NAACP History
ACT-SO: Youth Achievement
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Past ACT-SO Participants
Black Excellence
100
Founded in 1909, this organization is America's oldest civil rights group.
What is the NAACP?
100
The ACT-SO program recognizes excellence in students of this educational level.
What is high school?
100
This minister and activist gave the “I Have a Dream” speech during the 1963 March on Washington.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
100
He was married to reality tv star Kim Kardashian
Who is Kanye West?
100
This billionaire media mogul and philanthropist started as a news anchor.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
200
The NAACP was formed in response to these violent, racially motivated attacks that surged in the early 20th century.
What are lynchings?
200
ACT-SO participants can choose from over 30 categories in STEM, humanities, performing arts, business, and this hands-on field.
What is culinary arts?
200
Known for refusing to give up her bus seat, she helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
200
He starred as Junior's father on the tv show "Blackish".
Who is Anthony Anderson?
200
This musical genius composed "Purple Rain" and inspired generations of artists.
Who is Prince?
300
This famous 1954 Supreme Court case, backed by the NAACP, ended racial segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
300
Winning ACT-SO students at the local level advance to this national-level event.
What is the National ACT-SO Competition?
300
Malcolm X was a powerful leader who advocated for Black empowerment and this human right.
What is self-determination (or human rights)?
300
She gained further recognition with her role in the 1996 film "The Nutty Professor" alongside Eddie Murphy.
Who is Jada Pinkett Smith?
300
Mae Jemison broke barriers by becoming the first African American woman to do this.
What is travel to space?
400
She was the first female chair of the NAACP, a lifelong educator, and a civil rights pioneer.
Who is Myrlie Evers-Williams?
400
This “S” in ACT-SO stands for a field of innovation and invention.
What is Scientific (or Science)?
400
She co-founded the NAACP and was known for her powerful journalism and anti-lynching activism.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
400
Known for singing "If I Ain't Got You"
Who is Alicia Keys?
400
This inventor created the three-light traffic signal and improved gas masks.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
500
The NAACP’s original name included this word that described people of African descent.
What is "Colored"?
500
The ACT-SO motto is: "______, Achieve, and Lead."
What is Compete?
500
This 14-year-old’s brutal murder in 1955 became a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Emmett Till?
500
He was the director of this iconic 1991 film about a young man named Tre living in the tough streets of South Central Los Angeles.
Who is John Singleton?
500
In 2009, she became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?