AAE: Important Dates In History

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Which person was born in Massachussettes, was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D from Harvard and wrote 'Souls of Black Folk'? Booker T. Washington W.E.B. DuBois Martin Luther King, Jr. Ida B. Wells

2. Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery? 14th 13th 15th 12th

3. What year did the 'Zoot Suit Riots' take place? 1942 1941 1944 1943

4. The first draft was instituted for the Vietnam war. True False

5. Which Executive Order ended segregation in the military? 9278 8802 9981 9066

6. What year was the 14th Amendment to the Constitution passed? Do you know what it said (no need to answer, I'll tell you)? 1865 1870 1868 1867

7. Who gave a speech entitled, 'What to the slave is the 4th of July?'? Ida B. Wells Malcom X Fredrick Douglass Booker T. Washington

8. Which person was born a slave in Mississippi, attended Fisk University and wrote 'The Red Record'? Ida B. Wells Martin Luther King, Jr. W.E.B. DuBois Booker T. Washington

9. What rising Black Panther leader was killed by Chicago police in 1969? Bobby Seale Huey Newton Fred Hampton H. Rap Brown

10. Which woman held the highest postion in the Black Panther Party? Kathleen Cleaver Angela Davis Elaine Brown Erika Huggins

11. Which person was born a slave in Virginia, attended Hampton University and Tuskegee Institute and gave the 'Atlanta Compromise' speech? W.E.B. DuBois Ida B. Wells Booker T. Washington Martin Luther King, Jr.

12. What year was the landmark Brown v. Kansas Board of Education case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court? 1955 1954 1956 1953

13. When was the first mention of having a march on Washington, D.C., made? 1963 1962 1955 1941

14. Which person was a U.U. minister who decided to try peacefully protesting with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but was killed for his efforts? LeRoy Carlson Orloff Miller Clark Olsen James Reeb

15. Which amendment permitted black men over 21 to vote? 15th 13th 14th 12th

16. Where was Malcom X killed in 1965? In Lower Manhattan Apollo Theater Audubon Ballroom Street in Harlem

17. What year did 'Red Summer' take place? 1945 1943 1919 1927

18. The movie 'Ghosts of Mississippi' was based on the murder of which black civil rights leader? Malcom X Medgar Evers Martin Luther King, Jr. Fred Hampton

19. Which of the following women was denied the right to sing the national anthem at Constitution Hall? Marion Anderson Ida B. Wells Gwendolyn Brooks Erika Huggins

20. Lastly, an easy one. Who gave the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech? Answer: (Full name, no Dr. but there is a Jr.)