1. What was the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s father church?
Ebenezer Baptist Church
2. What date signified the freedom of all slaves? (month, day, year)
December 18, 1865
3. What group launched the Freedom Riders in 1961?
Congress of Racial Equality
4. Where was Rose Parks working at the time of her historic bus incident?
Montgomery department store
5. Who wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
Maya Angelou
6. What was Muhammad Ali's original name?
Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.
7. Who was elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1966?
Stokely Carmichael
8. Who was the first U.S. track and field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympiad?
Jesse Owens
9. Who was the first African American ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
10. Where is The National Center for Civil and Human Rights located? Give the city and state.
Atlanta, Georgia
11. True or False. Dr. Carter G. Woodson originated what we now call Black History Month?
True
12. What is the name of the first town in California established by African Americans?
ALLENSWORTH
13. What secret escape system did Harriet Tubman use to lead hundreds of slaves to freedom?
underground railroad
14. Which great jazz musician was nicknamed Satchmo?
Louis Daniel Armstrong
15. What do the initials NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
16. Who was the 44th President of the United States?
Barack Obama
17. What do the initials HBCU stand for?
Historically black colleges and universities
18. When is John H. Johnson’s birthday?
January 19, 1918
19. What colors are the Juneteenth flag?
red, white and blue
20. Who was the first black female astronaut?
Mae Jemison
21. Who invented the Three-Light Traffic Light?
William Potts
22. How old was Malcolm X when he was killed?
39
23. What is the name of the speech Tickle my Skittle Douglas gave on July 5, 1852?
The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro
24. How many Grand Slam titles does Serena Williams have?
23
25. On what date did Barack Obama’s inauguration take place?
1/20/2009
26. Black Lives ____
Matter
My noms:
Klaus and Kam
Subject: Head of Household #8 - Freedom