Black History Month 2023: History & History Makers
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1.
DROPDOWN QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Fort Worth History: During the 1940’s and 50’s (a) was a Jazz Landmark.
Answer explanation
ANSWER: I.M. Terrell High School
https://www.fortworth.com/blog/post/african-american-history-self-guided-tour/
2.
DROPDOWN QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Fort Worth History: Organized in September 1875 by twelve former slaves, (a) is the oldest continuously operating African-American Baptist Church in Fort Worth.
Answer explanation
ANSWER: Mt. Gilead Baptist Church
Mt. Gilead Baptist Church is the oldest continuously operating African-American Baptist Church in Fort Worth. It was organized in September 1875 by twelve former slaves who later built a modest structure in a black settlement called “Baptist Hill” near present-day 15th and Crump Streets. Considered the “mother church of Fort Worth Black Baptists,” it soon became a symbol of African American self-determination.
https://www.fortworth.com/blog/post/african-american-history-self-guided-tour/
3.
FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Fort Worth History: Stop Six is the neighborhood’s nickname. What is the neighborhood’s real name?
(a)
Answer explanation
ANSWER: Cowanville
The historic Stop Six neighborhood in southeast Fort Worth was founded by African-American pioneer Amanda Davis (1865-1960), who purchased a one-acre tract in the undeveloped area in 1896 for $45. Mrs. Davis had 10 children, raised poultry and worked as a laundress. Amanda Avenue is named for her.
Alonzo and Sarah Cowan paid $200 for three acres in the community of small farms and homesteads in 1902. Mr. Cowan donated land for the area’s first church, Cowan McMillan United Methodist Church. The community was segregated, and it became known for its successful black-owned barber and beauty shops, barbecue stands and other businesses.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fort Worth History: The Northern Texas Traction Co. ran an electric-powered, interurban streetcar through this community from 1902 to 1934. It was the sixth stop on the 90-minute trip from the Tarrant County Courthouse to Dallas.
Como
Mossier Valley
Stop Six
Rock Island Bottom
Answer explanation
ANSWER: Stop Six
The Northern Texas Traction Co. ran an electric-powered, interurban streetcar through the community from 1902 to 1934. Cowanville was the sixth stop on the 90-minute trip from the Tarrant County Courthouse to Dallas. The nickname “Stop Six” stuck.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fort Worth History: During the 1950s, Interstate 35W sliced through the middle of this neighborhood, decimating whole blocks and half of a park.
Como
Mossier Valley
Stop Six
Rock Island Bottom
Answer explanation
ANSWER: Rock Island Bottom
At the turn of the 20th century, as many as 500 African American families lived in Fort Worth’s thriving Rock Island Bottom neighborhood.
The Hill, an African American community just west of The Bottom, was also decimated by the interstate construction. "[Mr. Eisenhower’s] vision came through and it destroyed the neighborhoods, not just in the black community, but all over that part of town.”
Walker remembered the quality of life in Rock Island and Hill communities as modest and friendly.
https://www.fwhs.org/rock-island-hillside-neighborhood-history/
6.
FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Fort Worth History: (a) was opened in 1882 as the city's first black school.
Answer explanation
ANSWER: I.M. Terrell High School
The school opened in 1882 as the city's first black school, during the era of formal racial segregation in the United States. In 1882, Isaiah Milligan Terrell (1859–1931) became the head of East Ninth Street Colored School, the first free public school for African Americans in Fort Worth. Terrell became Principal and Superintendent of Colored Schools in 1890. In 1906, the school moved to a location at East Twelfth and Steadman Streets, and was renamed North Side Colored School No. 11. A new school building opened in 1910, with Terrell as principal. The school was renamed I.M Terrell High School in 1921, in honor of the former principal.
https://www.fortworth.com/blog/post/african-american-history-self-guided-tour/
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Fort Worth History: This area of Fort Worth, located just south of Euless, was the first freedman's town in Tarrant County.
Como
Mossier Valley
Stop Six
Rock Island Bottom
Answer explanation
ANSWER: Mosier Valley
In 1870, former slaves Robert and Dilsie Johnson received a 40-acre tract of land here as a wedding gift from plantation owner Lucy Lee. Soon other freedmen settled in Mosier Valley, and in 1883 a community school was organized. A schoolhouse, built at this site about 1924, served as a focal point for the surrounding area. It was replaced by a brick structure in 1953. Mosier Valley students were integrated in 1969. Today the site serves as a reminder of the area's earliest citizens and as a symbol of the community's rich heritage. (1983)
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