Rock Hill was one of the first stops for 13 Freedom Riders who headed down south to test the 1960s ruling outlawing racial segregation, what civil rights
... [Show More] leader was beaten when he stepped off the bus by a white mob. correct answer: John Lewis
this was the first School in South Carolina to integrate. The school was founded in 1951 and in 1954, five students from St Mary's a predominantly African-American Catholic Church in Rock Hill, were enrolled. correct answer: St. Anne's Parochial School
in 1984, who founded the national Rainbow Coalition, a National social justice organization devoted to political empowerment, education in changing public policy? correct answer: Jesse Jackson
in what year were African Americans first allowed to enroll at the University of South Carolina? correct answer: 1963
in 1963, who became the first African American to attend Clemson University? correct answer: Harvest Gantt
what athlete from Rock Hill was drafted first overall by the Houston Texans in 2014? correct answer: Jadeveon Clowney
in May 1994, who was elected to the position of Chief Justice of the state supreme court, making him the first African-American Justice chief of South Carolina since reconstruction? correct answer: Ernest Finney, Jr
born in Maysville, SC in 1875 Mary Bethune founded what college for negro women correct answer: Bethune-Cookman College
what was the first legal challenge to elementary school segregation to originate in the south correct answer: Bridges versus Elliott
who was an educator and leading civil rights activist in South Carolina and played a crucial role in organizing citizenship schools where black adults learn to read and register to vote correct answer: Septima Clark
what was the first college founded in the US with a mission to educate blacks? correct answer: Oberlin College
in 1847 Dr David J Peck became the first African American to graduate from a US medical school correct answer: Rush Medical College
in 1849, Charles L reason became the first African-American college professor correct answer: New York Central College
in 1858, Sarah Jane Woodson early, became the first African American female college professor correct answer: Wilberforce College
in 1863 what college became the first college owned and operated by African-Americans correct answer: Wilberforce College
in 1863, who became the first African-American college President of Wilberforce College correct answer: Bishop Daniel Payne
what is the oldest historically black institution of Higher Learning in the South. Baptist ministry Henry Martin to Uber founded it as Riley Institute in 1865. The name was changed in 1872 [Show Less]