Civil Rights
What was the name of the laws that legalized segregation from the late 1870s-the 1950s?
Jim Crow Laws
Who gave the " I have a Dream" Speech?
Martin Luther King JR.
Who is most famous for creating the Hot Comb?
Madam CJ Walker
What year was the NAACP founded?
1909
Who is the most grammy nominated artist as of 2023?
Beyonce
Where in Alabama did Martin Luther King Jr. organize his march on voting rights?
Selma, Alabama
" Float Like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
Muhammad Ali
Who refused to give up their bus seat to a white male passenger in Montgomery, Alabama?
Rosa Parks, is also known as,"The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement".
What does NAACP stand for?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Who is the first black woman to own a TV studio?
Oprah Winfrey
What was the name of the first African American child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary school?
Ruby Bridges
" I know why the caged bird sings"
Mya Angelou
Who helped slaves escape their plantations to freedom as a "conductor" of the underground railroad?
Harriet Tubman, also known as " Moses of her People".
What's the name of the NAACP founder who led the Anti-lynching crusade in the 1890s
Hint: she was on the flyer!
Ida B. Wells
Who is the current Richest BLACK woman in America with a net worth of 1 Billion?
Oprah Winfrey
What Political party was founded during the civil rights movement in 1966 to protect African American neighborhoods from Police brutality?
The Black Panther Party
Who wrote the poem "I, too", in 1926?
Langston Hughes
Who is the first black American to gain a Ph.D. from Harvard University, and serves as a founding member for NAACP?
W.E.B Du Bois
Who is the President of Claflin Universities NAACP chapter?
Shakira " shae " Shirer
Who is the first black woman to appear in space?
Mae Jemison
What year was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?
1968
Who wrote the song, "Lift Every Voice and Sing", also known as the Black National Anthem?
James Weldon Johnson
Who was the first black person to be elected to the Texas Senate, and the first black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives? HINT ( her initials are BJ)
Barbara Jordan
Where is the headquarters for the NAACP? HINT ( the CIAA is held here)
Baltimore, Maryland
Who is the current richest BLACK man in America, with a net worth of 1.2 billion?
Bob Johnson