As part of its observance of Black History Month, UNMC Today published a quiz on Feb. 12.
Below are the questions with answers.
- What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
Brown vs. Board of Education - What was Malcolm X’s birth name?
Malcolm Little - When is Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrated?
The third Monday in January - She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana, during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis in 1960? Who is she?
Ruby Bridges or Ruby Bridges Hall
Of the respondents who submitted the correct answers, three names were chosen at random to receive prizes. They are:
- Lakaija Johnson (who won a UNMC hoodie)
- Weston Ernst (widemouth H2gO)
- Dinah Clark (grande mug)
“We were pleased with the response to our quiz,” said Angela Hayes of the UNMC Department of Human Resources. “Thank you to all who participated.”