Slavery and Abolition
Civil Rights
Leaders
Music/Sports/Entertainment
Miscellaneous
100
At the height of slavery in 1860, what was the enslaved population of the United States?
a. 50,000
b. 1 million
c. 4 million
4 million
100
This Baptist minister, activist, and Nobel Peace Prize winner became the most visible spokesperson for the civil rights movement from 1954 until his assassination in 1968.
Martin Luther King Jr.
100
Husband of Michelle, attorney, author, community organizer, and the 44th president of the United States.
Barack Obama
100
Who was the first black Major League Baseball player? He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson
100
This organization began in 2013 after the death of Trayvon Martin. It is currently known as an activist movement. They protest mostly against police killings of black people and broader issues of racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality in the United States criminal justice system.
Black Lives Matter
200
Also known as "Moses", this woman was an escaped slave who became the most famous conductor of the underground railroad. She later was an activist for women's suffrage.
Harriet Tubman
200
This woman has been called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement for her activism, particularly for her role in setting off the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks
200
This American Muslim leader and activist for the rights of blacks until his assassination in 1965 once said this: "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today".
Malcolm X
200
This musician has been called the Godfather of Soul and sang songs including "Get on Up", "I Feel Good", and "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud".
James Brown
200
In 1955, this 14 year old was brutally killed in Mississippi after being accused of offending a white woman. He later became an icon of the civil rights movement.
Emmett Till
300
This anti-slavery newspaper was published by Frederick Douglass and is named for the "guiding light" that helped runaway slaves navigate to freedom. Activist Shaun King is currently working on relaunching the newspaper.
The North Star
300
This civil rights activist was the first African-American child to desegregate her all-white elementary school in New Orleans at the beginning of desegregation in Louisiana.
Ruby Bridges
300
Thurgood Marshall was a lawyer who was instrumental in school desegregation law. He later became the first African-American judge to be appointed to the _______________.
Supreme Court
300
This man was an American professional boxer, activist, entertainer and philanthropist. Nicknamed The Greatest, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated figures of the 20th century and as one of the greatest boxers of all time. His birthname was Cassius Clay.
Muhammad Ali
300
This is the name of an award-winning superhero movie but also an organization that challenged police brutality and promoted community social programs like free breakfast for children. It was most active from the late 60's to the early 80's.
Black Panther
400
On January 1, 1863, this was the speech by Abraham Lincoln granting freedom to slaves in the Confederacy.
Emancipation Proclamation
400
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial following a large protest called the "March on ____________"
March on WASHINGTON
400
This man was a famous agricultural scientist, inventor, and environmentalist. Although he might be best known by some for the work he did to expand the use of the peanut.
George Washington Carver
400
Called "The Queen of All Media", she was the richest African American in the 20th Century, even though she had been told early in her career that she did not have "the features for television".
Oprah Winfrey
400
In 1967, 4 year old Tanya Blanding was killed by gunfire in this midwestern city's riots between black residents and the police department.
Detroit
500
Which Amendment officially abolished slavery in the United States?
13th Amendment
500
In 1965, an act was signed by President Johnson to prevent racial discrimination in ____________. This way, minorities could have more access in electing political leaders.
Voting
500
Shirley Chisholm was an author, educator, and politician. She was the first black woman elected to U.S. Congress (1969-1983). She also became the first black candidate for a major party's nomination for _____________? What position did she run for in 1972?
President of the United States
500
This actor who died in January 2022 was the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Sidney Poitier
500
These type of laws enforced segregation in the South until 1965.
(Hint: It is a man's name)
Jim Crow laws
