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Black History

Quiz

  1. On November 2 of this year, President Reagan signed the bill that established January 20, a federal holiday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
    • 1982
    • 1983
    • 1984
  2. Born in 1940, raised by his grandmother, this rubbery-faced entertainer attacked stereotypes and America's consciousness with his no-apologies, in-your-face style and verbal arsenal and became one of the most influential performers of the last 30 years.
    • Chuck Berry
    • Richard Pryor
    • Denzel Washington
  3. In what year did African-Americans — bound for slavery — on the Spanish ship Amistad, gain control of the vessel and sail to their eventual freedom in Montauk, Long Island?
    • 1839
    • 1829
    • 1834
  4. This much-honored individual — in 1988, she won the Science and Technology Award given by Essence magazine, in 1990 she was Gamma Sigma Gamma's Woman of the Year and in 1991 she earned a Ph.D. from Lincoln University — will always be remembered as the first African-American woman in space. She is:
    • Mae C. Jemison
    • Bessie Coleman
    • Wilma Rudolph
  5. In which year were W.E.B. Du Bois and William Trotter among the leaders of the meeting from which sprung the Niagra Movement — the forerunner of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
    • 1905
    • 1912
    • 1895
  6. This influential author is known for her strong female characters and the preservation of black culture while maintaining underlying themes that cross all generations and nationalities. Her books include: You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down, Once, Meridian and many other critically acclaimed works.
    • Maya Angelou
    • Alice Walker
    • Gwendolyn Brooks
  7. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference — with Martin Luther King, Jr., as president — was formed in:
    • 1957
    • 1958
    • 1959
  8. Frank Sinatra once called this singer "unquestionably the most important influence on American popular singing in the last twenty years." Her career saw the highs of great record sales, a stint singing with Count Basie and the lows of drug problems. She will always be remembered for her unique style and her "bluesy" autobiography. She is:
    • Mahalia Jackson
    • Madame C. J. Walker
    • Billie Holiday
  9. Kenneth Gibson became the first black mayor of an eastern city when he assumed the post in Newark, New Jersey on:
    • July 1, 1966
    • July 1, 1970
    • July 1, 1974
  10. A native of Detroit and graduate of UCLA, this politician and diplomat was the first black person awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in fostering an armistice between warring Arabs and Israelis.
    • Frederick Douglass
    • Ralph Bunche
    • Jesse Jackson
  11. This extraordinary female athlete made history when she became the first American woman to win three Olympic gold medals in track and field. She is:
    • Jackie Joyner-Kersee
    • Wilma Rudolph
    • Marion Jones
  12. On this day, the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in schools had to end at once and that unitary school systems were required:
    • October 29, 1969
    • August 7, 1970
    • October 16, 1973
  13. Although she is best knowm for her involvement in the struggle to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, she and her husband published the Arkansas State Press a paper that became an avid voice for civil rights before a nationally recognized movement had emerged. She later worked for the Democratic National Committee, had an elementary school named after her, and even helped carry the Olympic torch in Atlanta in 1996. She is:
    • Myrlie Evers-Williams
    • Rosa Parks
    • Daisy Bates
  14. Born on June 15, 1939, and embarrassed by living on public funds, he would become one of the most visible leaders in the fight against affirmative action in the United States. He once compared affirmative action to slavery — claiming it leaves blacks dependent on and dominated by whites, who make the decisions on whether to allow them special consideration in matters of education and employment. He is:
    • Martin Luther King, Jr.
    • Ward Connerly
    • Russell Simmons
  15. This man has become one of the most prominent and well-known academics in the United States today. He is the chair on Harvard's Afro-American Studies, earned the American Book Award for his 1989 book, The Signifyin(g) Monkey: Towards a Theory of Afro-American Literary Criticism, and was voted one of the 25 most influential Americans in 1998. This scholar is:
    • Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
    • W. E. B. DuBois
    • Gordon Parks
  16. With such books as Dust Tracks on a Road, I Love Myself When I Am Laughing and Mules and Men, she called attention to herself and her blackness during a time when blacks were being urged to assimilate themselves to promote better race relations. Her works are seen as manifestos of selfhood and the positive aspects of black life. This author is:
    • Gwendolyn Brooks
    • Maya Angelou
    • Zora Neale Hurston
  17. This eldest of three children, he studied under Harlem artist Charles Alston during the Harlem Renaissance and has become one of the most acclaimed African American artists of the twentieth century. He prefers to work in small scale with water-based paints and small brushes. The critics proclaim him as the divine translator of the history of the African American experience through art. He is:
    • Jacob Lawrence
    • Gordon Parks
    • Charles Drew
  18. This renowned photographer, writer and filmmaker was the first African American photographer to work at Life and Vogue magazines. Among other notable African American firsts, he was the first to produce a film for a major motion picture company. He deemed the first camera he bought — a $7.50 Voightlender Brilliant — was to become his weapon against poverty and racism. This creative genius is:
    • Spike Lee
    • Gordon Parks
    • James Baldwin
  19. As a co-founder of the Black Panther Party, he took his fight for Black rights to the Democratic Convention in 1968, where he was arrested and put on trial for inciting a riot. After his lawyer was unable to defend him due to surgery, this man was not allowed to defend himself and proved disruptive to the trial the rest of the way. He was sent to jail, and later released, only after he was tried for torturing and executing a former Black Panther member. He left the Panthers in 1974. This activist is:
    • Robert George Seale
    • Martin Luther King, Jr.
    • Malcolm X
  20. After losing her parents, this activist raised her siblings and became a teacher — at age 16. After being forcibly removed from a first-class train car she became determined to fight racial injustice wherever she found it. She wrote for the Memphis Free Press, where her writings often angered whites. She lost her job after penning a scathing article how black schools were far inferior to white schools. She attacked lynching and violent attacks with well-received pamphlets, crusades and an alliance with the NAACP. She is:
    • Betty Shabazz
    • Rosa Parks
    • Ida B. Wells-Barnett
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