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BLACK HISTORY SCHOLARSHIP QUIZ

WELCOME TO CTI22’S BLACK HISTORY SCHOLARSHIP QUIZ, FEATURING A CASH AWARD OF $1,000 OR MORE TO ELIGIBLE HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE AGE STUDENTS.

BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY!

Some say the concept of “Black History” or a month dedicated to Black history is "ridiculous." Perhaps, this would be true if the achievements of Black “Americans” were routinely included in “American History.” But the achievements of Black, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, and Asian Americans are not routinely included in “American” history. Keep in mind, minorities typically do not own or control the print and/or electronic publication of “American” history, and persons who do wield ownership or control are typically absent any financial incentive or legal requirement to provide information and education involving achievements by minorities. But let’s not focus on the negative.

BE POSITIVE: It’s a good thing to counteract the high dropout rate of minorities from high schools and colleges with some very positive examples of achievements by people who look like them, and hopefully, to inspire minority students to realize their true potential. It’s also a good thing to inform and educate persons who ultimately wield ownership or control of every facet of American society - who are not minorities and typically unaware of achievements by minorities - that minorities share their same commitment to success!

In keeping with our charge to broadcast programs of interest to Omaha’s diverse minority community, please be aware CTI22 will also recognize the achievements of other minority groups, including Latino, Native American, and Asian.  Most importantly, without regard to the ethnicity of the entrants, we anxiously look forward to announcing the scholarship award winners at the 10th Annual CTI22 Telethon also on August 23, 2008.  CTI22 has and will continue to broadcast ethnic awareness for all, with an emphasis on Omaha’s diverse minority community.

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RULES AND ELIGIBILITY

ELIGIBILITY: Community Telecast Inc. is sponsoring “Black History Quiz,” a program providing financial support to young people and informing the greater Omaha community about Black History. Students who are currently enrolled in a metro Omaha, Nebraska high school or college are eligible as contestants.

SUBMISSION OF ENTRY: Beginning each week, from April 21, 2008 through August 23, 2008 each eligible participant will: (1) correctly answer a Black History Question of the Week; and (2) answer the following essay question in fifty- (50) words or less, “Who would you vote for to be the next President of the United States of America in 2008 and why? NOTE: PARTICIPANTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO ANSWER THE "QUIZ QUESTION" FOR EACH WEEK BECAUSE PARTICIPANTS WHO ANSWER THE MOST QUESTIONS CORRECTLY HAVE THE GREATEST CHANCE TO WIN. HOWEVER, ONLY ONE RESPONSE TO THE ESSAY QUESTION IS REQUIRED. Send entries to:

BLACK HISTORY QUIZ
COMMUNITY TELECAST INC
PO BOX 11558
OMAHA NE 68111

Or to:

BlackQuiz@communitytelecast.com

QUESTIONS: The questions will be telecast on CTI22, through the Community Calendar, which airs from 12:30 AM until 5:00 PM, and on the CTI22 website. At the discretion of CTI22, multiple questions may be combined within any given week.

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS: The Black History Quiz will end on August 23, 2008, and we will announce the scholarship award winners at the 10th Annual CTI22 Telethon also on August 23, 2008. NOTE: This is a community-based effort and any donation from individuals, companies ("corporate citizens") toward the scholarship will be greatly appreciated!  Please direct donations to:

c/o CTI22 Black History Quiz
American National Bank
31st & Ames Avenue
Omaha, Nebraska 68111

Event Judges:
Gene Hayes, Principal North High School
Donna Adams, President, SIGMA Treatment Foster Care
Frank Brown, City Council Member, City of Omaha
Marshall Taylor, Owner, Aframerican Book Store
Ernest White, American National Bank

AND NOW, THE BLACK HISTORY QUESTIONS FOR EACH WEEK ARE PRESENTED BELOW!

