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This early 20th-century Black newspaper, founded in Chicago in 1905, published anti-lynching editorials and job advertisements that encouraged Southern Black families to relocate north during World War I labor shortages. Identify the founder of this publication and the year it was established.
Robert Sengstacke Abbott, 1905
This cultural movement centered in Harlem during the 1920s and early 1930s promoted the “New Negro” identity and was influenced by Alain Locke’s 1925 anthology. Identify the movement and the key philosopher associated with it.
Harlem Renaissance, Alain Locke
This publishing effort by Hugo Green began in 1936 and provided a guide for Black travelers navigating segregation through listings of safe businesses. Identify the name of this publication and its first year of release.
The Negro Motorist Green Book, 1936
This Black-owned newspaper widely circulated migration information, including train schedules and job listings, particularly between 1916 and 1919. Identify the publication and the city where it was headquartered.
Chicago Defender, Chicago
This 1896 Supreme Court decision upheld segregation under the doctrine “separate but equal.” Identify the case and the year it was decided.
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
This large-scale demographic movement occurred in two major waves between 1910–1930 and 1940–1970 and involved more than six million Black Americans relocating from the rural South to industrial cities. Identify this migration and the approximate number of participants.
This poet, a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance, published The Weary Blues in 1926 and became known for portraying Black life in America. Identify him and the year of that publication.
Langston Hughes, 1926
This violent event, which occurred on May 31–June 1, 1921, destroyed a thriving Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Identify the event and the nickname of the community.
Tulsa Race Massacre, Black Wall Street
This social migration pattern describes how individuals followed established community networks when relocating to new cities for employment opportunities. Identify this concept.
Chain migration
This landmark Supreme Court case, decided on May 17, 1954, overturned segregation in public education. Identify the case and the NAACP lawyer who argued it.
Brown v. Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall
During World War I (1914–1918, U.S. entry 1917), Northern industries recruited Black workers to fill labor shortages. Identify the war and the year the United States officially entered it.
World War I, 1917
This jazz musician and bandleader became a defining figure of Harlem Renaissance music during the 1920s at venues such as the Cotton Club. Identify him and his musical genre.
Duke Ellington, jazz
These laws, enacted in 1865–1866 following the Civil War, restricted the freedom and labor of newly emancipated Black Americans. Identify the laws and the period they followed.
These activists rode interstate buses in 1961 to challenge segregation following the ruling 1960. Identify the group and the Supreme Court case.
Freedom Riders, Boynton v. Virginia
This protest began on December 5, 1955, after Rosa Parks’ arrest and lasted 381 days until December 20, 1956, challenging bus segregation. Identify the protest and the Supreme Court decision that ended it.
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Browder v. Gayle (1956)
This Black infantry regiment, nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters, served under French command during World War I and earned the Croix de Guerre. Identify the regiment by its official number designation.
369th Infantry Regiment
During World War II, this federal executive order, signed in 1941, prohibited racial discrimination in defense industries and led to the creation of the Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC). Identify the president who issued it and the order number.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order 8802
This clause in the 13th Amendment, ratified in 1865, allows involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime. Identify the amendment and the clause’s implication.
13th Amendment, exception clause allowing prison labor
This civil rights leader and founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party testified at the 1964 Democratic Convention. Identify her and the year of her testimony.
Fannie Lou Hamer, 1964
Signed into law on July 2, 1964 this legislation outlawed segregation in public accommodations. Identify the law and the president who signed it.
Civil Rights Act of 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson
This president, who served from 1913 to 1921, implemented policies that segregated federal workplaces, including separate restrooms and office spaces. Identify him and his years in office.
Woodrow Wilson, 1913–1921
These institutions, established primarily after the Civil War and expanded under an Act of 1890, provided higher education to Black students. Identify them and the act.
HBCUs, Second Morrill Act of 1890
This federal law, passed in 1968 following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., banned discrimination in housing. Identify the law and the year it was enacted.
Fair Housing Act, 1968
This constitutional amendment, ratified in 1868, guarantees equal protection under the law and was central to civil rights litigation. Identify the amendment and its year of ratification.
14th Amendment, 1868
This law, passed on August 6, 1965, eliminated literacy tests and strengthened enforcement of the ____Amendment. Identify the law and the amendment it enforced.
Voting Rights Act of 1965, 15th Amendment