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Who is the only black Disney princess?
Princess Tiana
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Who was the African American woman to make history in gymnastics during the 2012 Olympics?
Gabby Douglas
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Who was the first African American appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States?
Thurgood Marshall
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Who was the first female millionaire?
Madame CJ Walker
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Who performed the first open heart surgery?
Daniel Hale Williams
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Who is the richest black woman in entertainment?
Oprah
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Which African American broke the color barrier in the sport of professional baseball?
Jackie Robinson
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Who was the first African-American member of the Metropolitan Opera?
Marian Anderson
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Who created many uses for peanuts?
George Washington Carver
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Who was the first African American nurse?
Mary Eliza Mahoney
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Which singer recently broke the iTunes record for selling 617,000 copies in 3 hours?
Beyonce
300
Which sisters have dominated the sport of tennis for many years?
The Williams Sisters (Venus and Serena)
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Who was the first African-American woman, and first woman, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Aretha Franklin
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Who created the traffic signal?
Garrett Morgan
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Who was the first African-American scholar to address the American Historical Association?
W.E.B. Du Bois
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Who was the first African-American Miss America?
Vanessa Williams
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Who was the MVP of the 2013 NBA Finals?
LeBron James
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First African American elected president?
Barack Obama
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Who was famous for sitting on the back of the bus?
Rosa Parks
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Who was the first African American to win the United States Golf Amateur Championship?
Tiger Woods
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Who is the "King of Pop"?
Michael Jackson
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Which athlete won 4 Gold medals during the 1936 Berlin Olympics in Track & Field?
Jesse Owens
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Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Toni Morrison
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Who invented a method of eye surgery that has helped many blind people to see?
Dr. Patricia E. Bath
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Who was the first African-American woman to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress?
Dorothy Dandridge
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