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Quiz about AfroAmerican History in PG County MD

Afro-American History in P.G. County, MD Quiz

What do you know about Afro-American history in this county near Washington, DC?

A multiple-choice quiz by severnriver. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
severnriver

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5 mins

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Multiple Choice

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275,539

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Prince George's County, Maryland, is a very important county to the African-American community. Which of these is NOT a factor in it being important? Hint

Prince George's County is home to a major African-American art museum.

Prince George's County has had an African-American county commisioner.

Prince George's County is one of the most affluent African-American counties in the US.

Prince George's County has had several African-American school superintendents.

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which famous boxer grew up in Prince George's County? Hint

Muhammad Ali

Sugar Ray Leonard

Mike Tyson

Larry Holmes

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which presidential candidate was shot at a campaign rally in Laurel, Maryland? Hint

Lyndon LaRouche

Al Sharpton

Richard Nixon

George Wallace

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Question 4 of 10

4. What university started in a church in Baltimore, serving freed slaves, and later moved to a site in Prince George's County? Hint

Upper Marlboro University

Bowie State University

University of Maryland at Laurel

Riverdale State University

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Question 5 of 10

5. What famous entertainer spoke in Prince George's County in November, 2007, urging the attendees to fight for racial progress in the United States? Hint

Eddie Murphy

Denzel Washington

Harry Belafonte

Patti LaBelle

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the largest African-American church in Prince George's County? Hint

Jericho CIty of Praise

AME Mount Oak Church

Evangelical Temple

Glenarden Baptist Church

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Question 7 of 10

7. Unfortunately, the institution of slavery existed in Prince George's County. What type of farm was a slave in Prince George's County most likely to work on? Hint

a cotton farm

a corn farm

a tobacco farm

a dairy farm

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Question 8 of 10

8. What important event happened in Prince George's County in 1973? Hint

schools were desegregated by busing

the first African-American school superintendent was chosen

the first African-American county commissioner was elected

the University of Maryland was desegregated

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Question 9 of 10

9. What school is named after a WWII African- American aviator? Hint

James Allison Middle School

Charles Flowers H.S.

Thomas Harris Sr., H.S.

Curtis Robinson Middle School

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the oldest planned African-American community in the Washington area? Hint

Glenarden

Greenbelt

Fairmont Heights

Laurel

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Prince George's County, Maryland, is a very important county to the African-American community. Which of these is NOT a factor in it being important?

Answer: Prince George's County is home to a major African-American art museum.

Although Prince George's County does not have a major African-American art museum, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art museum is in nearby Washington, DC. The other answers are all true.

2. Which famous boxer grew up in Prince George's County?

Answer: Sugar Ray Leonard

Sugar Ray Leonard grew up in Palmer Park, Maryland, which still had a boxing studio in 2007. Leonard was a talented boxer as a teenager, and he earned a Golden Gloves championship before entering Parkdale High School in the mid-1970s.

3. Which presidential candidate was shot at a campaign rally in Laurel, Maryland?

Answer: George Wallace

The ex-governor of Alabama, George Wallace, spoke to a crows of around 1,000 at a campaign rally in May 1972 He was shot following his speech in the car park of laurel Shopping Center, while signing autographs and shaking hands with the crowd. The gunman, a 21 year old named Arthur Bremer, was motivated not by politics but by personal ego. Brember was sentenced to 53 years imprisonment for shooting Wallace and three others.

He was released on parole 35 years later, in November 2007.

4. What university started in a church in Baltimore, serving freed slaves, and later moved to a site in Prince George's County?

Answer: Bowie State University

After moving to Prince George's County, this school specialized in training African-American students to be teachers. It is situated on approximately 187 wooded acres in Bowie, Maryland, and it now offers many different degrees to a diverse student population.

5. What famous entertainer spoke in Prince George's County in November, 2007, urging the attendees to fight for racial progress in the United States?

Answer: Harry Belafonte

According to the Washington Post, Belafonte decried the fact that "there are more jail cells than classrooms" in the United States.

6. What is the largest African-American church in Prince George's County?

Answer: Jericho CIty of Praise

Jericho City of Praise was built on land given by the Redskins organization prior to the Redskins' building their new FedEx stadium. The church complex is huge.

7. Unfortunately, the institution of slavery existed in Prince George's County. What type of farm was a slave in Prince George's County most likely to work on?

Answer: a tobacco farm

Tobacco was a big crop in Prince George's County, especially in the southern part of the county. One southern Prince George's County town, Upper Marlboro, was a major tobacco trading center.

8. What important event happened in Prince George's County in 1973?

Answer: schools were desegregated by busing

Court-ordered busing to desegregate the county public schools began in 1973. Schoolchildren, both white and black, were bused from their neighborhood schools in order to change the same-race composition of many schools.

9. What school is named after a WWII African- American aviator?

Answer: Charles Flowers H.S.

Charles Herbert Flowers, Jr. was a Tuskegee airman who lived in Prince George's County. The school, named in his honor, has a science and technology program and an Air Force ROTC program.

10. What is the oldest planned African-American community in the Washington area?

Answer: Fairmont Heights

According to a Prince George's County board of education publication, Fairmont Heights was started in the early 1900s by two men who purchased 50 acres and laid them out in lots for African-Americans to buy. The town was later incorporated in 1935.

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Source: Author severnriver

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