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African American History
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12th Grade
02/10/2015

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Spanish American War
Definition
In what war did William H. Carney receive the Congressional Medal of Honor?
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People United to Save Humanity
Definition
In 1971 Jesse Jackson founded the organization called PUSH. What does the name stand for
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Commitment
Definition
What is the name of Bill Pinkey's 42-foot yacht in which he sailed around the world?
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Yolanda, Martin III, Dexter and Denise
Definition
What are the names of Martin Luther King, Jr's four children?
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Howard University
Definition
What is the largest black university in the United States?
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Alice Walker
Definition

Who wrote the novel the Color Purple?

 

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Percy Julian
Definition
What African AMereican Chemist invented medicines to treat the eye disease Glaucoma and developed inexpensive ways to make cortisone?
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1945
Definition
In what year did Ebony Magazine go on sale?
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First African American Mayors in the United States
Definition
What do Thomas Bradley, Harold Washington and COleman Young have in common?
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5 books
Definition
How many books did Martin Luther King, Jr write?
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The Middle Passage
Definition
What was the slave voyage to the Americans known as?
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Sidney Portier, Lillies of the Field
Definition
Who was the first African American Actor to receive an Oscar and what is the name of the movie he played in?
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Richard B. Spikes
Definition
What African American Inventor invented the automatic carwash?
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Wilma Rudolph
Definition
What African American athlete overcame crippling polio to win three gold medals in the 1960 Summer Olympic games?
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Bessie Coleman
Definition
What African American female aviator became the first to obtain an internation pilot's liscence?
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Frank Robinson
Definition
What famous baseball star became the first African American manager of a major league baseball team?
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Wally Amos
Definition
Who is the Black Chocolate Chip Cookie King?
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Emmett Ashford
Definition
Who was the first African American major league umpire?
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Bill Pinkley
Definition
What African American pioneer became the first black man to solo circumnavigate the globe?
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Lieutenant
Definition
In World War II baseball great Jackie Robinson held what rank in the army?
Term
Oprah
Definition
What African American female hosted the talk show People Are Talking and A.M. Chicago?
Term
Tuskegee Institute
Definition
What college did Booker T. Washington establish in 1881?
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Thurgood Marshall
Definition
What African American did President Lyndon Johnson appoint to the Supreme COurt?
Term
Morris H. S. - South Bronx N.Y.C
Definition
What high school did Colin Powell attend and where is it located?
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Chicago
Definition
What city is considered the birthplace of gospel music?
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James Weldon Johnson
Definition
What African American artist wrote "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?
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Ice Cream
Definition
August Jackson created what well-know desert?
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Jean Baptist- Point Dusable
Definition
What African American pioneer and trader founded the settlement that would later become Chicago?
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Arthur Ashe
Definition
In 1975 what famous African American tennis star was ranked number one in the world?
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1927
Definition
In what year was the Harlem Globetrotters Basketball teamed formed?
Term
It abolished slavery
Definition
What was the purpose of the 13th Amedment?
Term
Dr. Martin Luther King Day
Definition
Federal Public Law 98-144 is the Congressional Law that made what holiday legal?
Term
Duke Ellington
Definition
Who wrote the jazz song, It Don't Mean a Thing If It Aint Got that Swing?
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Dr. Ralph Bunche, 1950
Definition
Who was the first African American to win the Noble Peace Prize and in what year?
Term
Gordon Parks
Definition
Who was the famous African American photographer who worked for Life magazine from 1948- 1972?
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Mahalia Jackson
Definition
Who sang Martin Luther King, Jr's favorite gospel song, "Precious Lord Take My Hand", after his funeral procession?
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Crispus Attucks
Definition
Who was the first black patriot to liose his life in the American Revolutionary War?
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Indiana
Definition
The National Negor Baseball League started on January 4, 1920 and played its first game in which state?
Term
Armistad
Definition
In 1839 slaves revolted and took contol of what Spanish trip?
Term
Althea Gibson
Definition
Who was the first African American to play in the Wimbeldon TennisTournament in England?
Term
Motown
Definition
What recording company did Berry Gordy, Jr found in 1959?
Term
Gale Sayers
Definition
In 1965 this Chicago Bears rookie scored six touchdowns in one game. Who is he?
Term
Frederick Douglas Patterson
Definition
Who was the first African American car manufacturer?
Term
Tuskegee Airmen
Definition
What was the for all-Black 332nd Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II?
Term
Dog Sleds, 1909
Definition
What form of transportation did Matthew Henson use to get to the North Pole and what year did he make it?
Term
John H. Johnson
Definition
What African American founded Ebony and Jet magazines?
Term
300
Definition
How many slaves did Harriet Tubman help escape to freedom?
Term
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama
Definition
What was the name of Dr. Martin Luther King's first church and where was it located?
Term
William R. Norwood
Definition
Who was the first African American pilot for United Airlines?
Term
I have a dream
Definition
Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last," is the last line of which Dr. King speech?
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Marian Anderson
Definition
What African American female performed a historic concert on April 19, 1939 for 75,000 people on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial?
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Maya Angelou
Definition
What famous poet wrote a poem for President Bill Clinton at his 1993 inauguration? 
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Ray Charles
Definition
What African American performer attended the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind in St. Augustine, Florida?
Term

