Black History

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1. Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956? Mary Mcleod Bethune Sojourner Truth Harriet Tubman Rosa Parks

2. What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Congress Of Racial Equality (CORE)

3. What was Malcolm X's birth name? Frederick Williams Malcolm Poole Malcolm Little Malcolm Shabazz

4. Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad? Harriet Tubman Sojourner Truth Harriet Beecher Stowe Maria Stewart

5. Who founded PUSH? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Elijah Muhammed Malcolm X Rev. Jesse Jackson

6. Whose autobiography is entitled "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"? Nikki Giovanni Maya Angelou Alice Walker Toni Morrison

7. Who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany? Wilma Rudolph Carl Lewis Jesse Owens Jackie Joyner Kersee

8. What boxer's original name is Cassius Clay? Muhammad Ali Sugar Ray Robinson Mike Tyson George Foreman

9. What former slave published the newspaper "The North Star"? William Wells Brown David Walker William Lloyd Garrison Frederick Douglass

10. Who was the first black woman to speak out publically against slavery? Maria Stewart Francis Watkins Harper Mary Mcleod Bethune Sojourner Truth

11. Who asassinated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? James Delay Beckwith Lee Harvey Oswald James Earl Ray John Wilkes Booth

12. What primarily black female college was founded by two white women in Atlanta, Georgia? Howard University Tuskegee Institute Lincoln Institute Spelman College

13. Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman? Emmet Till Marcus Garvey Medgar Evers Marcus Williams

14. What is the oldest civil rights organization still working today? Answer: (8 Words or 5 letters)

15. Who founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama? William Wells Brown W.E.B. DuBois Booker T. Washington Marcus Garvey

16. Who organized the Million Man March on October 16,1995? Martin Luther King, Jr. Elijah Muhammed Louis Farrakhan Malcolm X

17. Who wrote "Racism 101"? Alice Walker Nikki Giovanni Toni Morrison Terri McMillan

18. Who was the first female Egyptian Pharoah? Hatshepsut Cleopatra Nefertiti Thutmosis

19. Who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and was known as the '1st Lady of the Civil Rights Movement'? Mary Church Terrell Margaret Thatcher Miss Fannie Lou Hamer Mary Mcleod Bethune

20. Who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association? Elijah Mohammed W.E.B. DuBois Louis Walcott Marcus Garvey