Name that figure in Black American History! There was an error. Please try again. 10 Total Questions Test Complete This test has ended. Question 1/10 First Black woman elected into Congress. Correct! Incorrect Question 1/10 First Black woman elected into Congress. Your Answer
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Kamala Harris Your Answer
Shirley Chisholm Your Answer
Claudette Colvin Your Answer
Annie Lee Cooper Your Answer Question 2/10 First African American student to attend a white elementary school in Louisiana after desegregation. Correct! Incorrect Question 2/10 First African American student to attend a white elementary school in Louisiana after desegregation. Your Answer
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Mae Jemison Your Answer
Charles R. Drew Your Answer
W.E.B. Dubois Your Answer
Ruby Bridges Your Answer Question 3/10 An escaped slave from Maryland who became an abolitionist and a key leader in the Civil Rights movement in the 1900's. Correct! Incorrect Question 3/10 An escaped slave from Maryland who became an abolitionist and a key leader in the Civil Rights movement in the 1900's. Your Answer
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Frederick Douglass Your Answer
Martin Luther King, Jr. Your Answer
George Washington Carver Your Answer
Thurgood Marshall Your Answer Question 4/10 First Black general in the United States Army. Correct! Incorrect Question 4/10 First Black general in the United States Army. Your Answer
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Benjamin O. Davis Your Answer
Paul Robeson Your Answer
Amiri Baraka Your Answer
Max Robinson Your Answer Question 5/10 Led the campaign for the civil rights movement in the 1950's-1960's, and is best known for his famed speech "I have a Dream." Correct! Incorrect Question 5/10 Led the campaign for the civil rights movement in the 1950's-1960's, and is best known for his famed speech "I have a Dream." Your Answer
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Malcolm X Your Answer
Martin Luther King, Jr. Your Answer
Gordon Parks Your Answer
Langston Hughes Your Answer Question 6/10 The first field secretary in the NAACP in Mississippi and a well-known civil rights activist, whose murder in 1963 led to JFK's appeal for a Civil Rights bill. Correct! Incorrect Question 6/10 The first field secretary in the NAACP in Mississippi and a well-known civil rights activist, whose murder in 1963 led to JFK's appeal for a Civil Rights bill. Your Answer
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Bayard Rustin Your Answer
Emmett Till Your Answer
Medgar Evers Your Answer
Arther Ashe Your Answer Question 7/10 A black poet, author and civil rights activist who is best known for her book "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" in 1969. Correct! Incorrect Question 7/10 A black poet, author and civil rights activist who is best known for her book "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" in 1969. Your Answer
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Maya Angelou Your Answer
Ida B. Wells Your Answer
Bessie Coleman Your Answer
Dorothy Height Your Answer Question 8/10 An investigative journalist who led the anti-lynching movement in the 1890's and became one of the founders of the NAACP in the late 1800's. Correct! Incorrect Question 8/10 An investigative journalist who led the anti-lynching movement in the 1890's and became one of the founders of the NAACP in the late 1800's. Your Answer
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Sojourner Truth Your Answer
Ida B. Wells Your Answer
Fannie Lou Hamer Your Answer
Mary Church Terrell Your Answer Question 9/10 First African American to serve as a justice on the Supreme Court. Correct! Incorrect Question 9/10 First African American to serve as a justice on the Supreme Court. Your Answer
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Bessie Coleman Your Answer
Malcolm X Your Answer
Thurgood Marshall Your Answer
Rosa Parks Your Answer Question 10/10 Refused to give her seat up to a white man on the bus, and hence sparked the civil rights movement of the 1900's. Correct! Incorrect Question 10/10 Refused to give her seat up to a white man on the bus, and hence sparked the civil rights movement of the 1900's. Your Answer
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Harriet Tubman Your Answer
Raymond Parks Your Answer
Sylvester James McCauley Your Answer
Rosa Parks Your Answer
As February is Black History month, the students have been involved in making educational posters and slideshows to broadcast black excellence and achievement.
“I’ve been trying to educate people on black history month and what our history is because people focus on slavery, but then there’s also good, crazy stuff that black people have done,” senior club president Peris Mugo said.
Assistant principal Alexis Wilkerson is involved in the BSU, and believes that the club is a foundation for change, as students can come together to discuss issues concerning their representation.
“The purpose of it is for our students to have a sense of a community to come together to talk about things that they would like to change or improve or to discuss what’s going well,” Wilkerson said. “It’s a place where they can come together and look at ideas of how they would like to be represented in the school, and what they would like for teachers to know more about them.”
As a school consisting of a mostly white demographic, it is easy for black people to be in separate groups, making it more difficult for them to communicate about what they want to see change in the community.
“I’ve always gone to predominantly white schools. And I feel like there’s not very much inclusion with black people or very much recognition. And so I want to do something to change that,” senior club member R’yona Harris said. “I feel like us, as black people as a whole in predominantly white schools, they’re more split up. Like they don’t come together to do anything together.”
Harris also believes that the BSU is a way for people to express themselves without fear of judgement.
“I feel like it’s a really good experience. I feel like we have so much fun there. We have amazing talks. A lot of people, they need more of an escape too, and I feel like BSU is a good place to escape and be themselves,” Harris said.
Freshman Jakobe Bradley-Johnson, a member of the BSU, joined the club to be a part of something bigger than himself in the school community, and to find a community of his own.
“[I joined BSU] to make a change in the school and really be involved with my people,” Bradley-Johnson said.
To spread the word about black history month, Bradley-Johnson has participated in creating multiple presentations of black excellence to educate students.
“We just finished our black history month slideshow and we are planning on going to K-State next Tuesday,” Bradley-Johnson said.
Overall, the Black student union provides an amazing way for students everywhere to learn about black culture and excellence and to have the opportunity to promote acceptance and diversity in their school.
“I encourage people to join BSU in the future because it’s a way for you to learn more about your heritage and to extend the knowledge to people about heritage, black history month and stuff like that,” freshman Linette Ndungu said.
