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(Continuedfrom page II) He was awarded the Nobel Pcacc Pri/e (1964) for his philosophy of nonviolent resistance. Question 8: On June 11, 1963, Prcsideni K.cnned\ ordered the National Guard to ensure the enrollment of two Af rican- American students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, at which university? University of Mississippi University of Chicago University of Alabama Question 9: What key event in the civil rights movement hap pened in 1964? Thurencid Marshall became the first Afri can American to be appointed to the US Supreme Court. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act. The Black Panther Party was formed. Question 10: The National Rainbow Coalition, a political organi zation uniting various minority groups, was formed in 1986 by which African-American political leader? CioniTal Colin Pouoll Louis Farrakhan Reverend Jesse Jackson. Sr. Answers to Black History Quiz on page 11 Question 1: Correct answer: Frederic k Douglass Douglass also published his Narrative of the Life of Frcdcrick Donlaw in 1845. Wht culev. who lived from 17537-1784, was a poet and is generally con sidered the first important African-American writer in the United States. A largely self-taught surveyor, mathematician, and astronomer, Bamiekcr pub lished an almanac from 1791 to 1802 with tables showing the tides and astronomical events. He is generally considered the first African-American scientist. Question 2: Correct answer: February 3,1870 Question 3: Correct answer: Ida B. ells Wells was the editor and part owner of the Memphis Free Speech. An illiterate freed slave, 7 nith traveled widely throughout the North preaching emancipa tion and women's rights. A trained anthropologist, Hiirstim also wrote fiction, including two novels Question 4: Correct answer: National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People (NA.\CP) DuBois was the only black founding member; he edited the NAACP’s magazine, the Crisis. Booker T. Washington, founder of Tuskegee Institute (1881), organized the National Negro Business League in 1900. The SCLC was organized by Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1957. Question 5: Correct answer: Hrown vs. the Hoard of Education of Topeka The Simreiiic Court ruled unanimously that legal segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, thus overturning Plessy vs. Ferguson. Pk>ss\ v.v. Fer- anson (1896) resulted in the "separate but equal” policy that underpinned the Jim Crow laws in the South. The majority opinion of the court in the case of Scot! IV. Siiiidt'ortl {1857) was that Congress had no power to prohibit slavery in the territories. Fur thermore, several justices held that a black "whose ancestors were ... sold as slaves" was not a citizen and therefore had no standing in court. The court's verdict contributed to tensions between the North and South leading up to the Civil War. Question 6: Correct answer: Rosa Parks Her refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger triggered the 1955-1956 Montgomery bus boycott. An escaped slave. Tubman became a suc cessful "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. (Continued on page 13)
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