NEWARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS – HEAD START PROGRAM

Black History Month

Family Trivia Contest

Study Guide

The D.A.D. Network Dads are Dynamite

The D.A.D Network is a program designed and implemented by Newark Public Schools –

Head Start Program. It is an initiative to strengthen and encourage Head Starts amazing

network of fathers/father figures to become more self-aware, resilient and engaged. This

initiative fosters an environment that enables all male role models within the lives of our

children to become stronger leaders within their homes and communities.

The DAD Network would like to thank you for your desire to participate in their first ever

Black History Month Family Trivia Contest. The men in this group met in October 2015 at

Early Childhood School – South (Chancellor Annex). At this powerful meeting, these men

realized that they did not know much about Black History and neither did their children.

Hence, The Black History Month Family Trivia Contest was born.

Enjoy this study guide and get ready for the challenge and an afternoon of fun! This event

will take place on Saturday, February 27th, 2016 from 1pm to 5pm at Luis Munoz Marin

School of Social Justice - 663 Broadway, Newark, NJ. Along with the trivia contest, we will

have a host of vendors, face painting, food (for all pre-registered guests), raffles dancing

and more!

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Black History Month began as “Negro History Week,” which was created in 1926 by Carter

G. Woodson, a noted African American historian, scholar, educator, and publisher. It

became a month-long celebration in 1976. The month of February was chosen to coincide

with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.

For further Info: Jacquelyn Lake: 973-350-1727 - Email: jlake@nps.k12.nj.us

“A successful father will produce

a child greater than himself.”

- Troy Vincent

Lift Every Voice and Sing

By James Weldon Johnson

Lift every voice and sing

Till earth and heaven ring,

Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;

Let our rejoicing rise

High as the listening skies,

Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,

Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us,

Facing the rising sun of our new day begun

Let us march on till victory is won.

Stony the road we trod,

Bitter the chastening rod,

Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;

Yet with a steady beat,

Have not our weary feet

Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?

We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,

We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,

Out from the gloomy past,

Till now we stand at last

Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

God of our weary years,

God of our silent tears,

Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;

Thou who has by Thy might Led us into the light,

Keep us forever in the path, we pray.

Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,

Lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;

Shadowed beneath Thy hand,

May we forever stand.

True to our God,

True to our native land.

Many people are surprised to learn that "Lift Every Voice

and Sing" was first written as a poem. Created by James

Weldon Johnson, it was performed for the first time by 500

school children in celebration of President Lincoln's Birthday on

February 12, 1900 in Jacksonville, FL. The poem was set to

music by Johnson's brother, John Rosamond Johnson, and

soon adopted by the National Association for the Advancement

of Colored People (NAACP) as its official song. Today “Lift

Every Voice and Sing” is one of the most cherished songs of

the African American Civil Rights Movement and is often

referred to as the Black National Anthem.

Questions & Answers

1. Augustus Jackson created the recipe for a frozen dessert served in a cone. It’s called _______________.

Answer: Ice Cream

2. Nairobi, Lagos and Dakar are all major_____________ in Africa. Answer: Cities

3. Black History Month is celebrated in the month of_________. Answer: February

4. Nat Turner, Gabriel Prosser and Denmark Vesey were__________of three most famous slave revolts.

Answer: Leaders or Planners

5. Were Blacks the only slaves in American history? Yes or No

Answer: No. Indians and some whites were also slaves.

6. Daniel Hale Williams was the first doctor to successfully perform ___. Answer: Open Heart Surgery

7. Were there black cowboys in the old west? Yes or No Answer: Yes, there were many.

8. The clenched, up-raised black first is the symbol for _______. Answer: Black Power or Black Unity

9. The ______is a famous statue in Egypt. It has the head of a man and the body of a lion.

Answer: Sphinx

10. ____________ has the biggest desert and longest river in the world. Answer: Africa

11. What did Garrett A. Morgan and Lonnie Johnson invent? Answer: Traffic Light and Super Soaker

12. Has there ever been a black Supreme Court Justice? If so, who? Answer: Yes, Thurgood Marshall

13. Is Okra an African Vegetable? Answer: Yes

14. What are the three colors of the flag of the Black Movement? Answer: Red, Black and Green

15. Slaves helped build this country by providing _________for the south. Answer: Workers/Laborers

16. He is a famous musician who composed “Memphis Blues” (1912 – originally entitled “Mr. Crump” in

1909) is known as the “Father of the Blues,” although the Blues dates back to the 1890’s and earlier.