 James Weldon Johnson

Definition
      Who wrote the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing”?
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Colin Powell
Definition
What African American politician wrote the autobiography, “My American Journey”?
Term
Gwendolyn Brooks
Definition
What African American poet published her first poem at the age of 13? 
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 Denzel Washington
Definition
What African American actor starred in over 30 movies including Malcolm X, Glory, Courage Under Fire and Training Day?
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Morgan Freeman
Definition
Who played Eddie “Scrap Iron” Dupris in the boxing drama “Million Dollar Baby”? 
Term
Henry O. Flippea
Definition
What African American male was the first to graduate from Westpoint Academy on November 15, 1877?
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 SS Leonard Ray Harmon
Definition
What was the first warship named after an African American? 
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Ronald McNair
Definition
Who was the first African American astronaut to die on the space shuttle Challenger? 
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Tiger Woods
Definition
What African American golfer became the youngest person in history at the age of 16 to win a PGA golf tournament? 
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Josh Gibson
Definition

1)      This African American was called “the Black Babe Ruth”, first playing catcher for the Pittsburgh Homestead Grays.  Who was he?

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Colin Powell
Definition
What African American became Secretary of State for the United States in January of 2001?
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New York City
Definition
What city is the Apollo Theater located in? 
Term
Iraq
Definition
In 1990 Jesse Jackson worked for the release of nearly 300 hostages in what country? 
Term
Gandhi
Definition
What leader and activist from the country of India deeply influenced Martin Luther King? 
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Debbie Thomas
Definition
What African American female was the U.S. Women’s Figure Skating Champion in 1986 and 1988? 
Term
Ragtime
Definition

1)      What type of music did Scott Joplin help make famous? 

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Trumpet
Definition
“Dizzy” Gillespie and Louis Armstrong both played what instrument? 
Term
J.C. Love
Definition
What African American invented the pencil sharpener? 
Term
  W=William, E=Edward, B=Burghart
Definition
What does the W.E.B. stand for in W.E.B. DuBois?
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Shirley Chishlom
Definition
Who was the first African American woman to run for President of the United States? 
Term
Martin Luther King’s house
Definition
What historic house is located at 501 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia? 
Term
Cotton Club
Definition
Name the Harlem Club where many legendary black entertainers got their start? 
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Michael Johnson
Definition
He became the first man to win both the 200-meter and 400-meter races at the Olympics.  Who was he?
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President Barack Obama
Definition
Who was the first African American editor of the Harvard Law Review? 
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Sweet Potato
Definition
What vegetable did George Washington Carver use to develop a type of glue? 
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Jocelyn Elders
Definition

 

1)       Who was the first African American female Surgeon General? 

