Early History of Slavery
During the Colonial Period, the first group of enslaved Africans arrived in America was where & when?
Virginia in 1619
Maryland in 1842
New York in 1664
What is Virginia in 1619?
An abolitionist and political activist that is best known for the Underground Railroad, helping enslaved individuals escape to freedom. Who Am I?
Frances Harper
Sarah Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Who is Harriet Tubman?
What civil rights leader co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
James Farmer
John Lewis
Ralph Abernathy
Who is John Lewis?
What was the name of the event when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus?
The March on Washington
The Civil Rights Movement
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Inventor who improved the electric lightbulb by creating a durable carbon filament?
Albert Brown
Alexander Miles
Lewis Latimer
Who is Lewis Latimer?
He believed in achieving justice & equality for African Americans through using this famous quote:
"By any means necessary.”
Marcus Garvey
Malcolm X
Minister Louis Farrakhan
Who is Malcolm X?
The name of one of the first slave ships to arrive in America was?
The White Lion
The Isabella
The Nightingale
What is White Lion in 1619?
I was the first Black American to play Major League Baseball. Who Am I?
Satchel Paige
Jackie Robinson
Josh Gibson
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Which journalist and activist led an anti-lynching crusade in the 1890s?
Mary Talbert
Ida B. Wells
Juanita Jackson
Who is Ida B. Wells?
What event in 1960 involved four black college students at a whites-only lunch counter in North Carolina?
Stonewall Riots
Greensboro Sit-ins
Civil Rights Movement
What is the Greensboro Sit-ins?
Invented the modern gas mask in 1914 and later patented and improved the traffic signal in 1923?
Albert Brown?
Garrett A. Morgan?
James Baldwin?
Who is Garrett A. Morgan?
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to Justice Everywhere” Is a quote from:
Medgar Evers
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
The name of the first Slave ship to arrive in Africa was a British ship chartered by Queen Elizabeth I in 1562 that carried 300 to 500 slaves to the Dominican Republic was called what name?
Jesus of Lübeck?
The Amistad?
The Clotilda?
What is Jesus of Lübeck?
I was the first African American Congresswoman elected to congress and made history in 1968 by being the first major-party Black candidate to run for U.S. president. Who Am I?
Shirley Chisholm
Maxine Waters
Barbara Jordan
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
The voting rights march of 1965 from Selma to Montgomery became known as?
Voting Rights Act
The Montgomery Movement
Bloody Sunday
What is Bloody Sunday?
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech during what famous event?
The March on Washington
Montgomery Bus Boycott
“Bloody Sunday”
What is the March on Washington?
This agricultural scientist developed over 300 products from peanuts, including dyes and plastics, to combat soil depletion in the South.
George Edward Alcorn
George Washington Carver
Garrett Morgan
Who is George Washington Carver?
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.“
W.E.B. Du Bois
Nelson Mandela
Booker T. Washington
Who is Nelson Mandela?
The Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, declared the freedom of all enslaved people in the Confederate states, but slaves didn’t really become free until when?
Later in 1863
August 8, 1864
June 19, 1865
What is June 19th of 1865?
I was the first African American woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Who Am I?
Bessie Coleman
Mae Jemison
Janet Bragg
Who is Bessie Coleman?
The black composer and performer of ragtime music who was born in Bowling Green’s Shake Rag community in 1865 was:
Earnest Hogan
James Holland
Carter Woodson
Who is Earnest Hogan?
When black high school students were denied access to school by the governor and violent white mobs. President Eisenhower intervened, ordering federal troops to escort and protect these students. This event was called:
The Freedom Protest
The Little Rock 9
The Student Sit-ins
What is the Little Rock 9
Which medical pioneer developed a method to process and store blood plasma, leading to the first large-scale blood banks during WWII?
Frederick Jones
Lonnie Johnson
Charles Drew
Who is Dr. Charles Drew?
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress.“
Medgar Evers
Frederick Douglass
Rosa Parks
Who is Frederick Douglass?
What amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?
The 14th Amendment
The 12th Amendment
The 13th Amendment
What is the 13th Amendment?
I was a Civil Rights Leader that founded the Black Panther Party?
Who Am I?
Huey P. Newton
Malcolm X
Fred Hampton
Who is Huey P. Newton?
What was the name of the system of laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States?
“Separate But Equal”
Jim Crow
Brown vs Board of Education
What is Jim Crow?
To challenge the non-enforcement of bus desegregation rulings, mixed racial groups traveled on buses throughout the South. This event was called,
The Bus Boycott
The Night Riders
Freedom Rides
What is the Freedom Rides?
The innovator who patented portable refrigeration for trucks in 1940, transforming food transport and military medicine?
Frederick McKinley Jones
Alexander Miles
Jan Matzeliger
Who is Frederick McKinley Jones?
If you know from whence you came, there is really no limit to where you can go.”
James Baldwin
James Meredith
Muhammad Ali
Who is James Baldwin?