Answer: William C. Handy

17. In 1960, four black students a “sit-in” at a white only lunch counter to protest _______in public places.

Answer: Discrimination or Racism or Segregation

18. What was Marcus Garvey’s solution to the Black man’s problems in America?

Answer: The Back to Africa Movement

19. What expression means the power of Blacks to control their own destiny?

Answer: Black Power

20. What was the network of hiding places called which helped slaves escape from the South to freedom in

the North? Answer: the Underground Railroad

21. The 15th

Amendment to the Constitution states________.

Answer: The rights of citizens to vote shall not be denied.

22. Alexandre Dumas wrote what famous adventure story? Answer: The Three Musketeers

23. What is the slogan, theme or song of the Civil Rights Movement? Answer: We Shall Overcome

24. The area in New York City that was once known as the “capital” of urban Black culture in America.

Answer: Harlem

25. The term “Jim Crow was used to describe racial________ in housing, schools, restaurants and other

public places. Answer: Segregation, Separation or Discrimination

26. “The Harlem Renaissance” of the 1920’s was a time that sparked great interest and involvement of

blacks in art, music and literature…True or False. Answer: True

27. The 13th

Amendment to the Constitution states, “_______ shall not exist in any part of the U.S.”

Answer: Slavery

28. Marching, boycott and sit ins describe types of protest used to bring about________. Answer: Change

29. What type of music is referred to by many historians as the “First American Music?”

Answer: Spiritual, Gospel or Church

30. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 gave Blacks “full and equal benefit of all.__________” Answer: Laws

31. Who coined the phrase, “I am somebody?” Answer: Jesse Jackson

32. The United Negro College Fund is dedicated to the existence and excellence of ___________.

Answer: Black Universities/Colleges/Schools/Education

33. What famous boxer is often called, “The Greatest?” Answer: Muhammad Ali

34. Black members of Congress joined together and formed the “Congressional Black Caucus” to increase

their___________. Answer: Political or Bargaining Power

35. What was the slogan of the 1960’s that promoted Black Beauty, Black Pride or Self-Worth?

Answer: I’m Black and I’m Proud

36. What is the title of the National Black Anthem? Answer: Lift Every Voice and Sing

37. In the Frontier days, what did Indians call Black Calvary Soldiers? Answer: Buffalo Soldiers

38. Complete the expression that describes democracy: “with _______and ______ for all.

Answer: Liberty and Justice

39. The letters C.O.R.E., S.C.L.C. and N.A.A.C.P. stand for civil rights __________that work toward equal

rights and equal protection for Black people. Answer: Groups/Organizations

40. Are the Watusi people of Africa the tallest or shortest people in the world? Answer: Tallest

41. He organized a normal and industrial school, known as Tuskegee Institute, for African Americans in

Tuskegee, Ala. It became one of the leading African-American educational institutions in America and it

emphasized industrial training as a means of self-respect and economic independence for Black people.

Answer: Booker T. Washington

42. It was developed after the Civil War and was influenced by field hollers and work songs. It is an

expression of emotion and sadness. This music talks of basic human problems such as love, death and

poverty. Answer: Blues

43. She was the first African American to play in the U.S. championships at Forest Hills, NY (1950) and at

Wimbledon, England (1951). Answer: Althea Gibson

44. She was one of the most successful conductors of the Underground Railroad and is credited with leading

more than 300 slaves to freedom. Answer: Harriet Tubman

45. It is the oldest known celebration to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19,

1865 Major General Gordon Granger and the Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas with the news

that the Civil War had ended and that the Slaves were free. This was 2 1/2 years after President Lincoln's

Emancipation Proclamation, which went into effect January 1, 1863. Answer: Juneteenth

46. Considered by many the world’s greatest contralto. In 1939, she was not allowed to rent concert

facilities in Washington D.C.’s Constitution Hall, which was owned by the Daughters of the American

Revolution because of her race. First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, resigned from the D.A.R. and

arrangements were made for her to sing at the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday with 75,000 in

attendance. She was also the first African American singer to perform as a member of New York’s

Metropolitan Opera in 1955. Answer: Marian Anderson

47. He was a Civil Rights Leader and winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1964. He was chosen the

leader of the Montgomery Improvement Association, which started the Montgomery Bus Boycott. He

advocated civil disobedience and non-violence resistance against unjust laws. He was assassinated on

April 4, 1968. Answer: Martin Luther King

48. He presented over 30 civil rights cases before the Supreme Court and won 29 of them. His most

important case was (Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka – 1954), which ended segregation in public

schools. He later became the first African American Supreme Court Justice in American history.