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Jesse Jackson Jr.
Definition
Who is the Congressman from the 2nd Congressional District of Illinois? 
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Bill Cosby
Definition
What famous television celebrity holds a doctorate degree in Education from the University of Massachusetts? 
Term
Toni Morrison
Definition
Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Prize in literature in 1993? 
Term
Kansas City Monarches
Definition
Jackie Robinson played for which team in the Negro Baseball League? 
Term
Nat King Cole
Definition

1)      Who was the first African American to have his or her own Television show? 

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Cassius Clay
Definition
Before he changed his name to Muhammad Ali, what was he called?
Term
 Bill Russell
Definition

1)      Who was the first African American pro basketball coach?

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Langston Hughes
Definition
At the age of nineteen what African American poet published “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”? 
Term
Football and Track
Definition
While attending college, Bill Cosby participated in two sports.  What were these sports?
Term
all Heisman Trophy winners
Definition
What do African American football players Ernie Davis, Archie Griffin and Tony Dorsett have in common? 
Term
Jerry McGuire
Definition
Cuban Gooding Jr. won an Oscar for his acting in what movie? 
Term
Moody Bible Institute
Definition
What school did Mary McLeod attend in Chicago? 
Term
The Chicago Defender
Definition
What Chicago newspaper did Robert Abbott start?
Term
Ohio State University
Definition
What is the name of the Big Ten School that Jesse Owens attended?
Term
1934
Definition
In what year did amateur night at the Apollo Theater begin? 
Term
Golden Globe Award
Definition

1)      What award did Halle Berry win for her roll in the Dorothy Dandridge on HBO-TV? 

Term
Kwanzaa
Definition

 

     What is the African American term that means “first fruits”? 

Term
Jesse Jackson
Definition
What African American Activist is known for saying “keep hope alive”?
Term
Harold Washington Library
Definition
What Chicago Building is located at the corner of State Street and Congress Parkway?
Term
W.C. Handy
Definition

1)       Who published “Memphis Blues”, the first blues song in 1912?

Term
Memphis, Dr. Martin Luther King was killed there
Definition
What city is the Lorraine Motel located in and why is it important? 
Term
The Fourteenth Amendment
Definition

1)       What constitutional amendment, ratified in 1868, guaranteed equal protection under the law for all people? 

Term
Plessy V. Ferguson
Definition

1)       What court case established the “separated but equal” doctrine in 1896, laying the groundwork for Jim Crow laws all over the South? 

Term
 African Methodist Episcopal
Definition
What religious denomination was founded by blacks who objected to sitting in a separate gallery during church services? 
Term
At a Woolworths in Greensboro
Definition
Where was the first sit-in at a segregated lunch counter, staged by four black students in 1960? 
Term
More than 100 inner city riots in the summer of 1967
Definition

4)      What events prompted the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (popularly, the Kerner Commission) to warn in 1968, “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal”? 

Term
Philadelphia Quakers
Definition

4)      In 1786 what group helped fugitive slaves from Virginia reach freedom? 

Term
January 1808
Definition

4)      In what year did Britain and the United States abolish the slave trade? 

Term
Booker T. Washington
Definition

 What Civil Rights Activist established Tuskegee University? 

Term
W.E.B. Du Bois
Definition

4)      What Civil Rights Activist published The Souls of Black Folk? 

