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Who were nine African-American students who integrated central high school

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The Little Rock nine

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What is a holiday that started in 1966 by Ron Correa that means first fruits in Swahili

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Kwanza

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Holiday celebrated on June 19 celebrates the freedom from slavery

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Juneteenth

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What is an abolitionist

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A person who works against slavery

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What does B.B. King noted for?

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The blues

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Who played the role of Jackie Robinson in the movie 42

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Chadwick Boseman

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The first African-American woman, to be elected into the US Senate

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Carol Moseley-braun

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Civil rights activist who wrote integrated buses throughout the south

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Freedom riders

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Who is the president of the national council of Negro women?

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Dorothy height

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America’s oldest HBCU for women

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Spelman college

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Who is the first black baseball pitcher to be in shredded in the baseball Hall of Fame?

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Satchel page

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How many HBCU are recognized by the department of education

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107

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Who helped orchestrate the landmark supreme court case Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka

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Thurgood Marshall

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Who was the first African-American principal dancer with prestigious American ballet Theatre?

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Misty Copeland

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Where was the first black television station established?

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Detroit

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Who is known as a princess of black poetry?

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Nikki Giovanni

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What is the nation’s oldest largest and most widely recognized grassroots based on civil rights organization?

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NAACP

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What was the network of secret Ralph and safe houses used by slaves to escape north into Canada

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The underground railroad

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Who is the president of Morehouse College from 1940 to 1967?

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Benjamin mazyes

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When was the emancipation proclamation issued?

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January 1 1863

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Who was appointed the first black Attorney General by a president of Barack Obama

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Eric Holder

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Who was appointed the first black female attorney general

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Loretta Lynch

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Who is the first black actor who have won an Academy award and Emmy and Tony?

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Viola Davis

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Condoleezza rice served as what?

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Secretary of State

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Where is the national civil rights Museum?
Memphis, Tennessee
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How did Ronald McNair die?
The 1986 space shuttle disaster
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Who took jazz vocals to a new level and it was called the divine one?
Sarah Vaughn
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Which US amendment outlawed slavery
The 13th
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What trademark was puffing cheeks in it in a trumpet bell that pointed skyward
Dizzy Gillespie
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What is the name of Oprah Winfrey’s TV production company?
HARPO
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What is the name of Barry Gordy Junior record label
Motown
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What was the first black Greek lettered fraternity
Alpha phi alpha inc.
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What’s the largest civil road protest in America
The million man March
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How many days are there of Kwanzaa?
Seven
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What article declared that all persons held their slaves within their rebellious southern states are henceforth, and forever free
The emancipation proclamation
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The first African-American to win baseball MVP award
Jackie Robinson
37
Who coordinated operation desert storm
Colin Powell
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Who is known as the queen of soul?
Aretha Franklin
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Who is known for recording dancing in popular rising the twist
Chubby checker
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Who is the author of the color purple?
Alice Walker
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Who was the first black female to win the all-around gold medal in gymnastics?
Gabby Douglas
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Who is the founder of Radio One and TV one?
Kathy Hughes
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Who performed the world’s first open heart surgery?
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
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Who provided the voice for Darth Vader?
James Earl Jones
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Who is the first African-American aviator?
Bessie Coleman
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Who is the author of uncle Tom’s cabin?
Harriet Beecher stowe
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Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
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Who was the first African-American woman to have her own weekly television series, “Julia?”
Diahann Carroii
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Who is the first African-American to win a Pulitzer prize
Gwendolyn Brooks
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Who is the first black to be elected to a political office in the United States?
John Mercer Langston
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Who was the first black woman to have her work performed on Broadway?
Lorraine Hansbury
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Who was the first black female secretary of energy?
Hazel O’Leary
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Who is the founder of the Negro baseball league?
Rube Foster
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Who is the principal at Tuscany Institute who recruited and hired George Washington Carver?
Booker T. Washington
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Who wrote the biography of Malcolm X?
Alex Haley
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What was the first black owned college in the United States?
Wilberforce
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Who was the first black president at Wilberforce
Daniel Payne
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What was the name of the evolutionist newspaper founded by Frederick Douglas
North star
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Who is the founder of NAACP?
WEB Dubois
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Who is the first female chairperson of the NAACP?
Myrlie Evers-Williams
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Where was Martin Luther King murdered
The Lorrainne Hotel
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Who’s the first black chairman of the joint chiefs of staff?
Colin Powell
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The first black female, CEO of fortune 500 company
Ursula burns
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Who was the first black to win the Nobel peace prize
Ralph Bunche
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Who is the first black president of the United States?
Barack Obama
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The first black Air Force general
Benjamin o’Davis Junior
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Who is the first black president of South Africa?
Nelson Mandela
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Who is the first black billionaire?
Robert Johnson

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