Answer: Thurgood Marshall

49. The first African American President and the first African American male Democrat to be elected to the

U.S. Senate since reconstruction.

Answer: Barack Obama

50. It was established in 1913 and played a central role in the culture of Harlem. It launched the careers of

entertainment greats, such as Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Marvin Gaye, James Brown and many others.

Answer: The Apollo Theater

51. ________________________ was the first Black winner of a major men’s tennis singles championship

in_______. Answer: Arthur Ashe and 1963

52. It is the successor to Dr. Carter G. Woodson's "Negro History Week," which he started in February

1926. He wanted to bring attention to the contributions of African Americans, since there was little or no

recognition in the history books covering Black history. He chose the month of February because it was

the birth month for Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Langston Hughes.

Answer: Black History Month

53. He was a pianist, composer and arranger. He is considered one of the most important figures in modern

jazz. Answer: Thelonious Monk

54. The first African-American flying unit in the U.S. military who trained at the Tuskegee Army Airfield.

Answer: Tuskegee Airmen

55. Civil Rights Activist, founder of NAACP, organizer of the Pan-African Congress and founder of the

Niagara Movement. Answer: W.E.B. DuBois

56. Isabella Van Wagener was born in 1797. Since childhood she had visions and heard voices that she

attributed to God. In 1843 she took the name ____________and took on a calling to travel the land to

sing and preach. She was an African American evangelist who applied her religious dedication to the

abolitionist and women’s rights movement. Answer: Sojourner Truth

57. Rosa Parks – “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.” On December 1, ________she refused to give up

her seat on the bus to a White man and was arrested. This was the catalyst for the Montgomery Bus

Boycott. Answer: 1955

58. It is an interracial organization created to abolish segregation and discrimination, to oppose racism and

to ensure the constitutional rights of African Americans. An interracial group, whose members included

the likes of W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary White Ovington, and others, created it in 1909.

Answer: NAACP

59. Who said, “A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything?” Answer: Malcolm X

60. Which of the 13 colonies was the first to abolish slavery? Answer: Vermont

61. What was the name of the abolitionist newspaper Fredrick Douglass founded? Answer: The North Star

62. What key event in the civil rights movement happened in 1964?

Answer: Congress passed the Civil Rights Act

63. Which landmark Supreme Court case represented an important victory for the civil rights movement in

1954? a) Plessy vs. Ferguson b) Dred Scott vs. Sandford c) Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka

Answer: C

64. On June 11, 1963, President Kennedy ordered the National Guard to ensure the enrollment of two

African-American students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, at which university? a) University of

Mississippi b) University of Chicago c) University of Alabama Answer: C

65. Who was the first black woman ever named to the cabinet of a U.S. president?

Answer: Patricia R. Harris, who served as secretary of Housing and Urban Development under

former President Jimmy Carter.

66. Which U.S. president signed Executive Order 9981, ending official racial discrimination in the U.S.

armed forces?

Answer: Harry Truman, in 1948. Desegregation had already begun on a trial basis during World War II.

67. In 1849, a Virginia slave named Henry Brown decided to mail himself to freedom. Did he succeed or

fail? Answer: He succeeded. Packaged in a 3' x 2' x 2'8" box, he arrived safely 26 hours later at the

Anti-Slavery Society in Philadelphia.

68. Who invented a vertical spring that made it possible for cars to have convertible tops — James A. Jones,

or T. J. Byrd? Answer: James A. Jones, in 1919. Byrd was granted four patents for devices that

coupled horses to carriages.

69. In 1923 I received a patent for the automatic traffic signal. In 1914 I received a patent for my "gas

inhalator." This was later converted into a gas mask. Who am I? Answer: Garrett A. Morgan

70. I was an inventor and illustrator who worked for Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. I made

several inventions that improved the light bulb. Who am I? Answer: Lewis Latimer

71. I knew that Americans are always celebrating weeks: Brotherhood Week, Education Week, and so on.

Why not a Negro History Week? I made this idea a reality in 1926. Negro History Week has now been

expanded to Black History Month. I am still known as the Father of Negro History Week. Who am I?

