PRP BSU_Black History Month Trivia

What was the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s father's church?

• Atlanta Southern Baptist

• Southern Church of the People

• Ebenezer Baptist

• Atlanta Tabernacle

What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?

• CORE-Congress of Racial Equality

• SCLC-Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• SNCC-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• ACLU-American Civil Liberties Union

At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?

• Hospital orderly

• Drugstore clerk

• Department store seamstress

• High school cafeteria worker

SNCC member Stokely Carmichael was instrumental in forming the Lowndes County Freedom Organization in Alabama. What was its symbol?

• A balance scale

• The letters MLK

• A black panther

• A raised fist

Who wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

• Maya Angelou

• Fannie Lou Hamer

• Coretta Scott King

• Rosa Parks

What was Muhammad Ali's original name?

• Aaron Brown

• Marcellus Moore

• Leviticus Lewis

• Cassius Clay

In 1960, four African American college students staged a sit-in that helped integrate this store's lunch counter.

• Sears

• Woolworth's

• Target

• Walmart

What famous baseball player said, "Today's black athletes have no idea what we had to endure.”

• Bob Gibson

• Hank Aaron

• Ernie Banks

• Willie Mays

Members of what labor union helped to build the nation’s black middle class and civil rights movement?

• International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union

• Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

• American Federal of Teachers

• Communications Workers of America

One of the most important and memorable speeches of the Civil Rights Movement, "I have a dream," was delivered by Dr. Martin L. King Jr. on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington. But this wasn't the speech he prepared for that day.

• True

• False