Term
1909
Definition
In what year was the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) founded? 
Term
Duke Ellington
Definition
In 1932 what artist recorded the Jazz Classic, “It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Aint Got That Swing? 
Term
Jesse Owens
Definition
In 1936 what track star won four gold medals at the Olympic Games in Berlin? 
Term
James L. Farmer Jr. and George Houser, 1942  
Definition
Who founded the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and what year was it? 
Term
Rosa Parks
Definition
In 1955 what Civil Right Activist refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery Alabama bus? 
Term
Lyndon Johnson
Definition
What President signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964? 
Term
Jesse Jackson, 1971
Definition
Who founded Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) in Chicago and in what year? 
Term
 Alex Haley
Definition
What African American Artist created the movie “Roots” in 1977? 
Term
Harold Washington
Definition
Who was sworn in as the first African American Mayor of Chicago in 1983? 
Term
Condoleezza Rice
Definition
Who was the first African American woman to become Secretary of State in the United States? 
Term
 William Tucker, 1624
Definition
Who was the first African American child born in America and what year was it? 
Term
Lucius D. Amerson
Definition
Who was the first African American Sheriff elected from the South in the 20th Century? 
Term
Dr. Daniel H. William
Definition
What African American Doctor performed the first successful open heart operation in 1856? 
Term
Freedom Journal, 1827
Definition
What was the first Black paper and what year was it created? 
Term
Jackie Robinson, 1962
Definition
Who was the first African American elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame and in what year? 
Term
Francis L. Cardoza
Definition
In 1872 this African American lady was elected State Treasurer of South Carolina? 
Term
William Wells Brown
Definition

4)      Who published the first Black drama, “Leap to Freedom” in 1858? 

Term
1957
Definition
In what year was the Southern Christian Leadership Conference founded? 
Term
Robert R. Church
Definition
Who was the first African American millionaire in Memphis Tennessee? 
Term
Beale Street
Definition
What Historic Memphis Street was once considered by many African Americans as the “Main Street of Black America”? 
Term
W.C. Handy
Definition
What African American entertainer is known as the “Father of the Blues”? 
Term
Solvent Savings Bank and Trust Company
Definition
In 1906 Robert R. Church founded the first black-owned and operated bank in Memphis, what was it called? 
Term
Rufus Thomas
Definition

4)      What Memphis Musician called himself “The Worlds Oldest Teenager” and whose career spanned for more than 70 years? 

Term
WDIA
Definition
In the late 1940’s what Memphis radio station became the first black-operated station in the country? 
Term
1992
Definition

4)      In what year was Rufus Thomas honored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? 

Term
Issac Hayes
Definition
What African American entertainer was born in Covington Tennessee on August 20, 1942 and won an Oscar for his biggest hit, “Shaft”? 
Term
Lizzie Douglas
Definition
This African American entertainer was known as “Memphis Minnie” on Beale Street. 
Term
Maxine Smith
Definition

4)       Who was the first African American woman to serve on the Memphis City School Board and also was a local leader in the NAACP? 

Term
LeMoyne College
Definition

4)       What was the first African American College in Tennessee? 

Term
Willie W. Herenton
Definition

4)       Who was the first African American Mayor elected in Memphis Tennessee? 

Term
Kathy Hughes
Definition
Who was the founder and chairperson of Radio One, Inc., the nation’s largest African-American owned and operated broadcast company? 
Term
Cynthia Cooper
Definition
What African American female won a National Title at USC, a gold medal at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary and four titles in the WNBA? 
Term
The 13th Amendment
Definition
Passed immediately after the Civil War, what Constitutional Amendment ended slavery in the United States? 
Term
The 15th Amendment
Definition
What Constitutional Amendment gave African American males the right to vote? 
Term
The Underground Railroad
Definition
Abolitionists helped slaves escape to freedom on what railroad? 
Term
The Liberator
Definition

4)      William Lloyd Garrison published what abolitionist paper in Boston? 

