie Friday, what does Craig's father tell him to pour on his cereal?
BONUS 100 points: How much does Ezal want for slipping in the store?
Water
150 thousand dollars
What crop did many Black families in the Mississippi Delta historically work on, especially during the era of sharecropping?
Cotton
HINT: "I Have a Dream"
Martin Luther King Jr.
What movement began in the 2010s to bring attention to violence and discrimination against Black people?
Black Lives Matter
What is the name of the Black student organization at Ole Miss that works to celebrate Black culture, history, and community on campus? BONUS: In what year was it founded on this campus?
Black Student Union (BSU), 1968
What is the main Black cookout song everyone knows?
Before I Let Go by Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
What Mississippi city is known as the "Birthplace of Blues"?
Clarksdale, Mississippi
Which Black woman became the first self-made female millionaire in the U.S., founding a haircare empire in the early 1900s?
Madam C.J. Walker
What major music genre created by Black Americans became one of the most influential forms of music worldwide?
Hip-hop
What year did Ole Miss become integrated?
Where on your body is your kitchen located?
The back of your neck
When did Mississippi fully and officially complete the legal abolition of slavery
February 7, 2013
What black scientist became famous for finding hundreds of uses for the peanut?
What Black American gymnast became the most decorated gymnast in World Championships history and is known for performing several skills that are named after her?
Simone Biles
The historical figure, a plantation owner associated with the antebellum South, and a former Ole Miss Mascot, was who?
Colonel Reb
What does NAACP stand for
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi, this journalist and activist became known for speaking out against lynching and helped found the NAACP. Who was she?
Ida B. Wells
What Black woman became known as the “Moses of her people” because she repeatedly risked her life to help enslaved people escape?
Harriet Tubman
Are people still fighting for civil rights today? Give one example of a modern case or movement that focuses on racial equality.
Yes, anything including the Black Lives Matter movement, cases involving racial discrimination, voting rights cases, or protests against racial injustice.
What group of Black students was arrested in 1961 after staging a sit-in at the University of Mississippi to protest segregation? Where did they protest? (100 bonus points if you can name one of them)
The Ole Miss Eight outside of the Fulton Chapel:
Finish this phrase: God is good....
All the time & all the time God is good.