1993_02 The Daily Collegian February 1993

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Local Judge To Speak
. 1: A native of Lorain, Ohio, she was awarded
the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for the novel
Beloved: V_,       x ^/
A. Alice Walker ^—-K    """
B. Paule Marshall
C. Nikki Giovanni
\         D. Toni Morrison
2. This opera star opened in the 1968 Met
season in the role of Cleopatra:
A. Beverly Sills
B.'Pearl-Primus
,   C. Josephine Baker
D. Leontyne Price
3. The star of I jjlics of the Fiflfl he was the
first African American to win an Oscar:
_ A. Raymond St. Jacques
B. Melvin Van Peebles
C. Brock Peters
D. Sidney Poitier
4. A novelist, poet and dramatist, he is the
1968 Nobel Laureatelfor Literature:
A. Wole Soyi nka
B. Saul Bellow
C. James Baldwin
D. Yasunati Kawabata
5. The Crises is an official publication of
which organization:
ATheNAACP "*r>-
B. The Urban League
C. SNCC
D. Black Panther Party
6. Charles Fuller was awarded the Pulitzer
Prize for this work:
A. Invisible Man
B. Blues for Mister Charlie
C. No Place To Be Somebody
D. A Soldiers Play
7. Thomas and Beulah. a collection of
poems, was the 1987 Pulitzer Prize winner
for this native of Akron, Ohio:
A. Rita Dove
/*       "■    B. Sally Goodyear
C. Mari Evans
D. Maya Angelou
8. Distinguished African American educator
Dr. Benjamin Mays served as president of
this institution:
A. fisk University
B. Morehouse College
C. Albany State
D. Norfolk State
12. A world-renown singing group dating
rUack to the 1870's, the Jubilee Gospel
Singers hail from this university:
A. Fisk
B. Meharry
. C. Spelman
D. Rusk
13. Known to the world as Malcolm X. this
was his last name at bmh:   ,
A. Cowley
B. Langdon
£. Little
D.Townsend
14. Dr. Martin Luther King was born in
Atlanta on January 15,1929 with this first
name:
A. Bayard
B. Floyd
C. Michael
D.Hiram ,
15. Booker T. Washington was a graduate of
this well-known university:
A. Hampton
B.Yale
C. Tuskegee
D. Dartmouth
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9. Succedding his brother in 710 B.C.. he
was one of the mny Ethiopian Pharaohs to
\       rule over Egypt:
APlankhi
B. Tahanka
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D. Shabaka
10. The acclaimed From Slavery to Freedom
is a monumental work on the history of
African Americans written by this eminent
historian:
A. John Hope Franklin
B. Lerone Bennett, Jr.
C. Carter Woodson
D. Daniel Williams
11. Arguably one of the most influential
African Americans in the U.S., he is the
iHiblisher of Ebony, and hi magazines:
A.John H. Johnson
B. John Howard Griffin
C. Robert Maynard
D. William Raspberry
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16. Marcus Garvey was not prominently
associated with the following:
A. U HJJl.
B. Harlem Renaissance
_ C. Back to Africa
D. New Deal
17. Her refusal io yield her seat to a Cauca¬
sian passenger on a Montgomery bus in 1955
touched off the C\yjl Ri phis Movement-
A. Phillis Wheatley    -
B.Daisy Burke
C. Rosa Parks
D. Winnie Mandela
18. The first line in the last stanza of "We
Shall Overcome":
A. We are not afraid
B. The truth will make is fret
C. Lift every voice and sing
D.'The Lord will see us through   .
19. A genius, he composed such giant hits as
"Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle   -
Rose":
A. Eubie Blake
B. Marvin Hamlisch
C. Cab Calloway
D. Fats Waller
20. The autobiographical Black Like Mc. by
a Caucasian novelist, borrowed its title from a
poem:
A. Langston Hughes
B. Jean Toomer
C. Claude McKay
D. Zora Neale-Hurston
21. The Color Purple was a Pulitzer Prize
winning novel for
A. Alice Walker
B. Quincy Jones
C. Whoopi Goldberg
D. Arthur Davis
22. He was the first African American to
coach a professional football team:
A. Fritz Pollard
B. Arthur Shell
C. Wayne Fontes
D. Frank Robinson
When Burrell moved to Sacra¬
mento, he held varied positions as be   ,
worked his way up to the federal bench:
law clerk, deputy district attorney,
attorney for the Sacramento District .   .
Attorney's Office, assistant U.S. attorney,
and deputy chief of the Civil Division.
Experienced in handling complex
civil lawsuits to'insurarice defense work at
a private litigation firm in Sacramento,
Burrell also served on two task forces, as
an attorney advisor on the City-Council
Flood Task Force and as lead attorney on
the Cjty of-Sacramento's Drug and
Abatement Task Force.
U.S. District Judge Garland E.
Burrell will be speaking on "Helping our
Youths Share in the Benefits of Our
Democracy" at noon in the Student Union,
Room 312,
Burrell graduated from California
Slatefiniversity, Los Angles with a
degree in sociology, completed his
master's in social work from Washington
University in St. Louis, Missouri and
received his juris doctorate from Califor¬
nia Western School of Law in San Diego.
Black   Trivia
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Name the ancient Egyptian scholar and
physician who has been called the "real
>   father of medicine." He is credited with
describing the circulation of blood 4,000
years before Europe discovered this impor¬
ts? '     tant body function.
Who was the first African American college
graduate in the United States, having earned
his degree from Boudoin College in Maine in
1862? He became publisher of Freedom's
Journal, the first African American news¬
paper printed in the United States
Name the multi-talented artist, athlete, singer
who, in 1949, shocked the government by
speaking out against the African American
war effort on behalf of a racist society.
His role of Othello on Broadway in 1943
ran for 296 performances and was highly
praised by the New York drama critics.
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answers on page 4
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