Term
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
Definition
Four little girls were killed when a bomb exploded outside of this church, which was used for movement organizing, what was the name of the church? 
Term
Brown v. Board of Education
Definition
What Supreme Court decision declared “separate but equal” illegal? 
Term
Plessy v. Ferguson
Definition
What 1896 case legalized segregation? 
Term
Eli Whitney
Definition
His cotton gin generated up to fifty pounds of cleaned cotton daily, making cotton profitable for the southern states.  Who was this African American Inventor? 
Term
George Washington Carver
Definition
This African American became famous for discovering more than three hundred uses for peanuts.  Who was he? 
Term
Garrett Morgan
Definition
This African American inventor invented the traffic light and gas mask.  Who is he? 
Term
Josephine Baker
Definition
This entertainer was considered to be one of the most colorful performers of all time.  She became France’s most beloved entertainer and in 1963 stood side Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the march on Washington.  Who was she?  
Term
 Dr. Susan McKinney Steward
Definition
This African American female became the first woman to formally enter the medical profession with recognizable success.  She graduated from the New York Medical School for Women in 1870.  Who was she? 
Term
James Augustine Healy, 1865
Definition
He became the first African American Roman Catholic Bishop in the United States.  Who was he and what year did this event occur? 
Term
Madame C. J. Walker
Definition
This African American female invented a new hair care process and marketing line of cosmetics for black women.  In 1905 She invented and patented a straightening comb.  She became America’s first black millionaire businesswoman.  Who is she? 
Term
Mary Church Terrell
Definition
What African American female born in Memphis, Tennessee held the title of first president of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW)? 
Term
Dr. Mae C. Jemison
Definition
Who was the first female African American Astronaut to go to space? 
Term
Lewis Howard Latimer
Definition
What African American Inventor created the carbon filament that made the light bulb practical for everyday use? 
Term
Lewis Howard Latimer
Definition
What African American Inventor created the carbon filament that made the light bulb practical for everyday use? 
Term
Edmonia Lewis
Definition
This African American Sculptor became famous for the busts she created of Abraham Lincoln, John Brown and Col. Robert Gould Shaw.  Who is she? 
Term
Maggie Lean Walker, St. Luke Bank and Trust
Definition

4)      Who was the nation’s first female African American bank president and what bank was she the president of? 

Term
William Grant Still
Definition

4)      In 1936, this musician became the first African American to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the United States.  Who is he? 

Term
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield
Definition
She was dubbed “the black swan”, a brilliant vocalist who gained worldwide acclaim for her performances.  Who is she? 
Term
Ida B. Wells
Definition

4)      This African American journalist and co-founder of the NAACP was also part owner and editor of the Memphis Free Speech from 1891-1892.  Who is she? 

Term
Dr. Carter G. Woodson
Definition

4)      This historian and educator began pushing for a “Negro History Week” to explore the contributions of African Americans.  Black History Month was evolved from this in 1976.  Who is he? 

Term
Three Fifths
Definition

4)      This numerical fraction was a compromise between Southern and Northern states in 1787 to determine how much the slave population would count in determining federal representation and the distribution of taxes.  What is it? 

Term
Montgomery, Alabama
Definition
This southern city, the unofficial birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement, was the site of a bus boycott organized by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1955.  What city is this? 
Term
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Definition
This civil rights organization had chapters on campuses across the South in the 1960’s and coined the term “Black Power” under Stokely Charmichael.  What organization is this? 
Term
Dred Scott
Definition

4)      This slave first sued for his freedom in 1847, and the case went all the way to the Supreme Court, which issued its ruling in 1857.  Who was he? 

Term
Tulsa Oklahoma
Definition
This Midwest City was the home of Greenwood, aka “Negro Wall Street,” in the early 1900’s.  What city was this? 
Term
Wilma Rudolph
Definition
After overcoming a bout with polio as a child, this track star at the 1960 Olympics in Rome became the first African American woman to win three gold medals at one Olympiad.  Who is she? 
Term
Black Panthers
Definition

4)      This group was founded in 1966 to patrol Oakland’s ghettoes and protect residents from police brutality.  What was the name of this group? 

Term
Philadelphia, Mississippi
Definition
Three civil rights workers were murdered by reputed Klan members in this southern city in 1964, a horrific crime which roused millions of average Americans.  What city was this? 
Term
Cheyney University
Definition
Founded in 1837 as the African Institute, this is the nation’s oldest historically black college, now named for the Pennsylvania town in which it’s located.  What University is this? 
Term
Benjamin Banneker
Definition

4)      This son of a slave was a noted mathematician and astronomer, and in 1791 played an integral role in the first survey of Washington, D.C.  Who is he? 

