James Meredith
Gordon Parks
Unita Blackwell
Fannie Lou Hammer
Ruby Bridges
100

What was the name of the first black student admitted and enrolled at the university?

James Meredith 

100

Who taught Parks how to use a camera?

Himself

100

Where was Unita Blackwell from?

Mayersville Mississippi

100

What type of bank did Hamer start?

Pig Bank

100

What year was Ruby Bridges born?

1954

200

What was the name of the organization that helped James Meredith, and also many other black freedom fighters? 

NAACP

200

Finish the quote

"I saw that the camera could be a weapon against...."

poverty, racism, all sorts of social wrongs

200

Where did she go to school? Why?

She went to school in (Helena) Arkansas because there weren't a lot of educational opportunities.
200

She was the only plantation worker who could do what?

Read and write

200

How many children passed the test required to go to the all-white school?

6

300

What University did James Meredith want to go to? 

(Ole Miss) University of Mississippi 

300

What fellowship did Parks win in 1942?

Rosenwald

300

What organization did she work with?

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

300

What did Hamer help organize?

Freedom summer

300

What year and day did Ruby Bridges attend Frankz School?

November 14, 1960

400

How many times did James Meredith apply for The university before he was admitted?

One 

400

Which freedom fighter did Parks write a ballet for?

Martin Luther King

400

What did she do with her parents when she was younger?

She chopped cotton

400

What happened to Hamer in the Winona jailhouse?

She was severely beaten

400

What foundation did she start and how did it help others?

Ruby Bridges Education Foundation to assist needy students.

500

Why did James Meredith decide that he wanted to go to the University of Mississippi?

He was motivated by his doctor's visit when he saw a picture of a white doctor on the wall. 

500

What two films did he write and direct?

The Learning Tree and The Shaft

500

When she grew up what did she do?

She became the 1st black mayor and helped better her community

500

Without her consent, a white doctor performed surgery on Hamer which cause her to what?

Not be able to have children

500

What crisis did Ruby Bridges and her family go through? 

Her brother died