Answer: Carter G. Woodson

72. In 1966, I created Kwanzaa, a seven-day celebration of the ancestral values and cherished traditions that

have kept black communities strong. Who am I? Answer: Ron Karenga

73. In 2015, what young Newark resident became Newark Public Schools’ first ever – Head Start Program

Director? Answer: Samantha Lott-Velez

74. Is Africa a Country or Continent? How many independent countries does Africa have?

Answer: A Continent Answer: 54

75. In what year did the Newark Riots end? Answer: 1967

76. What city in the U.S. was one of the first to employ Black Police Officers? Answer: Newark, NJ

77. What college in Newark houses the Paul Robeson Center? Who is Paul Robeson?

Answer: Rutgers University Answer: Research who is Paul Robeson with your family

78. What is the largest school district in New Jersey? Answer: Newark Public Schools

79. What do John Amos, Queen Latifah, Bill Bellamy, Redman, Cissy Houston, Malik Barnhardt, Taye

Diggs and Keshia Knight Pulliam have in common? Answer: Natives of Newark, NJ

80. This Civil Rights Activist attended Barringer High School in Newark, NJ, became a legal assistant to

Thurgood Marshall and presented part of the oral argument to the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of

Education, Among the most important cases he worked on after Brown was NAACP v. Alabama (1958),

in which the Supreme Court held that the NAACP could not be required to make its membership lists

public. This removed a tool of intimidation employed by some southern states after Brown was decided,

and put into practice the insights into the First Amendment . He later died in 2012? Who is?

Answer: Robert L. Carter

81. What school in Newark did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. visit in Newark before his assassination?

Answer: Malcolm X Shabazz

82. Who is responsible for getting the first black Mayor elected to Newark? Answer: Amiri Baraka

83. Who is Gladys Hillman Jones? Answer: Research with your family

84. What school did Tisha Campbell from the hit show MARTIN attend? Answer: Arts High

85. When actor Michael B. Jordan attend Arts High, what was his first movie? What is his most recent

movie? Answer: Hardball Answer: Research with your family

86. Who is Irvine Turner? Answer: Research with your family

87. What Grammy Award Winner attended University High? Answer: Faith Evans

88. The legendary hip-hop emcee and actor was born Tracy Marrow on February 16, 1958, in Newark, New

Jersey. He moved to Los Angeles, California, to live with his paternal aunt after the death of his father

while he was in the sixth grade; his mother had died earlier when he was in the third grade. His aunt

lived in the South Los Angeles district of Crenshaw... Answer: Ice T

89. He is regarded as one of the most dominant athletes and arguably the most gregarious personality in

sports history. He wrote an autobiography, preserves an online presence for his fan base and produced a

number of albums… Answer: Shaquille O’Neal

90. She was born March 27, 1924 in Newark, NJ, and died April 3, 1990, in Los Angeles of lung cancer.

Her parents were Asbury, a carpenter, and Ada, a laundress. She began studying music when she was

seven, taking eight years of piano lessons and two years of organ. As a child she sang in the choir at the

Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Newark.. Answer: Sarah Vaughn

91. Born on November 19, 1973, in Newark, New Jersey, this virtuosic tap dancer made his Broadway

debut at 12 in The Tap Dance Kid, followed by Black and Blue. He later worked with director George

Wolfe on Jelly's Last Jam and Bring in ‘da Noise/Bring in ‘da Funk, for which he won a choreography

Tony. A teacher as well, he has made appearances in a variety of television and film projects.

Answer: Savion Glover

92. In January 2016, she became first woman and African-American to hold the post with the state’s largest

prosecutor’s office. This native of Newark attended the New Jersey Institute of Technology for her

undergraduate engineering studies and then Seton Hall University to gain her master’s degree. She

joined the Essex County staff in 1998 as an investigator and quickly rose in the ranks, eventually

working on a series of tough cases in the district. Answer: Quovella “Q” Spruil

93. What does N.A.A.C.P stand for?

Answer: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

94. In what year was Newark originally founded? Answer: 1666

95. In 1953, this female native of West Virginia, accepted a job at what would become NASA. A physicist,

mathematician, and a computer scientist, she calculated the trajectory of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to

the moon. She co-authored 26 scientific papers and on November 24, 2015, she received a Presidential

Medal of Freedom from President Obama. Answer: Katherine Johnson

96. In 1804, this country became the first modern-day black republic in the world. Answer: Haiti

97. This country was the first to gain independence in sub-saharan Africa. Answer: Ghana

98. This county was the last to gain independence in sub-saharan Africa and will be turning 5 years of age in

2016. Answer: South Sudan

99. He was the first black man to become a lawyer in Ohio when he passed the Bar in 1854. When he was

elected to the post of Town Clerk for Brownhelm, Ohio in 1855 Langston became one of the first

