BLACK ACTIVISTS
The civil rights leader who recited the "I Have a Dream" speech.
Who is Dr. King?
She led the underground railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The lead female actress in the movie Baby Boy?
Who is Taraji P. Henson?
The first African American President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
The official name for AASO.
What is The Afro-American Student Organization?
African American woman that refused to give up her seat on the back of a bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
The amendment to the U.S. Constitution that gurantees due process and equal protection rights to all citizens.
What is the 14th Amendment?
The lead actor in the movie Lean on Me?
Who is Morgan Freeman?
The African American civil rights activist that helped with the Trayvon Martin case.
Who is Rev. Al Sharpton?
There are --- organizations housed under the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) here at the University of Southern Mississippi.
What is 9?
He was the first to create the traffic light.
Who is Gary Morgan?
This is where the city-wide boycott of bus systems originated after Rosa Parks arrest and her refusal to move to the back of the bus.
Where is Montgomery, AL?
The famous Disney musical group named after a mammal.
Who is the Cheetah Girls?
The first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The student organization on campus that is nationally known.
What is NAACP?
The first wealthiest, African American businesswoman.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
The civil rights activist's name-change after his original name Malcolm X.
Who is Malik El-Shabazz?
The lead actor and actress in the movie The Color Purple?
Who is Danny Glover and Whoopi Goldberg?
The first African American female republican elected into congress.
Who is Mia Love?
The official name for NAACP.
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Color People?
He is the Hattiesburg civil rights activist that has a park named in his honor.
Who is Vernon Dahmer?
The year of 1955.
When was Emmitt Till's death?
The character played by Whitney Houston in the movie The Bodyguard?
Who is Rachel Marron?
The infamous politician that stated in 2019, "Reclaiming my time".
Who is Maxine Waters?
The student organization that was founded in 1990 and continues to set a foundation of excellence throughout the campus and community.
What is the Men of Excellence?