Questions Flashcards
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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?
Dr. Martin Luther King
Jorno Kenyatta was a leader of what country?
Kenya
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?
Richard Allen
On January 1, 1863 what significant declaration did President Lincoln issue?
The EP
He was born Elijah Poole. What was this Muslim leader‟s Islamic name?
Elijah Muhammad
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?
16 months
Henry Bibb was a fugitive slave narrator and journalist. He emigrated to what country?
Canada
The Bible called her “The Queen of Sheba”. What was the African Queen called by her people?
Makeda
How many Southern states seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America in 1861?
11
The Black Panther Party was founded in what California city?
Oakland
How many trips did Harriet Tubman make to the South to rescue Black slaves?
19
The historic “March on Washington” occurred in what year?
1963
How old was Martin Luther King, Jr. when he was assassinated?
39
The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 destroyed what prosperous black community?
Greenwood Community
In 1831, the World Anti-Slavery Convention opened in what city?
London
What does the acronym NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The word “carpetbagger” was first used during the aftermath of what war?
Civil War
What famous narrative was written by Solomon Northrup, a fugitive slave?
My Bondage & My Freedom
What anti-slavery newspaper was founded by Frederick Douglass?
The North Star
What state was the first to abolish slavery?
Vermont
What Black American sparked the “Montgomery Bus Boycott”?
Rosa Parks
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?
Red Summer
What civil rights leader was co-founder of the NAACP and the Pan-African Movement?
W. E. B. Du Bois
What was Malcolm X‟s given name?
Malcolm Little