WEEK ONE CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK ONE QUESTION
	What organization was the major catalyst for championing the most significant civil rights issues in the history of the United States as demonstrated through the causes of: Rosa Parks The Voting Rights Act Anti-Lynching Bill Medgar Evers Martin Luther King, Jr. Plus, this organization is the nation's oldest civil rights organization.  What is the name of this organization?
WEEK TWO CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK TWO QUESTION
	He moved with his family from Whynot, Mississippi to Detroit, Michigan to become the lead singer of Motown’s single greatest male performing group. Who is he?
WEEK THREE CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK THREE QUESTION
	Who holds more than 20 US Patents, including three of IBM's original nine PC patents. In 1997 he was inducted into the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame joining two other noted Black members, George Washington Carver and Dr. Percy Julian. In 1999, he lead the team that built a gigahertz (1000 MHz) chip, which did a billion calculations per second. Who is he?
WEEK FOUR CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK FOUR QUESTION
	Let's "Protect our village!" PROTECTING THE VILLAGE Wednesdays 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ONLY ON CTI22! Hosted by Tariq Al-Amin and Marvin McClarty She was a black abolitionist who escaped from slavery and returned to the South repeatedly to lead other African slaves to freedom.  In 1850, she made her first secret trip to Baltimore, where she rescued her enslaved sister and her two children. Tubman soon became allied with activists of the Underground Railroad.  Who is she?
WEEK FIVE CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK FIVE QUESTION
	Which African-American inventor published a Farmers’ Almanac?
WEEK SIX CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK SIX QUESTION
	She’s an ophthalmologist from New York, but living in Los Angeles when she received her patent, became the first African American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention (a method for removing cataract lenses, transformed eye surgery, using a laser device making the procedure more accurate).  Who is she?
WEEK SEVEN CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK SEVEN QUESTION
	Who, on April 23, 1872, became the first Black woman admitted to practice before the District Supreme Court in Washington D.C.?
WEEK EIGHT CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK EIGHT QUESTION
	Who was consistently recognized as “The World’s Greatest Entertainer?
WEEK NINE CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK NINE QUESTION
	In the 1975 film, “Mahagany,” who said, “Success in nothing . . . without someone in your life to share it with!”?
WEEK TEN CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK TEN QUESTION
	Which state elected Representative Arthur W. Mitchell as the first Black Democrat in Congress?
WEEK ELEVEN CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK ELEVEN QUESTION
	Though hired in 1969 to teach philosophy at UCLA, who was fired soon afterwards by their board of regents and then-governor Ronald Reagan for her affiliation with the Communist Party?
WEEK TWELVE CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK TWELVE QUESTION
	Who created and patented the Ice Cream Scoop?
WEEK THIRTEEN CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK THIRTEEN QUESTION
	REAL TALK Mondays 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. ONLY ON CTI22! Hosted by Willie Hamilton Who is “The First Lady of Song”? Who is “Lady Day” is? Who is “The Divine One”? Who is “The Queen”?
WEEK FOURTEEN CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK FOURTEEN QUESTION
	Who was a pioneering African American author and filmmaker, and without a doubt the most famous producer of race films?
WEEK FIFTEEN CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK FIFTEEN QUESTION
	Who was an African-American teacher, administrator and politician, the first black woman elected to Congress?
WEEK SIXTEEN CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK SIXTEEN QUESTION
	PEOPLE'S MISSION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH (CLICK PHOTO TO VISIT CHURCH WEB SITE) 1317 N. 42nd Street, Omaha, NE 68131 JOIN OUR Sundays Services at 11:15 a.m. BROADCAST ONLY ON CTI22! Sundays, 11:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Who was consistently recognized as “The Hardest Working Man In Show Business?
WEEK SEVENTEEN CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK SEVENTEEN QUESTION
	Who was the first Black musician in the Omaha Symphony Orchestra?
WEEK EIGHTEEN CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK EIGHTEEN QUESTION
	He was an African-American television journalist and news correspondent. He was the first Black member of the National Association of Radio and Television News Directors in 1971.  Who is he?
WEEK NINETEEN CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK NINETEEN QUESTION
SENATOR ERNIE CHAMBERS DISTRIST 11, OMAHA
WEEK TWENTY CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK TWENTY QUESTION
	He invented an improved electrical resistor used in computers - radios - television sets  and a variety of electronic devices. His resistor helped reduce the cost of those products. He also invented a variable resistor used in guided missile parts, a control unit for heart stimulators, a burglar-proof cash register and a chemical air filter.  Who is he?
WEEK TWENTY-ONE CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK TWENTY-ONE QUESTION
	To whom did Martin Luther King, Jr., address his “Letter” from Birmingham City Jail?
WEEK TWENTY-TWO CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK TWENTY-TWO QUESTION
	In the year 2001, who became the first African-American U.S. Secretary of State?
WEEK TWENTY-THREE CLICK PHOTO FOR QUICKTIME® MOVIE PRESENTATION OF QUESTION	WEEK TWENTY-THREE QUESTION
	See E.C. Scott in Omaha on Thursday, August 28, 2008 at

