Heroic Black Figures
Name two black heroic figures:
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X
Katherine Johnson
John Lewis
Rosa Parks
Ida B. Wells
Stokely Carmichael
Etc.
Black Power began as revolutionary movement in what year?
In the 1960s & 1970s
True or False:
The three-light traffic light was invented by Garett Morgan in 1923
TRUE
True or False:
Slavery was abolished nearly a hundred years after the Declaration of Independence called for freedom and equality for all in 1776. But it took another century before landmark legislation would begin to address basic civil rights for African Americans.
True
Which city is known as the birthplace of hip hop?
The Bronx, New York
Who said, " It is easier to build stronger children than repair broken men."
A. Booker T. Washington
B. Martin Luther King, Jr.
C. Fredrick Douglass
C. Fredrick Douglass
Speaking at a rally of supporters in Greenwood, Mississippi, on June 16, ____________ (who had been released from jail that day) began leading the crowd in a chant of “We want Black Power!”.
Who popularized this phrase ?
A. MLK
B. Malcolm X
C. Stokely Carmichael
C. Stokely Carmichael
Speaking at a rally of supporters in Greenwood, Mississippi, on June 16, Carmichael (who had been released from jail that day) began leading the crowd in a chant of “We want Black Power!” The refrain stood in sharp contrast to many civil rights protests, where demonstrators commonly chanted “We want freedom!”
What did Marie Van Brittan Brown invent?
a. Mop
b. Iron Board
c. Home Security System
c. Home Security System
( all are black inventions :)
What laws were laws passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation and curtail the power of Black voters.
a. Jim Crows Law
B. Black Codes
C. Grandfather Clause
D. A & B
D. A & B
Black codes and Jim Crow laws were laws passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce racial segregation and curtail the power of Black voters.
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
A. Jackie Robinson
B. Larry Doby
C. Pumpsie Green
A. Jackie Robinson
True or False: Rosa Parks was the first to refuse to stand up?
False!
Who was the major leader of the Black Power movement?
A. Stokely Carmichael
B. Malcolm X
C. Martin Luther King
(+100 Who disapproved of this movement?)
B. Malcolm X
(+100- Martin Luther King, Jr., believed that Black Power was “essentially an emotional concept” that meant “different things to different people,” but he worried that the slogan carried “connotations of violence and separatism” and opposed its use)
Name three black inventions:
Sheet
Which Amendment abolished slavery?
A. 13th Amendment
B. 14th Amendment
C. 15th Amendment
A. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery.
The 14th Amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the US.
The 15th Amendment gave Black Americans the right to vote.
In what year was interracial marriage legalized in the U.S.?
a. 1964
b. 1952
c. 1973
d. 1967
d. 1967
In 1967 interracial marriage was legalized in the U.S.
Who helped NASA send astronauts to the moon and return them safely home?
A. Katherine Johnson
B. Ida B. Wells
C. Booker T. Washington
100+ (Name the movie inspired by this historic hidden figure)
A. Katherine Johnson
100+ Hidden Figures
What happened to James Meredith during the March Against Fear?
(+100: Who decided to continue the march in his name?)
After a white gunman shot and wounded Meredith on a rural road in Mississippi, three major civil rights leaders—Martin Luther King, Jr. of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Stokely Carmichael of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and Floyd McKissick of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) decided to continue the March Against Fear in his name.
Who was George Washington Carver?
(+100 points) Name an invention
(Dr. Carver established an agriculture extension in Alabama and founded an industrial research lab where he worked tirelessly on the development of hundreds of applications for new plants. Carver discovered more than 300 uses for peanuts and hundreds more uses for soybeans, pecans and sweet potatoes. )
Name two laws that affected African Americans.
13th, 14th, 15th Amendment
Civil Rights Act 1866, 1871, 1964, 1965, 1965
Black Codes
Jim Crow
Etc.
Why was Black History Month placed in February?
a. It was the shortest month.
b. It was close to the beginning of the new year.
c. It was the same month of the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass.
d. It was the same month as the March on Washington
Why was Black History Month placed in February?
c. It was the same month of the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass.
what was Frederick Douglass known for ?
Frederick Douglass, the father of the abolitionist movement, gave powerful speeches urging the end of enslaving people until he died on February 20, 1895. His words still inspire people today.
What impact did the Black Power Movement have on U.S. history?
The Black power movement empowered generations of Black organizers and leaders, giving them new figures to look up to and a new way to think of systemic racism in the U.S. The raised fist that became a symbol of Black power in the 1960s is one of the main symbols of today’s Black Lives Matter movement.
What part of the elevator was invented by Alexander Miles in 1887?
Automatic Elevator Doors
Black codes and Jim Crow laws were laws passed at different periods in the southern United States to enforce what?
Racial segregation and curtail the power of Black voters.
What travel guide did African American’s use, with publishing between 1936-1966?
a. The Travel Expo
b. The Green Book
c. The Blue Book
d. The Colored Travelers Guide
b. The Green Book