African American History Study Guide

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Booker T. Washington 6x 16.7% stumper $550 avg J:1 DJ:5

DJ $400 1993 This black educator's autobiography, "Up From Slavery", was published in 1901

J $500 1991 He served in the Illinois House & Illinois Senate before becoming Chicago's mayor in 1983

DJ $400 1993 Robert Russa Moton, a former houseboy, succeeded him as president of Tuskegee Institute

Barbara Jordan 5x $1,380 avg J:1 DJ:4

J $500 DD 1995 In 1991 this former Congresswoman was appointed special counsel on ethics by the gov. of Texas

DJ $1,000 1993 From 1967-1972 she served as the only woman & the only Black in the Texas State Senate

DJ $600 1993 This Texas congresswoman gave the keynote address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention

George Washington Carver 4x $350 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $100 1988 The World Almanac lists this man, born circa 1860, as a botanist, chemurgist & educator

DJ $600 1993 For advancements in agricultural chemistry, he received the 1923 Spingarn Medal

J $300 1987 It's said he also developed at least 75 products from the pecan

Scott Joplin 4x $450 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $400 1991 The popularity of ragtime ended about the same time that this composer died in 1917

DJ $600 1992 In 1907 he outlined some of his musical ideas in a book called "The School of Ragtime"

DJ $400 1997 In 1908 he composed the "Fig Leaf Rag"

Martin Luther King 4x $300 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $200 1995 The book "The Black 100" ranks this civil rights leader as the most influential African-American who ever lived

DJ $600 1993 Robert & John Kennedy helped this man get out of a Georgia jail in 1960

DJ $200 1993 Upon this man's death in 1968, Ralph Abernathy became head of the SCLC

Worth Knowing (27)

Washington, D.C. 3 The NAACP 3 Oprah Winfrey 3 Malcolm X 3 Jesse Jackson 3 Frederick Douglass 3 Colin Powell 3 Alex Haley 3 Vanessa Williams 2 Thurgood Marshall 2 Sojourner Truth 2 Rosa Parks 2 Pearl Bailey 2 Mississippi 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. 2 Marian Anderson 2 Leontyne Price 2 Jesse Owens 2 James Baldwin 2 Jackie Robinson 2 Hank Aaron 2 Ebony 2 Clarence Thomas 2 Chicago 2 Coleman Young 2 Tony Brown 2 David Dinkins 2

Civil War

1 answers | 5 clues

Should-Know (1)

Harriet Tubman 5x 20.0% stumper $560 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $300 1994 Originally named Araminta, this Underground Railroad "conductor" later adopted her mother's name

J $500 1995 For the hundreds of slaves she led to freedom, she's nicknamed the "Moses" of her people

DJ $400 1994 This abolitionist bought her home in New York from William H. Seward

Modern (post-1990)

1 answers | 4 clues

Should-Know (1)

Maya Angelou 4x $750 avg DJ:4

DJ $600 1997 For President Clinton's 1st inauguration, she wrote & recited the poem "On The Pulse Of Morning"

DJ $1,000 DD 1994 She wrote the poems read by Janet Jackson in Poetic Justice" & also appeared in the film

DJ $600 1994 Before turning author & poet, she toured singing & dancing in "Porgy & Bess"

Ancient

1 answers | 3 clues

Worth Knowing (1)

Bryant Gumbel 3

World War I

1 answers | 3 clues

Worth Knowing (1)

Ralph Bunche 3

Cold War

1 answers | 2 clues

Worth Knowing (1)

Dick Gregory 2

Colonial / Exploration

1 answers | 2 clues

Worth Knowing (1)

Matthew Henson 2

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