Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Today’s Information On African American History: November 18, 2009

First Reconstruction Act, Jerry Butler

Everson Walls, and More!

The answers to last issue’s questions are: The answers to last issue’s questions are: 1866; True; Hot Buttered Soul; Everson Walls; Gordon Parks; and Fox Movie Company.

Questions for today:

1. What year did Congress pass the First Reconstruction Act allowing for military rule in the South? 1867? 1871? Or 1883?

2. The United States Department of Defense awarded a $32 million dollar contract to Sonicraft to supply equipment to which military service?

3. Jerry Butler was the lead vocalist for what group?

4. How many interceptions did Everson Walls have in 1981?

5. Who wrote the novel, “The Landlord”? and

6. What woman was appointed to President Franklin Roosevelt’s “Black Cabinet”?

Look for the answers in the next issue of: “Today’s Information on African American History!”

Credits:

The BlacFax Trivia Game

Next time: The first abolitionist society; Eli Whitney and Jan Matzeliger; Leslie Uggams; Earl Campbell; Rudolph Fisher; and the first legal redress committee.

What is November known for? All Saints Day? American Indian Heritage? Families Stories Month? Military Family Appreciation? National Adoption? AIDS Awareness? National Peanut Butter Lovers? National Scholarship? Sweet Potato Awareness? Vegan Month?

Credit: http://www.brownielocks.com/NOVEMBER2009.html

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