Test Your Knowledge of Black History
Mike Gold Featured, News & Views, Righteousness & Justice 0
In honor of Black History month my dear pastor friend in Chicago posted a short quiz in the church Bulletin last weekend. I decided to post some of the questions here… It is inspiring to learn the amazing things that Black Americans have done to make this country great. Test your knowledge of Black History in the U.S.
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Question 1 of 8
1. Question
Who cofounded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
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On December 2, 1955, in response to the arrest of his NAACP co-worker Rosa Parks, Abernathy and his friend, Martin Luther King, organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott and co-founded the American Civil Rights Movement. The Montgomery Improvement Association led the successful 381 days transit boycott challenging “Jim Crow” segregation laws, and ended Alabama’s bus segregation.
While actively involved in the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, Abernathy completed his Master’s Degree in Sociology at Atlanta University. His master’s thesis, “The Natural History of A Social Movement: The Montgomery Improvement Association,” was published by Carlson Publishing in David Garrow’s book entitled The Walking City – The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956.
The Abernathy home and church were bombed in January 1957, along with Mt. Olive Church, Bell Street Church and the home of Reverend Robert Graetz, on the evening that Dr. King, Dr. Abernathy and other ministers were planning to convene to create the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in Atlanta. King and Abernathy immediately returned to Montgomery, leaving Mrs. Coretta Scott King to conduct the first meeting of SCLC. Abernathy served as SCLC’s first Financial Secretary/Treasurer and Vice President At-Large during the years that Dr. King was its president, and assumed the presidency at Dr. King’s request upon Dr. King’s death.
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On December 2, 1955, in response to the arrest of his NAACP co-worker Rosa Parks, Abernathy and his friend, Martin Luther King, organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott and co-founded the American Civil Rights Movement. The Montgomery Improvement Association led the successful 381 days transit boycott challenging “Jim Crow” segregation laws, and ended Alabama’s bus segregation.
While actively involved in the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, Abernathy completed his Master’s Degree in Sociology at Atlanta University. His master’s thesis, “The Natural History of A Social Movement: The Montgomery Improvement Association,” was published by Carlson Publishing in David Garrow’s book entitled The Walking City – The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-1956.
The Abernathy home and church were bombed in January 1957, along with Mt. Olive Church, Bell Street Church and the home of Reverend Robert Graetz, on the evening that Dr. King, Dr. Abernathy and other ministers were planning to convene to create the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in Atlanta. King and Abernathy immediately returned to Montgomery, leaving Mrs. Coretta Scott King to conduct the first meeting of SCLC. Abernathy served as SCLC’s first Financial Secretary/Treasurer and Vice President At-Large during the years that Dr. King was its president, and assumed the presidency at Dr. King’s request upon Dr. King’s death.
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Question 2 of 8
2. Question
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in what city on January 15?
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King has become a national icon in the history of American progressivism.[1]
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King has become a national icon in the history of American progressivism.[1]
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Question 3 of 8
3. Question
Douglas Wilder became the first black Governor of which state?
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Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born January 17, 1931) is the first African American to be elected as governor of Virginia and first African-American governor of any state since Reconstruction.[1] Wilder served as the 66th Governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. When earlier elected as Lieutenant Governor, he was the first African American elected to statewide office in Virginia. His most recent political office wasMayor of Richmond, Virginia, which he held from 2005 to 2009.
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Lawrence Douglas Wilder (born January 17, 1931) is the first African American to be elected as governor of Virginia and first African-American governor of any state since Reconstruction.[1] Wilder served as the 66th Governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. When earlier elected as Lieutenant Governor, he was the first African American elected to statewide office in Virginia. His most recent political office wasMayor of Richmond, Virginia, which he held from 2005 to 2009.
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Question 4 of 8
4. Question
Who was the first African America to make a space flight?Correct
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Dr. Guion Stewart “Guy” Bluford, Jr. (born November 22, 1942), is an engineer, NASA astronaut, and the first African American in space. Before becoming an astronaut, Bluford was a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He participated in four Space Shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992. In 1983, as a member of the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger on the mission STS-8, Bluford became the first African American in space as well as the second person of African ancestry in space, after Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez.
