Questions

Question 1

He was a Baptist minister and civil rights advocate of the 1950s and 1960s. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Who was he?

Answer 1

Dr. Martin Luther King

Question 2

Jorno Kenyatta was a leader of what country?

Answer 2

Kenya

Question 3

He was born a slave in Philadelphia and purchased his freedom. He became the founder and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal church in 1816. Who was he?

Answer 3

Richard Allen

Question 4

On January 1, 1863 what significant declaration did President Lincoln issue?

Answer 4

The EP

Question 5

He was born Elijah Poole. What was this Muslim leader‟s Islamic name?

Answer 5

Elijah Muhammad

Question 6

Phillis Wheatley came to the US from west Africa at age seven or eight. How long did it take her to learn the English language?

Answer 6

16 months

Question 7

Henry Bibb was a fugitive slave narrator and journalist. He emigrated to what country?

Answer 7

Canada

Question 8

The Bible called her “The Queen of Sheba”. What was the African Queen called by her people?

Answer 8

Makeda

Question 9

How many Southern states seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America in 1861?

Answer 9

11

Question 10

The Black Panther Party was founded in what California city?

Answer 10

Oakland

Question 11

How many trips did Harriet Tubman make to the South to rescue Black slaves?

Answer 11

19

Question 12

The historic “March on Washington” occurred in what year?

Answer 12

1963

Question 13

How old was Martin Luther King, Jr. when he was assassinated?

Answer 13

39

Question 14

The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 destroyed what prosperous black community?

Answer 14

Greenwood Community

Question 15

In 1831, the World Anti-Slavery Convention opened in what city?

Answer 15

London

Question 16

What does the acronym NAACP stand for?

Answer 16

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Question 17

The word “carpetbagger” was first used during the aftermath of what war?

Answer 17

Civil War

Question 18

What famous narrative was written by Solomon Northrup, a fugitive slave?

Answer 18

My Bondage & My Freedom

Question 19

What anti-slavery newspaper was founded by Frederick Douglass?

Answer 19

The North Star

Question 20

What state was the first to abolish slavery?

Answer 20

Vermont

Question 21

What Black American sparked the “Montgomery Bus Boycott”?

Answer 21

Rosa Parks

Question 22

What term describes the turbulent period of time marked by twenty-five race riots that began in the summer of 1919 and lasted until the end of the year?

Answer 22

Red Summer

Question 23

What civil rights leader was co-founder of the NAACP and the Pan-African Movement?

Answer 23

W. E. B. Du Bois

Question 24

What was Malcolm X‟s given name?

Answer 24

Malcolm Little

Question 25

What did Paul Cuffe want to establish for Black Americans in the early 1800s?

Answer 25

A homeland in Africa

Question 26

What was the full name of NAACP founder W.E.B. Du Bois?

Answer 26

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

Question 27

What dispute led to the founding of the African Methodist Episcopal Church?

Answer 27

Segregation of St. George’s Church Or SSTGMC