1. Quoting Greatness Quiz: Who Said That? Match the quote to the person who first said it. This is a fun interactive game. http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/quoting-greatness-quiz.jsp
2. 101 Fast Facts: Little Known, Inventions & Discoveries, Record Breaking, Firsts.
http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/101-facts-inventions.jsp
3. History in the Making 2006-2008
http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/history-in-the-making.jsp
4. The Harlem Renaissance – Interactive Timeline, History, People, Games
http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/harlem-renaissance.jsp
5. Icing the Stereotypes: Black hockey players in a traditionally white sport
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmhockey1.html
Based on a survey of more than 500 African American higher education
professionals, including college and university presidents, chancellors, and directors, Black Enterprise magazine has ranked the top 50 colleges and universities where African-American students are most likely to succeed. The ranking considers factors such as black population (at least 3%), academic strengths, social environment, and graduation rates.
http://www.infoplease.com/edu/colleges/top-colleges-for-black-students-2006.html
7. African-American Quotations: From Muhammad Ali to Andrew Young http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmquotes1.html
President Barack Obama is the best representation of the protest and marches of the past and he’s the image and face of today’s America. Obama is also the face of the future because he has inspired so many younger black Americans that nothing is out of reach when you have clarity in your vision, commitment in your actions and confidence that you CAN overcome any obstacle life throws your way.
When President Barack Obama took the oath of office, he gave the nation a challenge: "What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility."
His message echoed across the country and around the world, with especially profound resonance here at the Responsibility Project, launched a year ago this week in response to your thousands of letters and emails seeking to highlight the role of responsibility in all our lives.
In his inaugural address, President Obama articulated some of the same ideals of responsibility many of you have already expressed on this site:
"A recognition on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world. Duties that we do not grudgingly accept, but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task."
Creating a new culture of responsibility— Extreme Makeover, American Edition—will require some personal heavy lifting from each of us, along with the recognition that we don’t have to wear a uniform to serve our country. Hitting the re-set button on responsibility has already struck a chord: a post-inauguration survey showed that by a three-to-one margin, Americans now feel more optimistic about the future of the country.
The new era was celebrated by the Inaugural Poet, with these words:
"Just as the unthinkable has happened in the past, anything remains possible now.
In today's sharp sparkle, this winter air, any thing can be made, any sentence begun."
Perhaps more will now begin with the word "responsibility."
How much do you know about the ways in which African-Americans have shaped U.S. history? Take this quiz to find out.
1. What Atlanta-born Baptist minister was the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
A. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
B. Andrew Young
C. Rep. John L. Lewis
D. Booker T. Washington
2. Which of the following occupations did Dr. Carter G. Woodson NOT have during his lifetime?
A. Teacher
B. Publisher
C. Coal miner
D. Congressman
3. Who was the first woman ever to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda?
A. Rosa Parks
B. Mary McLeod Bethune
C. Harriet Tubman
D. Ida B. Wells
4. Which of the following women is known as the "Moses of her people"?
A. Harriet Tubman
B. Mary McLeod Bethune
C. Shirley Chisholm
D. Coretta Scott King
5. Who was the first black female representative in Congress?
A. Sheila Jackson Lee
B. Barbara Jordan
C. Carol Moseley-Braun
D. Shirley Chisholm
6. Who was the first African-American to serve as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court?
A. Thurgood Marshall
B. Clarence Thomas
C. Booker T. Washington
D. Ralph Bunche
7. What Jamaican-born publisher founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association in 1914?
A. Marcus Garvey
B. Malcolm X
C. Carter G. Woodson
D. W.E.B. DuBois
8. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted citizenship to and protected the liberties of newly freed slaves?
A. 13th
B. 14th
C. 15th
D. 16th
9. In what year did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Brown v. Board of Education that school segregation is unconstitutional?
A. 1925
B. 1945
C. 1954
D. 1964
10. What U.S. president sent troops to the University of Mississippi to end riots so that James Meredith, the school's first black student, could attend?
A. John F. Kennedy
B. Dwight D. Eisenhower
C. Lyndon B. Johnson
D. Richard M. Nixon
11. Which of the following acts prohibited discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, sex, handicap and family status?
A. Civil Rights Act of 1968
B. Civil Rights Act of 1964
C. Housing and Urban Development Act
D. Civil Rights Restoration Act
12. In 1960, students in what Southern city launched the sit-in movement, which involved sitting at counters in restaurants where black patrons were not served?
A. Selma, Alabama
B. Little Rock, Arkansas
C. Atlanta, Georgia
D. Greensboro, North Carolina
13. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished the poll tax in 1964?
A. 19th
B. 21st
C. 24th
D. 25th
14. Which U.S. president issued an executive order outlawing segregation in the U.S. military?
A. Franklin D. Roosevelt
B. Harry S Truman
C. Dwight D. Eisenhower
D. John F. Kennedy
15. Who is the first African-American man from the Democratic Party to be elected to the U.S. Senate?
A. Barack Obama
B. J.C. Watts
C. John Lewis
D. Jesse Jackson
16. What civil rights leader died on January 30, 2006, while she was seeking treatment for ovarian cancer at a clinic in Mexico?
A. Betty Freidan
B. Rosa Parks
C. Coretta Scott King
D. Marion Anderson
17. What African-American poet composed and read a poem for President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993?
A. Alice Walker
B. Maya Angelou
C. Gwendolyn Brooks
D. Nikki Giovanni
18. Which of the following positions has Colin Powell NOT held?
A. National Security Adviser
B. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
C. Secretary of State
D. U.S. Senator
19. For what accomplishment is Dr. Mae Jemison best known?
A. The first African-American female in space
B. The first African-American female president of Dartmouth College
C. The first African-American female CEO of a Fortune 500 company
D. The first African-American U.S. Surgeon General
20. Who was the first African-American photographer to work at LIFE magazine and Vogue magazine?
A. Robert H. McNeill
B. Ron Tarver
C. Gordon Parks
D. Morgan Smith