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Black History Bowl Questions 118-126
Question | Answer |
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Civil rights activists who founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Known for introducing "group-centered leadership" as a movement philosophy. | Ella Baker |
This legislation prohibits discrimination in public accommodations and in employment. | The 1964 Civil Rights Act |
Civil rights activist and an accomplished lawyer who became the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. | Thurgood Marshall |
A newspaper editor and political activist who became the 1st African American woman to be nominated for Vice President. She fought against racism and for the rights of workers. | Charlotta Bass |
To whom did Martin Luther King Jr address his letter from Birmingham City Jail? | White clergymen (in appealing for support against racial injustice) |
Born a daughter of slaves in Holly Springs, Mississippi. A fierce journalist and anti-lynching crusader, she took her fight for justice to the White House in 1898, calling for Pres. William McKinley to make reforms. | Ida B. Well |
What landmark Supreme Court ruling required all railroad companies to provide equal accommodations for blacks? | Mitchell vs. U.S. Interstate Commerce Act |
In which year did apartheid officially end in South Africa: 1971, 1981, or 1991? | 1991 |
What gold medal is awarded annually by the NAACP to an African-American for the highest achievement in his or her field of activity? | The Spingarn Medal (named in 1914 after Joel Spingarn - A former NAACP board chairman) |