Term
Brown vs Board Of Education
Definition

4)      This landmark Supreme Court case in 1954 led to the end of legal segregation in U.S. education.  What case was this? 

Term
Memphis Tennessee
Definition

4)      This southern city is the home to the National Civil Rights Museum, built around the former Lorraine Motel, on the site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.  What city is this? 

Term
Tommie Smith and John Carlos
Definition
Raising their fists in a Black Power salute during the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, led to these U.S. track stars being suspended from the team and banished from the athlete’s village.  Who were the athletes? 
Term
Universal Negro Improvement Association
Definition

4)      This organization was founded by Marcus Garvey in 1914, five years after the NAACP, to promote self-help and nationalism.  What organization was this? 

Term
Dorothy Dandridge
Definition
Who was the first African American actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in “Carmen Jones”? 
Term
Emmett Till
Definition
The brutal murder of this 14 year-old boy in 1955 – and pictures of his mutilated face in an open casket-helped mobilize the Civil Rights Movement.  Who was this boy? 
Term
Selma, Alabama
Definition
This southern city is home to Edmund Pettis Bridge, upon which 600 demonstrators were viciously attacked by police on “Bloody Sunday” in 1965.  What city was this? 
Term
James Weldon Johnson 
Definition
This teacher, poet, songwriter, and civil rights activist wrote “The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man” and the lyrics for “Lift Every Voice and Sing, “later known as the Negro National Anthem.  Who was he? 
Term
Boynton v. Virginia
Definition
In what Supreme Court decision ruled that segregation during interstate travel, including bus terminals, restaurants and rest rooms was unconstitutional? 
Term
1968, Memphis, Tennessee
Definition
In what year was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated and in what City? 
Term
1834
Definition
In what year was slavery declared unlawful in the British Empire? 
Term
Alex Haley
Definition
What African American Artist created the documentary “Roots”? 
Term
W.B. Purvis
Definition

4)       In 1890 what African American inventor patented the fountain pen? 

Term
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Definition

4)      Who was the founder of Provident Hospital in Chicago in 1889?  Dr. Daniel Hale Williams

Term
The Renaissance, 1923
Definition
What was the first African American Basketball team formed and in what year was it? 
Term
Hiram R. Revels, 1870
Definition

4)      Who was the first African American United States Senator elected and in what year? 

Term
1865
Definition

4)      In what year was Feedman’s Bureau for Black Education founded? 

Term
1821, New York
Definition

4)      In what year was the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded and in what city? 

Term
Jan Matzeliger
Definition
What African American Inventor created a machine to manufacture an entire shoe in 1883? 
Term
Thomas J. Martin
Definition

4)      What African American Inventor was awarded the patent for a fire extinguisher in 1872? 

Term

William Hastie

 

Definition

 

4)      Who was the first African American federal judge appointed in 1937? 

Term
1931
Definition

4)      What year did New York State abolish slavery? 

Term
Samuel Lee Gravely
Definition

4)      What is the name of the first Black admiral in U S Naval history appointed during 1971?

Term
Colonel Frederick Gregory
Definition

4)      Who was the first Black astronaut to pilot the space shuttle Challenger in 1985?

Term
1867
Definition

4)      In what year was Howard University chartered?

Term
Robert S. Abbott
Definition

4)      In 1905, who published the first issue of the newspaper “Chicago Defender?”

Term
1957
Definition

 

In what year did the school desegregation law, Brown v. Board of Education take place?

Term
1920
Definition

 

In what year was the first game of National Negro Baseball League played in  Indianapolis?

Term
Gwendolyn Brooks
Definition

During 1950, who was the first Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize for poetry?

        

Term
1925
Definition
In what year was the political and religious activist, Malcolm X born?
Term
1862
Definition
In what year was slavery abolished in all U S possessions?
Term
National Negro Committee
Definition

 

What was the name of the NAACP in 1909 when the organization held its first conference in New York?

