- In what year did Booker T. Washington write his famous autobiography Up From Slavery? 1900
- Name one of two Black women who amassed $1M in hair and skim care business. Madame C. J. Walker and Mrs. A. E. Malone
- Who was the 1st Black person to receive a Ph.D? W.E.B. DuBois
- What movement served as the forerunner to the NAACP? The Niagara movement
- When was the NAACP formed? February 12, 1909
- Who was the 1st Black to graduate from West Point? Charles Young
- By 15th century, this country succeeded Mali as the largest African empire and was larger than all of Europe. Songhay
- Fascinated by the abstract geometry of African art, this European artist was among those who turned from Greco-Roman and Renaissance art as his inspiration — and instead turned to Benin, Ife and other West African art centers. Picasso
- Name two of only four African languages that were reduced to writing before the European arrival. Egyptian, Ethiopian, Berber, and Vai (Liberia)
- Discoveries by this anthropologist in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge indicated humanity was born in Africa and that tool-making began in Africa and was spread to Europe and Asia. Dr. Leakey
- Cultural remains from this civilization show Blacks lived on the banks of the Nile thousands of years before the Egypt of the Pharaohs. Badarian
- This Greek historian, who was an eyewitness, wrote that the Egyptians were black and curly-haired. Herodotus
- This precious metal was the basis of international, trans-Saharan trade beginning in the 11th century. Gold
- The core of African society was the family which was organized primarily on matrilineal basis, meaning descent was traced through this person. The mother
- During the Civil War, who was president of the Confederacy? Jefferson Davis
- By the end of the Civil War, 180,000 Black men from the North had volunteered, comprising what percentage of total Union enlistments? 9-10%
- By the end of the Civil War, 180,000 Black men from the North had volunteered. Their deaths numbered 37,000, comprising what percentage of total Union soldier deaths? 20%
- At the Republican convention in Baltimore in June 1864, Abraham Lincoln was re-nominated for the presidency. Which constitutional amendment to end slavery throughout the United States was proposed as a part of the party plank? 13th Amendment
- Two of the most important events to the country took place in April 1865. Name one of them.
- Confederacy collapsed – Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox
- Lincoln assassinated five days later at Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth
- The National Urban League was formed as a result of a conference of various groups in 1910, called by Mrs. Ruth Standish Baldwin. What was it first called? National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes
- He is the father of the scientific study of Black History. Carter G. Woodson