Black History Bowl - Civil Rights

Front 1

To whom did Martin Luther King Jr address his Letter from Birmingham City Jail?

Back 1

clergymen (in appealing for support against racial injustice)

Front 2

In which year did apartheid officially end in South Africa: ’71, ’81, or ’91?

Back 2

91

Front 3

What gold medal is awarded annually to an African-American for the highest achievement in his field of activity?

Back 3

The Spingarn Medal (named in 1914 after Joel Spingarn- A FORMER NAACP board chairman)

Front 4

In 1965, what Alabama city was the starting point for a historic five-day march to the state capital?

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Selma (25,000 protesters of unfair voting practices)

Front 5

What is a form of protest where people peacefully occupy an area and refuse to leave known as?

Back 5

Sit-ins

Front 6

Rights of individuals to receive equal treatment regardless of their race, gender or religion is called what?

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Civil Rights

Front 7

What landmark Supreme Court ruling declared racial segregation in schools unconstitutional?

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Brown vs. Board of Education Topeka 1954

Front 8

What were two measures designed to deter Black voters from voting?

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Literacy Tests and poll tax

Front 9

What did violence against peaceful protesters in Selma, Alabama prompt the passage of?

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Voting Rights Acts

Front 10

What are the Greensboro Four known for?

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Starting the sit-ins movement on February 1, 1960.

Front 11

Who was responsible for sparking the Montgomery bus boycott?

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Rosa Parks

Front 12

Which U.S. president signed the Civil Rights Act (1964), and the Voting Rights Act (1965) into law?

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Front 13

As vice-chair of Mississippi Freedom Party, she challenged the state's all-white and anti-civil rights delegation to the1968 Democratic National Convention. Name her.

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Fannie Lou Hamer

Front 14

Name the state laws that enforced segregation in public schools, public places and facilities.

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Jim Crow Laws

Front 15

What landmark act outlawed voting practices that were discriminatory against Black voters?

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Voting Rights Acts of 1965

Front 16

What constitutional amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

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13th Amendment

Front 17

What amendment abolished the poll tax that was levied to deter Black voters from voting?

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24th Amendment

Front 18

What amendment stated that citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race or color?

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15th Amendment

Front 19

What amendment gave citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. and equal protection under the law?

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14th Amendment

Front 20

Which former slave and noted abolitionist edited and published The North Star, an abolitionist newspaper?

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Frederick Douglas

Front 21

Noted African American intellectual and civil rights activist W. E. B. DuBois was a founding member of which organization in 1909?

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NAACP

Front 22

Who is generally considered the mother of the Civil Rights movement?

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Rosa Parks

Front 23

What propelled Martin Luther King, Jr. to national prominence as a leader of the Civil Rights movement?

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He led the boycott (1955- 56) in Montgomery, Alabama

Front 24

On June 11, 1963, President Kennedy ordered the National Guard to ensure the enrollment of two African American students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, at which university?

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University of Alabama

Front 25

What key event in the Civil Rights movement happened in 1964?

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Congress passed the Civil Rights Act

Front 26

The National Rainbow Coalition, a political organization uniting various minority groups was formed in 1986 by which African American leader?

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Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr.

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The

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th Amendment was passed on which date?

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Feb. 3,1870

Front 28

Why was the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment important to National Organization of Women members?

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It would guarantee equal opportunities for women.

Front 29

Since 1987, he has been the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district. On March 7, 1965 – a day known as ""Bloody Sunday,” his skull was fractured by state troopers after he lead civil rights marchers over Selma, Alabama’s Edmund Pettus Bridge.

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Congressman John Lewis

Front 30

What was the purpose of affirmative action programs?

Back 30

Correct the effect of previous injustice

Front 31

Who was the attorney for the NAACP in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case that established equal access to education?

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Thurgood Marshall

Front 32

The National Civil Rights Museum is located in what city?

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Memphis

Front 33

What did Executive Order 9981 do?

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Desegregated the military

Front 34

What was the Southern Manifesto?

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Southern lawmakers petition to protest the decision in Brown vs. Board of Education Topeka, Kansas

Front 35

What were the Black Codes?

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Slaves were forbidden to gather in groups larger than 5, own property, testify in court, or learn to read

Front 36

When was the importation of slaves outlawed in the U.S.?

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1808

Front 37

Why was the Civil Rights Act of 1957 significant?

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It was the first civil rights bill passed by congress since reconstruction

Front 38

Which state was the last to outlaw slavery?

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Mississippi

Front 39

How many years did Thurgood Marshall serve on the Supreme Court?

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24 years

Front 40

What year did the sit in movement begin?

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Feb. 1, 1960

Front 41

What date did the 1st Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday begin?

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Jan. 15, 1986

Front 42

When did the first “Juneteenth” celebrations take place?

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June 19, 1865

Front 43

Who was the Black preacher who led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831?

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Nat Turner