BHM Trivia

Who is Carter G Woodson

• He was known as a Pan Africanist.

• He was a poet and is the founder of Third World Press.

• He is known as the father of Black History Month.

• He was an abolitionist.

Complete the following sentence. The Underground Railroad was _____.

• A railroad located under ground.

• Lorraine Hansberry's most famous play.

• An musical form born out of the blues, ragtime and marching bands, originated in Louisiana during the turn of the 19th century.

• A network of secret routes and safe houses used by black slaves in America to escape to free states.

Which of these people were abolitionists? Select all that apply.

• Otis Boykin

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• Quakers

• Martin Luther King Jr.

What is the purpose of a freedom quilt?

• The freedom quilt served as affirmation of one's freedom.

• The freedom quilt was used to beautify the home.

• The freedom quilt kept you warm.

• The freedom quilt meant nothing to slaves.

What was the meaning of the freedom quilt patterns?

• The patterns told slaves how to get ready to escape.

• The patterns told the slaves what to do on the trip.

• The patterns told the slaves where to go.

• All of the choices

Resistance is the refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument, and the ability not to be affected by something.

• True

• False

Discrimination has impacted blacks in which areas?

• employment

• education

• housing

• All of the choices

Complete the sentence. The fight for justice against discrimination was marked by _____?

• walk-outs

• rebellions

• boycotts

• strikes

Historically Black Colleges and Universities were largely created by white philanthropist.

• True

• False

Who challenged us to get in good trouble?

• John Lewis

• Oprah

• President Obama

• Jim Crow