BHM Trivia week 3

On February 1, 1960, Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Billy Smith, and Clarence Henderson started a sit-in protest at a Woolworth’s counter. Which HBCU did the four young men attend?

• 1. Howard University

• 1. Florida A&M University

• 1. North Carolina A&T State University

• 1. Tennessee State University

The protests of the Freedom Summer led to the passage of what bill?

• 1. The Clean Water Act of 1972

• 1. The 15th Amendment

• 1. The Voting Rights Act of 1965

• 1. The Civil Rights Act of 1957

Ida B. Wells, one of the NAACP's founders, is also known for her successful career in:

• Journalism

• Chemistry

• Fashion

• Mathematics

Although he eventually left, Malcom X was influenced by his time in his 20s and 30s as a member of which religion?

• Islam

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Buddhism

Ruby Bridges was the first African American to:

• Be elected to the Senate

• Integrate an elementary school in the South

• Represent the US in the Olympics

• Win a Nobel prize

Every year ESPN awards the “________ Courage Award,” in honor of the late athlete. The award goes to someone who “possesses strength in the face of adversity, courage in the face of peril and the willingness to stand up for their beliefs no matter what the cost"

• Arthur Ashe

• Jackie Robinson

• Bill Russell

• Jerry Rice

This singer is known as "The Godmother of Rock and Roll" and popularized electric guitar:

• Maria Knight

• Mahalia Jackson

• Aretha Franklin

• Sister Rosetta Tharpe

This writer was the first first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. Some of their works include ‘Parable of the Sower’, ‘Kindred’, and ‘Fledgling’.

• James Baldwin

• Octavia Butler

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Issa Rae

In the 1968 Olympics, USA sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos attracted international attention when they:

• Asked that their medals not count towards USA’s total medal count

• Wore black gloves and raised a fist while the national anthem played

• Refused to compete

• Kneeled while the national anthem played

Audre Lorde is most known for her career as a:

• Poet

• Athlete

• Politician

• Actress