2024 NC SC Black History

In which North Carolina town was civil rights leader Benjamin Chavis born?

• Charlotte

• Greensboro

• Oxford

• Greenville

Who was the African American civil rights activist born in Edenton, NC, and authored "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"?

• Phyllis Wheatley

• Rebecca Lee Crumpler

• Harriet Jacobs

• Mary Bowser

Robert Smalls, born into slavery in Beaufort, SC, became a naval hero during the Civil War. What daring act did he undertake?

• He singlehandedly captured a Confederate regiment

• He escaped to freedom by commandeering a Confederate ship

• Made Treaties with Indian Tribes

• He became a Union General

What educational activist, born in Charleston, SC, played a crucial role in the Citizenship School Movement in North Carolina?

• Ida B Wells

• Mary Bowser

• Septima Clark

• Charlotte E Ray

Which Florence, South Carolina native was the first African American woman to serve as a justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court?

• Agusta Savage

• Mamie P Clark

• Patricia Timmons-Goodson

• Zora Hurston

Julius Chambers, a civil rights attorney, was known for his legal battles against:

School Segregation

• Black Employment

• School Segregation

• Police Brutality

• Busing

How did Denmark Vesey, born a slave in Charleston, plan a major slave revolt in 1822?

• Impersonating as a Confederate Soldier

• By organizing secret meetings and coordinating a rebellion

• Recruiting Union Soldiers help

• Getting Aid from Union Army

What pioneering black preparatory school did Charlotte Hawkins Brown establish in Sedalia, NC?

• Palmer College

• Lincoln Prep School

• Palmer Prepatory School

• Palmer Memorial Institute

What was the significance of the Greensboro Four's sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter in 1960?

• More Restaurants to open in Minority areas

• It caused Restaurants around the South to open Doors to Black Customers

• It initiated the sit-in movement

• More Chain Restaurants move to South

Who, born in Littleton, NC, was a civil rights organizer and mentor to many prominent activists?

• Ella Fitzgerald

• Harriet Jacobs

• Ella Baker

• Pamela Grier