Can you name the black historical figures by their picture? by nomuny12

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Black History Month Pictorial Quiz

by nomuny12

Created Feb 15, 2010 in History
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	RebeccaAMax:	Feb 16th, 2010 at 05:01 GMT	4 points
	No Thurgood Marshall? Aren't he, Eric Holder, Blanche K. Bruce, Hiram Revels more important than Ron Smmons?

	nomuny12:	Feb 16th, 2010 at 05:19 GMT	1 point
	@RebeccaAMax, yes there are many relevant Black people not listed here. I know I can add many more, but simply put there are size restrictions when it comes to pictures and didn't want to run into those boundaries. I tried to get at least one person from many genres throughout history.

	BondFan4518:	Feb 16th, 2010 at 13:49 GMT	3 points
	Should accept MLK without the Dr.

	Riko:	Feb 16th, 2010 at 19:02 GMT	1 point
	The term "black" has a lot of grey areas, but it seems to generally be understood to refer to those descended from the African Diaspora. While Nelson Mandela is a great proponent of civil rights and a personal hero of mine, he is African and not African-American or Afro-Caribbean and it could be contested he is therefore not black. As all of the others are African-Americans, you may want to think of replacing him in this quiz. Just an idea. Either way, excellent quiz.

	yippeeyappee:	Feb 16th, 2010 at 19:16 GMT	1 point
	Good variety - thought for sure there would be a boxer. I think you could cut down the time a bit - still 2 minutes left when I just couldn't place Oprah. Also, good job on the picture; often they are cut off on the right and this one wasn't.

	nomuny12:	Feb 16th, 2010 at 20:05 GMT	1 point
	@BondFan: That issue has been resolved. @Riko: That's a pretty good point. I may have to adjust this quiz slightly, add a boxer as yippe suggested, maybe remove Simmons and Mandela, and add another woman as well. 3 out of 20 seems kind of unfair. Thanks for the feedback!

	geodude:	Feb 17th, 2010 at 00:45 GMT	1 point
	the correct spelling is "jesse owens", not "jessie".. hope you fix it

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	switters:	Feb 17th, 2010 at 16:14 GMT	2 points
	Did you really just say that?

	biff_smiff:	Feb 17th, 2010 at 16:30 GMT	3 points
	Ron "Farooq" Simmons is really a pretty odd choice. Even if you want to go with a pro wrestler, Dwayne Johnson would probably fit better with the group of influential types you have here. He's part Samoan, part African Canadian. Replacing him with a boxer is a good choice as well. Perhaps Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, or Frazier?

	shenry1313:	Feb 21st, 2010 at 17:09 GMT	2 points
	no dubois?

	Figment:	Feb 22nd, 2010 at 23:47 GMT	2 points
	Ron Simmons? Really? As listed above, I was very surprised not to see W.E.B. DuBois. Or how about Edward Brooke or A. Philip Randolph?

	rje_dobbin:	Mar 2nd, 2010 at 21:37 GMT	1 point
	pictures need to be hosted somewhere that won't block them when the bandwidth is exceeded

	darlingnicki:	May 9th, 2010 at 04:27 GMT	4 points
	I strongly object to using Clarence Thomas over Thurgood Marshall.

	wainwjos418:	Jun 19th, 2010 at 03:20 GMT	2 points
	no clue how Ron Simmons made this list. Joe Louis, Cassius Clay, and Danny Glover all should have been up here.

	DeathBanana64:	Jun 21st, 2010 at 23:19 GMT	1 point
	may not be as historical as the others but mr. t had to be in this!

	imclala:	Mar 8th, 2011 at 16:29 GMT	2 points
	Just a slight quibble: Because all the pictures are resized to fit into the rows, some of them are distorted and harder to tell who they are. If you crop instead, they'll look a lot better.