black history month 2023

Black people have been part of British society since at least?

• 8000BC

• 500AD

• The 1800's

• The 1940's

Britain's involvement with the Slave Trade is most associated with?

• The US & India

• The Caribbean & The US

• The Caribbean & South America

• The US & South America

When did Britain outlaw the Slave Trade?

• 1750

• 1833

• 1908

• 1963

The Jim Crow Laws made racial segregation in the US legal. The laws were passed in the late 1800's and lasted until 1968. Who was Jim Crow?

• A black civil rights activist

• A white lawyer who felt black people should not have the same rights as white people

• A white comedian who 'blacked up' and stereotyped black people in a negative way

• A formed US president who sympathised with the Slave Trade

Many people have heard about the Montgomery Bus Boycott in the US (1955-56). However, in 1963 there was a bus boycott in the UK. The boycott was led by a black youth worker called Paul Stephenson. In which city did the boycott take place?

• London

• Manchester

• Birmingham

• Bristol

Signs like the one you can see here were once common in the UK in rented accommodation and B&B's. When were the first anti-discrimination laws passed in the UK?

• Late 1800's

• Early 1900's

• 1930's

• 1960's

Black History Month started out as Black History Week in the US in 1926. It was the idea of a black American. What was that persons name?

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When did the first Black History Month take part in the UK?

• 1968

• 1987

• 1995

• 2010

Which ONE of the following is MOST associated with Black History Month in the UK?

• The Slave Trade

• The Windrush Generation

• The contribution of black people to British life over time

• Black Lives Matter (BLM)

John Edmonstone's main claim to fame was that?

• He was a prominent black civil rights campaigner

• He was the first black British MP

• He was a teacher who had a strong influence on the work of Charles Darwin

• He was the first black player to represent England at football