African Americans ever elected to public office in America. He was also the great-uncle of Langston

Hughes, famed poet of the Harlem Renaissance. Answer: John Mercer Langston

100. She was the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives. She was elected in

1968 and represented the state of New York. She broke ground again four years later in 1972 when she

was the first major party African-American candidate and the first female candidate for president of the

United States. Answer: Shirley Chisholm

101. He was born Timothy Drew of North Carolina. He was the founder of the Moorish Science Temple of

America in Newark, N.J., in 1923. Soon after there were branches in Pittsburgh, Detroit, and other major

industrial cities of the Northeast. He saw Black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey as the inspiration for

his own efforts. He wanted to present to Black people a message of pride, self-determination, personal

transformation and self-sufficiency. He also intended to provide African-Americans with a sense of

identity in the West, and promote civic involvement. Answer: Noble Drew Ali

102. He was an African-American abolitionist, journalist, physician and writer. He was born free in Charles

Town, W.Va. (then part of Virginia, a slave state) and was an outspoken Black nationalist, arguably the

first; and is considered by some to be the grandfather of Black nationalism. He was also one of the first

three Blacks admitted to Harvard Medical School. Trained as an assistant and a physician, he treated

patients during the cholera epidemics of 1833 and 1854 in Pittsburgh, when many doctors and residents

fled the city. Answer: Martin Delany (May 6, 1812 – Jan. 24, 1885)

103. What Mayor and Grammy Award winning artist performed together and on what album?

Answer: Ras Baraka and Lauryn Hill Answer: Answer: Research with your family

104. As teenage boys growing up on the tough inner-city streets of Newark, New Jersey these three kindred

spirits made a pact: they would stick together-go to college-graduate-and become doctors. Surrounded

by negative influences and having few positive role models made this a not so easy feat. Now many

years later, these three men have overcome countless obstacles and proudly bear the subtitle of doctor,

serving as the face of health and education for youth and families across our country.

Answer: Dr. Sampson Davis, Dr. Rameck Hunt and Dr. George Jenkins (Today, Dr. Hunt is a Board certified internist at University Medical Center at Princeton and Assistant

Professor of Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Dr. Jenkins serves as Assistant

Professor of Clinical Dentistry at Columbia University. Dr. Davis is a Board Certified Emergency

Medicine Physician at several emergency departments in New Jersey.)

105. Who was the 1st Black man to set 3 world records in a single Olympic game and when?

Answer: Usain Bolt - 2008

106. Which University was the first institution founded for African Americans and who are some notable

alumni?

Answer: Lincoln University Alumni: Thurgood Marshall, Spike Lee, Oprah Winfrey and

Jacquelyn Lake

107. Who was the man that mailed himself in a shipping box from Richmond to Philadelphia?

Answer: Henry (Box) Brown

108. What husband and wife team made it the North and England by having the wife dress up as a white man

and the husband pose as her slave in 1948? Answer: William and Ellen Craft

109. When President Barack Obama visited Newark during his first term in office, what local pastor laid

hands and prayed for him? Answer: The Late Rev. Ron Christian

110. A: The Late Rev. Ron Christian Who was the 1st Black man to be trained as an astronaut in 1967?

Answer: Robert Lawrence, Jr.

111. Who was the 1st Black man in space in 1983? Answer: Guion (Guy) Blueford

112. In 2008, President Barack Obama won a Grammy for which audio book?

Answer: Dreams from my Father

113. Who is the first African American Self-Made Millionaire? Answer: Madam CJ Walker

114. This Program _______________was developed by __________________to solve the epidemic of

childhood obesity within a generation. Combining comprehensive strategies with common sense, it is

about putting children on the path to a healthy future during their earliest months and years; giving

parents helpful information and fostering environments that support healthy choices; providing healthier

foods in our schools; ensuring that every family has access to healthy, affordable food; and, helping

children become more physically active. Answer: Let’s Move - First Lady Michelle Obama

115. (He) ___________is taking action to launch a new initiative ________________ to help every boy and

young man of color who is willing to do the hard work to get ahead. Across the country, communities

are adopting approaches to help put these boys and young men on the path to success. He wants to

partner with local businesses and foundations to connect these boys and young men to mentoring,

support networks, and skills they need to find a good job or go to college and work their way up into the

middle class. Answer: President Barack Obama – My Brothers Keeper