Term
James Augustine Healey
Definition

Who became the first Black Catholic Bishop in the U S I 1875?

Term
Dr. Charles Richard Drew
Definition

What is the name of the doctor that was known as the pioneer of blood

                     plasma research?

Term
1968
Definition
In what year did the Poor Peoples March on Washington take place?
Term
Hattie McDaniel
Definition

 

What is the name of the first Black person ever to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in “Gone With the Wind”?

Term
1967 
Definition

110)    In what year was Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court?

Term
Eliza Ann Gardner
Definition

110)    What is the name of the Underground Railway conductor that was born in 1831?

Term
Leo Pickney
Definition

110)    What is the name of the first American drafted during during World War I in 1917?

Term
W. E. B. DuBois
Definition

110)    Who became the first Black member of National Institute of Letters in 1943? W. E. B. DuBois

Term
1881
Definition

110)    In what year did Booker T. Washington open Tuskegee Institute?

Term
Althea Gibson
Definition

110)    Who won the women’s single tennis championship at Wimbledon in 1957?

Term
Henry O Flippea
Definition

   What is the name of the first Black graduate of West Point in 1877?    

Term
V. A. Johnson
Definition

110)    Who was the first Black female to practice before the U S Supreme Court?

Term
Mary Church Terrell
Definition

110)    Who found the National Association of Colored Women?

 

Term
Marcus Garvey
Definition

110)    What artist presented his “Back To Africa” program in New York City in 1920? 

Term
Henry A. Rucker
Definition

110)    What African American Pioneer was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia in 1897? 

Term
Mattheco Henson
Definition

110)    Who was the first African American to reach the North Pole?  

Term
Frederick Douglas
Definition

110)    In 1922 this African American home was dedicated in Washington D.C. as a national shrine.  Who is he? 

Term
WB Purvis
Definition

110)    In 1897 what inventor patented the electric railway switch? 

Term
Oklahoma City
Definition

110)    In 1963 the NAACP Youth Council began sit-ins at lunch counters in what city? 

Term
1867
Definition

110)    In what year was Fisk University established? 

Term
1900
Definition

110)    The National Negro Business League was founded in what year? 

Term
 Edith Sampson
Definition

110)    This African American politician was the first black delegate appointed to the United Nations.  Who was he? 

Term
“I Have A Dream”
Definition

110)    What was the name of the speech Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered at Lincoln Memorial? 

Term
Robert T. Freeman
Definition

110)    Who was the first African American graduate from Harvard Dental School? 

Term
Frederick Douglas
Definition

110)    What famous African American historian escaped from slavery disguised as a sailor in 1838? 

Term
South Carolina
Definition

110)    George Washington Murray was elected to Congress in 1895.  What State was he elected? 

Term
Washington D.C. and Baltimore MD
Definition

110)    In 1954 Integration began in two American public school systems.  What cities were these? 

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“Duke” Ellington
Definition

110)    In 1959 what musician won the Springarn Medal for his musical achievements? 

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1865
Definition

110)    Atlanta University was founded in what year? 

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1830
Definition

110)    The first National Negro Convention began in Philadelphia in what year? 

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1848
Definition

110)    In what year was slavery abolished in all French territories? 

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Claude A. Barnett
Definition

110)    This African American founded the Associated Negro Press.  Who is he? 

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1861
Definition

   The Hampton Institute was founded in what year? 

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New Orleans, LA
Definition

110)    Xavier University, the first Black Catholic College in America was opened in what city? 

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Thurgood Marshall
Definition

110)    He was sworn in as the first Black Supreme Court Justice in 1967.  Who is he? 

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  1939
Definition

110)    NAACP organized the Legal Defense and Education Fund in what year?

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Harry Blair
Definition

110)    What African American Inventor received a patent in 1834 for his corn planting machine?  

