Black History Month

Jesse Owens won _ gold medals during the 1936 Berlin Olympic games in front of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

in 1947, he became the first African-American to play professional baseball.

• Frank Robinson

• Larry Doby

• Roy Campanella

• Jackie Robinson

Prior to 1948, African Americans in the military were

• Not recommended for the Medal of Honor.

• Not allowed to serve in combat roles.

• Not allowed to join or be drafted into the military.

• In segregated units with white officers.

1954 Supreme Court case which declared that school segregation was unconstitutional.

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

• Scott v. Sanford

• McCulloch v. Maryland

What was the significance of Emmett Till's death in 1955?

• Congress passed the Civil Rights Bill.

• Brought attention to racial violence in the South.

• KKK members in the South were arrested.

• Schools in Mississippi were desegrated.

In 1960, she became the first African American child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South.

• Ruby Bridges

• Linda Brown

• Rosa Parks

• Ella Fitzgerald

In 1964, while protesting a motel's "whites only" policy to their pool, the manager dumped _ into the pool to force the protestors out.

• Mud

• Snakes

• Ice

• Acid

How many times did Martin Luther King Jr. go to jail for civil disobedience / trumped-up charges?

• 7

• 15

• 29

• 53

In 94 years, how many African American women have won an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role?

• 0

• 1

• 5

• 8

Which of these phrases / terms have racial undertones to people of African descent? (Select all that apply)

• Mumbo jumbo

• No can do

• Sold down the river

• Eenie meenie miney mo