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Test yourself with this quiz, which is a sampling of
questions from the Afro-American Almanac Web site.
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1. Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, a black surgeon, was the
first person to perform which type of operation?
a. lung transplant b. open-heart surgery c. liver transplant
2. Who founded the Nation of Islam?
a. Malcolm X b. Joe Johnson c. Wallace Fard
3. The “separate but equal” doctrine was imposed by the U.S. Supreme Court during which case?
a. Brown vs. Board of Education b. Jones vs. Jones c. Plessy vs. Ferguson
4.1n 1776, a female slave, Jenny Slew, sued her master, charging him with restraining her liberty.
What was the outcome of the trial?
a. She won her freedom, b. She was sentenced to death, c. She quit before the trial ended.
5. What was the first state to abolish slavery?
a. New York b. Pennsylvania c. West Virginia
6. Who was the first African-American to win the Nobel
Peace Prize?
a. Paul Robeson b. Ralph Bunche c. Martin Luther King Jr
7. John Mercer Langston was the first African-American
elected to public office in the LInited States. To
which office was he elected?
a. Mayor b. Governor c. Township clerk
8. What is the origin of the word “contraband”?
a. Reconstruction era b. The height of the slave trade c. The Civil War
9. How many blacks were counted as owning slaves in the 1860 U.S. Census?
a. none b. More than 6,000 c. Less than 2,000
10. The first patent issued to a black man was for which invention?
a. The ironing board b. A dry-cleaning process c. A permanent wave machine
11. Ida B. Wells Barnett was co-founder of which organization?
a.TheNAACP b.The Woman’s Industrial Club c. The American Nurses Association
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12. The average enlistment for a white soldier during the American Revolution was three to nine months. What was the average enlistment for a
black soldier?
a. 10-12 months b. 2-3 years c. 4-5 years
‘Strengthened to Overcome’
Do not be afraid.
Listen to your soul.
For it is telling you to have
control.
If you stand strong.
Hold your head up high.
You will no longer have to
hold your head down to cry.
Be brave, have pride.
You have been strengthened
to overcome.
Be content, have joy.
For the Lord shall soon
someday come.
Try to laugh.
Open your mouth to sing.
Your situations and problems
are nothing but things.
Try to endure.
Be steadfast in your works.
No one enjoys an unpleasant
clerk.
Just hold on, there are also
others.
We all have been
strengthened to overcome.
We are cared for, we are
loved.
By the Lord that shall soon
someday come.
Believe in yourself.
You too can be saved.
All of us Christians start out
as babes.
Trust in Jesus.
Read the Word.
He will give you the
knowledge you deserve.
Hug your brothers, hold your
sisters.
They need to be strengthened
to overcome.
Be a blessing, give the praise.
Our savior, the Lord, shall
soon someday come.
Relieve the stress.
Ease your mind.
You have plenty of time.
Live right.
Do the right things.
He knows you are only a
human being.
Clap your hands, jump and
shout.
You have been strengthened
to overcome.
Lift your voice, pray a prayer.
Our Lord, shall soon
someday come.
By: Ericka Morrison
University Kicks Off
Black History Month
By Dawn Redrick
Staff Writer
A kick-off program was
held in celebration of Black
History Month Tuesday,
February 4, in the Seabrook
Auditorium. The celebration
was the first of several
university programs designed
to recognize Black History
Month.
The program was
presided by Dr. John I.
Brooks III, who opened the
program with a moment of
silence in honor those who
lost their lives in the Columbia
space shuttle crash.
“We mention this
tragedy.. .not because
Michael Anderson was an
African American.. .but they
are honored for achieving the
goal of every university.. .the
advancement of knowledge,”
Brooks said to the audience.
Author Bill Overton, the
keynote speaker, inspired the
theme of this program and
most of FSU’s series of
events for the month. “The
Media Shaping the Image of
a People,” was the theme and
is the title of his book.
“I am here to bring a
serious message and
enlighten.. .we are at war
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