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 Rosa Parks Harriet Tubman Sojourner Truth

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? Rev. Jesse Jackson Malcolm X Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Elijah Muhammed

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

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

8. What boxer's original name is Cassius Clay? Mike Tyson Muhammad Ali Sugar Ray Robinson 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? Sojourner Truth Mary Mcleod Bethune Maria Stewart Francis Watkins Harper

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 Spelman College Lincoln Institute Tuskegee Institute

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

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? Booker T. Washington Marcus Garvey W.E.B. DuBois William Wells Brown

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

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

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

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

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