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1964
Definition

110)    Martin Luther King Jr. was the youngest man to win the Nobel Peace Prize in what year? 

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1944
Definition

110)    In what year did the United States Navy open to African American women? 

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Henry O Tanner
Definition

110)    This African American painter won the Medal of Honor at Paris Exposition in 1900.  Who was he? 

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Benjamin O Davis
Definition

110)    He became the first African American general in the United States Army in 1940.  Who was he? 

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John H. Johnson
Definition

110)    This first issue of Ebony magazine was published in 1945 by whom? 

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JH Hunter
Definition

110)    What African American Inventor patented the portable weighing scales in 1896? 

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George Brown
Definition

110)    He became the first African American Lt. Governor in the United States, (Colorado) in 1974.  Who was he? 

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Theo Wright
Definition

110)    In 1836 he became the first African American to obtain a Theology Degree in the United States.  Who was he? 

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Shirley Chisholm
Definition

110)    Who was the first African American woman elected to the United States Congress? 

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L. Douglas Wilder, Virginia 
Definition

110)    Who was elected as the first African American Governor in the United States in 1989 and in what state was he elected? 

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Andrew Young
Definition

110)    This African American male was named Ambassador and Chief US Delegate to the United Nations in 1976.  Who was he? 

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1865
Definition

110)    Shaw University was founded in Raleigh, North Carolina in what year? 

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Alpha Phi Alpha
Definition

110)    In 1906 the first African American Greek letter Fraternity was founded.  What was it? 

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Mary McLeod Bethune
Definition

110)    In 1935 the National Council of Negro Women was founded by whom? 

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 1890, Jackson Tennessee
Definition

110)    In what year was the Negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded and what city was it located? 

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Alice H. Parker
Definition

110)    What Inventor received a patent for the gas heating furnace in 1919? 

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Reverend Jesse Jackson
Definition

110)    Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) was organized by whom? 

Term
Dr. Miles V. Lynk
Definition

110)    What African American physician published the first Black medical journal in 1892? 

Term
SCLC
Definition

110)    In 1957 Martin Luther King joined with Ralph David Abernathy, Fred Shuttlesworth, and Baynard Rustin to form this organization.  What is the organization? 

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Phillip Randolph
Definition

110)    What African American planned a march on Washington in 1941 to demand more jobs for blacks in the defense industries? 

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Confrontation
Definition

110)    James Bevel (SCLC) organized the Birmingham campaign entitled Project “C”.  What does the “C” stand for? 

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Philadelphia
Definition

110)    In 1997 one million women of African ancestry gathered in what city for the Million Woman March? 

Term
Bill White
Definition

110)    In 1989 this African American male became the president of Major League Baseball’s National League.  Who was he? 

Term
1990
Definition

110)    In what year did South African F. W. de Klerk pledge to eliminate apartheid to release Nelson Mandela? 

Term
Tiger Woods
Definition

110)    In 1997 this African American won the Masters in golf, breaking numerous records in the process.  Who was he?     

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The Million Man March
Definition

110)    In 1995 over one million African American men gathered in Washington D.C. for what march? 

Term
Nelson Mandela
Definition

110)    In 1994 who took office as South Africa’s first black president? 

Term
Toni Morrison 
Definition

110)    In 1993 this African American won the Nobel Prize for literature.  Who was he? 

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1992
Definition

110)    In what year did a race riot sweep across Los Angeles, California following the Rodney King Verdict? 

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George Washington Carver and Percy Julian
Definition

110)    In 1990 these two African American inventors were admitted into the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame.  Who were they? 

Term
Muhammad Ali
Definition

110)    In 1978 this Heavyweight Boxing Champion won the world title for a record third time.  Who was he? 

Term
 Robert Johnson
Definition

110)    In 1980 this businessman established Black Entertainment Television with a $15,000 loan.  Who was he? 

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Reverend Jesse Jackson 
Definition

110)    In 1984 he was the first African American politician to make a serious run for the United States Presidency.  Who was he?  

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