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Black History Month Quiz Test Your Knowledge! httn:/Av\v\> .infonlease.coni Question 1: Which former slave and noted abolitionist edited and published The North Star, an abolitionist newspa per? Phillis Wheallcv Beniamin Bannekcr F-redcrick Douulass Question 2: The 15lh Amondmciu. which granted African Americans the right to vote, was passed on which date? February 3, 1870 July 14, 1889 November 19, 1910 Question 3: Which civil rights activist gained notoriety in the late nineteenth century for her scathing editorials de nouncing racial injustice? Sojourner Tniih Zc^ra Neale Hurston Ida B. Wells Question 4: Noted African-American intellectual and civil rights activist W.E.B. DuBois was a founding member of which organization in 1909? Nali(Mial Association for the Advancemeni of Colored People (NAACP) The National Negro Business League Southern Christian Leadership Conference Question 5: Which landmark Supreme Court case represented an important victory for the civil rights movement in 1954? Plessv vs. F-^erL'usoti Dred Scott vs. Sandford Bnnvii vs. the Board of Educati(Mi of Topeka Question 6: Who is generally considered the mother of the civil rights movement? Harriet Tuhman Susan B. Anthcmv Rosa Parks Question 7: Which of the following propelled Marlin Luther Kin>:. Jr. to national prominence as a leader of the civil rights movement? He led the boycott (1955-56) by African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama, against the seg regated city bus lines. He organized the massive March on Washington (1963), at which he gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. (Continued on page 12)
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