SAY IT LOUD, I’M BLACK AND I’M PROUD!

Umph, wit’ yo bad self
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Looky here, some people say we’ve got a lot of malice
Some say it’s a lot of nerve,
But I say we won’t quit movin’ until we get what we deserve!
We’ve been buked and we’ve been scum
We’re been treated bad, talkin’ bout as sure as you’re born.
But just as sure as its takes two eyes to make a pair, uhh
Brother, we can’t quit until we get our share.
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
One more time...
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Uhh.
I worked on a job
With my feet and my hands
But all the work I did was for the other man,
And now we demand a chance
To do things for ourselves
We’ve tired of beatin’ our heads against the wall
And workin’ for someone else!
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Ohhhhhh!
Oh, wee, you’re killin’ me.
All right, uh, you’re outta sight
All night, so tuff, you’re tuff enough
Oh, wee, uh, you’re killin’ me, oh
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
And now, we demand a chance
To do things for ourselves
We’ve tired of beatin’ our heads against the wall
And workin’ for someone else!
Looky here, there’s one more thing I’d like to say right here.
Now, we’re people, we like the birds and the bees
But we’d rather die on our feet
Than keep living on our knees!
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Uhhh,
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Uhh,
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Lordy, Lordy, Lordy
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Ohhhhhhh!
All right now, good God,
You know we can do the Boogaloo
Now we can say we’ll do The Funky Broadway
Now we do...uh
Sometimes we dance, sing and we talk
You know I’ll jump back and do the Camel Walk.
All right now
Oh, right...uhh
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Let me here ya!
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Now, we demand a chance
To do things for ourselves
We’re tired of beatin’ our heads against the wall
And workin’ for someone else!
Uh.
You know, we are people too, we like the birds and the bees
But we’d rather die on our feet
Than keep living on our knees!
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Let me hear ya, uh!
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Uh!
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Ohhhhhh!
Oh, wee, you’re killin’ me
All right, uh, outta sight
All right, uh, you’re outta sight
Oh, wee...ohhhhh naw....
Oh, wee, you’re killin’ me
Oh, wee
Oh, wee
Oh, wee
Oh, uh...
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Uh.
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Good God, I feel it.
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!
Say it loud
I’m Black and I’m proud!

Written by James Brown and Alfred Ellis
from the 33 & 1/3 record album - King Records, KS-1047
from the CD - Polydor, 42284 1992-2
from the Box Set “Star Time” Polydor, 849 108-2
Trio Music Company/Fort Knox Music (BMI)
All rights belong to the respective copyright holders.

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Click album cover above to "Say It Loud!"

 

COMING SOON:
LATINO HISTORY SCHOLARSHIP QUIZ
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY SCHOLARSHIP QUIZ
ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY SCHOLARSHIP QUIZ
AMERICAN HISTORY SCHOLARSHIP QUIZ

 

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