Photo: George Washington Carver in his laboratory ______________________________________________________
The Winners of this year's Black History Quiz at MPTC are Craig Bartelt, Pam Gilgenbach, and Tony Rodriguez.
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Here are the correct answers:
1. The "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" was written by which civil rights leader?
_____________The correct answer is a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
2. The first Black woman to serve as our country's Secretary of State was Condolezza Rice.
3. This was our most difficult question: It is well known that Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier by playing for the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers. Who was the first Black man to play baseball in the American League?
Possible answers: a) Roy Campanella (not correct, Campanella also played for the Dodgers)
b) Elston Howard (not correct, although Howard played for the Yankees in the American League, he was not the first) c) Satchel Paige (not correct, Paige, already in his forties, helped the American League's Cleveland Indians win the 1948 pennant, but he was not the first)
The correct answer is d) Power-hitting outfielder Larry Doby. Playing 29 games for the Cleveland Indians in 1947, Larry Doby was the first African American in the American League.
4. The first black woman to own her own television and production company is Oprah Winfrey.
5. True or False: Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, is an African American?
False, Neil Armstrong is white. (Jazz great Louis Armstrong was a Black American).
6. True or False: Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the Underground Railroad? True
7. Which black scientist developed the idea of "plant rotation" to keep the soil enriched, saving the agriculture of the South between 1900 and 1930? The correct answer was b) George Washington Carver
8. James Meredith is known for being a)the 1st black player in the NBA? b) the first African American in the Senate? or c) None of the above. The correct answer is "c," James Meredith's claim to fame is that he was the first black man to attend the University of Mississippi. His successful attempt at integrating that institution sparked riots.
The Winners of this year's Black History Quiz at MPTC are Craig Bartelt, Pam Gilgenbach, and Tony Rodriguez.
______________________________________________________
Here are the correct answers:
1. The "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" was written by which civil rights leader?
_____________The correct answer is a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
2. The first Black woman to serve as our country's Secretary of State was Condolezza Rice.
3. This was our most difficult question: It is well known that Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier by playing for the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers. Who was the first Black man to play baseball in the American League?
Possible answers: a) Roy Campanella (not correct, Campanella also played for the Dodgers)
b) Elston Howard (not correct, although Howard played for the Yankees in the American League, he was not the first) c) Satchel Paige (not correct, Paige, already in his forties, helped the American League's Cleveland Indians win the 1948 pennant, but he was not the first)
The correct answer is d) Power-hitting outfielder Larry Doby. Playing 29 games for the Cleveland Indians in 1947, Larry Doby was the first African American in the American League.
4. The first black woman to own her own television and production company is Oprah Winfrey.
5. True or False: Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, is an African American?
False, Neil Armstrong is white. (Jazz great Louis Armstrong was a Black American).
6. True or False: Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the Underground Railroad? True
7. Which black scientist developed the idea of "plant rotation" to keep the soil enriched, saving the agriculture of the South between 1900 and 1930? The correct answer was b) George Washington Carver
8. James Meredith is known for being a)the 1st black player in the NBA? b) the first African American in the Senate? or c) None of the above. The correct answer is "c," James Meredith's claim to fame is that he was the first black man to attend the University of Mississippi. His successful attempt at integrating that institution sparked riots.
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