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Dr. Guion Stewart “Guy” Bluford, Jr. (born November 22, 1942), is an engineer, NASA astronaut, and the first African American in space. Before becoming an astronaut, Bluford was a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He participated in four Space Shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992. In 1983, as a member of the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger on the mission STS-8, Bluford became the first African American in space as well as the second person of African ancestry in space, after Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez.
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Question 5 of 8
5. Question
5. Who did Harriet Tubman leave behind when she escaped from slavery?
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In the fall of 1851, Tubman returned to Dorchester County for the first time since her escape, this time to find her husband, John. She once again saved money from various jobs, purchased a suit for him, and made her way south. John, meanwhile, had married another woman named Caroline. Tubman sent word that he should join her, but he insisted that he was happy where he was. Tubman at first prepared to storm their house and make a scene, but then decided he was not worth the trouble. Suppressing her anger, she found some slaves who wanted to escape and led them to Philadelphia.[59]
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In the fall of 1851, Tubman returned to Dorchester County for the first time since her escape, this time to find her husband, John. She once again saved money from various jobs, purchased a suit for him, and made her way south. John, meanwhile, had married another woman named Caroline. Tubman sent word that he should join her, but he insisted that he was happy where he was. Tubman at first prepared to storm their house and make a scene, but then decided he was not worth the trouble. Suppressing her anger, she found some slaves who wanted to escape and led them to Philadelphia.[59]
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Question 6 of 8
6. Question
Who was one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree?
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Mary Church Terrell (September 23, 1863 – July 24, 1954), daughter of former slaves, was one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree. She became an activist who led several important associations, including the National Association of Colored Women, and worked for civil rights and suffrage.
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Mary Church Terrell (September 23, 1863 – July 24, 1954), daughter of former slaves, was one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree. She became an activist who led several important associations, including the National Association of Colored Women, and worked for civil rights and suffrage.
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Question 7 of 8
7. Question
Who was an African American inventor who on April 26, 1892, obtained United States patent rights for her improvements to the ironing board?
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Sarah Boone was an African American inventor who on April 26, 1892, obtained United States patent rights for her improvements to the ironing board. Boone’s ironing board was designed to improve the quality of ironing sleeves and the bodies of women’s garments. The board was very narrow, curved, and made of wood. The shape and structure allowed it to fit a sleeve and it was reversible, so one could iron both sides of the sleeve.[1]
Prior to her inventions, people were forced to resort to simply using a table or being creative in laying a plank of wood across two chairs or small tables.[2]
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Sarah Boone was an African American inventor who on April 26, 1892, obtained United States patent rights for her improvements to the ironing board. Boone’s ironing board was designed to improve the quality of ironing sleeves and the bodies of women’s garments. The board was very narrow, curved, and made of wood. The shape and structure allowed it to fit a sleeve and it was reversible, so one could iron both sides of the sleeve.[1]
Prior to her inventions, people were forced to resort to simply using a table or being creative in laying a plank of wood across two chairs or small tables.[2]
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Question 8 of 8
8. Question
8. George Washington Carver was an agricultural chemist who discovered over _____ products that could be made from the peanut.
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George Washington Carver was born in Diamond Grove, Missouri around 1864. A frail, sickly child, Carver was unable to work in the fields, so he did household chores and gardening. He was left with many free hours to wander the woods — collecting rocks and flowers, and beginning a lifelong love affair with nature. He soon became known as the “Plant Doctor” and would help friends and neighbors nurture sick plants.
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George Washington Carver was born in Diamond Grove, Missouri around 1864. A frail, sickly child, Carver was unable to work in the fields, so he did household chores and gardening. He was left with many free hours to wander the woods — collecting rocks and flowers, and beginning a lifelong love affair with nature. He soon became known as the “Plant Doctor” and would help friends and neighbors nurture sick plants.
