Jazz
What is the first song we heard called?
Sandu - Clifford Brown
This Civil Rights Icon has a birthday on January 15th, even though we celebrate him on the third Monday in January?
Martin Luther King Jr.
How might Freedom Songs be an effective non violent tactic to challenge segregation?
empowering participants, fostering unity, communication messages of defiance
What is segregation?
To be apart; seperate
Who invented the horse shoe?
Oscar E Brown
What song did Benny Golson compose?
A. Stablemates
B. A night in Tunisia
C. Sandu
A. Stablemates
Who triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system in 1955 by refusing to give up their seat to a white passenger on a bus?
In what ways did music unite and uplift activists during marches or in jail?
singing songs provided a rhythm to pass time, maintain morale and transform oppressive spaces into an enduring image of courage
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Achievement of colored people
Who invented peanut butter?
George Washington Carver
What Jazz club was Thelonious Monk the house pianist for?
Minton's
Their goal was to force the integration of interstate travel facilities
Freedom riders
Name 2 Freedom Songs
We shall overcome
Aint gonna let nobody turn me round
Oh Freedom
This little light of mine
Keep your eyes on the prize
If you miss me from the back of the bus
What US President first officially tried to help the struggles of African Americans?
Abraham Lincoln
What is the name of the 14 year old boy from Chicago who was murdered for talking to a white woman? The photo of his corpse was published and shocked Americans into fighting for civil rights
Emmett Till
What instrument does Grant Green play?
Guitar
Jim Crow laws were put into place to?
To keep African Americans from getting their full equality
Who recorded the anthem "A change is gonna come"
Sam Cooke
Who was the first black supreme court justice and attorney who argued Brown v. Board of Education
Thurgood Marshall
What United States President signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Lyndon B Johnson
What song was released 8 days prior to the attack of Miles Davis?
Kind of Blue (1959)
Literacy tests, poll taxes and the grandfather clause was put into place to?
Prevent African Americans from voting
Who is the "Queen of Gospel" that sang at the march on washington and used her voice to support rallies and was a close friend of Martin Luther King Jr.
Mahalia Jackson
Who led the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School
Daisy Bates - President of the Arkansas NAACP, chief organizer and mentor for the "little rock nine", nine black students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957 following Brown v. Board
Who was the pastor of Greater New Light Baptist Church in Cincinnati and played a pivotal role in the Civil rights movement?
Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth - Born in Alabama, established the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights challenging segregation laws in Birmingham, whose home was later blown up on Christmas night by the KKK. He led a rally the very next day. Was later beaten by police for trying to enroll his daughter (Ruby Bester) in and all white school.
He also assisted the Congress on Racial Equality in organizing the Freedom Rides