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[Last Word] Black History Basics – Answers – Spring 2008
| It turns out plenty of Last Worders are smarter than a fifth-grader when it comes to showing off their knowledge of black history. Eighty-one entries were received, and 68 were A-plus papers. True to form, many puzzlers did extra credit, such as those who gave the titles of the protest songs written about the murder of NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers: “Only a Pawn in Their Game” by Bob Dylan; “Too Many Martyrs” and “Another Country” by Phil Ochs and “Mississippi Goddam” by Nina Simone. Five Borders gift certificates go out to our randomly selected winners: Beverly Chu, Aili T. Gardea ’85, MBA ’87, Arturo Levin, Regina Rayanne Reece ’99, Diana Stoeltje.
Answers ›› 1. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka; Thurgood Marshall 2. Harriet Tubman 3. James Meredith 4. Atlanta Compromise Speech (Booker T. Washington) 5. 24th Amendment abolishes the poll tax; Civil Rights Act of 1964 6. Executive Order 11246 7. Civil Rights Act of 1968 8. Rosa Parks 9. Homer Plessy, Plessy v. Ferguson 10. Hiram R. Revels 11. Martin Luther King's “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” 12. Medgar Evers 13. Paul Robeson 14. Morrill Act of 1890. |
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