BLACK HISTORY 1
What organization helps fund scholarships for 37 private historically black collages and universities?
United Negro College Fund
Dorthy Height served as president of what organization for 40-years, from 1957-1997?
National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)
What sorority dedicated to public service in the African American community was founded in 1913 at Howard University?
Delta Sigma Theta
What religious organizations helped to establish the Underground Railroads?
The Quakers
Who helped form the American Moral Reform Society, which helped blacks acquire farm land and aided runway slaves in their escape to Canada?
William S. Whipper
James Farmer, George Houser, and Bernice Fisher advocated for Civil rights through this organization founded in Chicago in 1942. What is the name of the organization.
Congress if Racial Equality (CORE)
What civil rights organization was founded on Febrpart 12,1909, on what would have been Abraham Lincoln’s 100th birthday?
National Association for the Advancement of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
In Boston, in 1900, who founded the National Negro Business League to promote interests of African American businesses?
Booker T. Washington
CORE, SCLC, and the NAACP share what common goal?
Equal rights for African Americans
Who was both president of the United Negro College Fund and CEO of the National Urban League?
Vernon Jordan, Jr.
Marion Barry, Charles F. McDrew, John Lewis, and Stokely Carmichael were taher chairman of What Civil rights organization?
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Civil rights leader Whitney Young, Jr., also served as president of what professional organization from 1969-1971?
National Association of Social Workers.
In what city was the first National Negro Convention held in September of 1830?
Philadelphia
What agency administered by the Union Army from 1865-1872, helped to protect the rights of former slaves?
The Freedmen’s Bureau
Who became the first African American member of the fraternal society called the Masons?
Prince Hall
Found in1910 and based on New York City this nonpartisan civil rights organization is the oldest and largest community-based organization of its kind in the nation. What is its name?
National Urban League
What was the name the first black Greek fraternity, founded at Cornell University in 1906?
Alpha Phi Alpha (AiA)
What was the name of the network of hiding places, which helped slaves escape to freedom?
The Underground Railroad
In 1970, who became the first African American member of the New York Stock Exchange?
Joseph L. Searles
Who served on the Board of Directors of the NAACP for 36 years?
Carl J. Murphy
Founded by Mary McLeod Bethune in 1935, this organization’s goals are to advance The opportunities and the quality of life for African American women and their communities. What is the name of this organization?
National Council of Nergo Women (NCNW)
What was the name of the first African American radio network, founded by Chicago advertiser W. Leonard Evans, Jr. in 1954?
National Negro Network
The Congressional Black Caucus was organized for what primary purpose?
To increase the political power of African Americans.
What New York library house rare collections of African American culture?
The Schomburg Center
What influential U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania resigned in September of 1991 to become executive director of the United Negro College the United Negro College Fund?
William H. GRAY III