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What year was the first enslaved person sold?
1619
Who founded the Tuskegee Institute?
Booker T. Washington
What amendment gave Black men the right to vote?
The 15th Amendment
Martin Luther King Jr. Day was first observed nationally in what year?
1986
What day was Rosa Park arrested on?
December 1st, 1955
Who invented the potato chip?
George Crum
What ice cream flavor was eaten a lot by Black people during Jim Crow laws?
Butter Pecan
What year was Maya Angelou born?
1928
Who was the first Black pageant winner?
Vanessa Williams
Who was the first African-American to integrate a white school?
Ruby Bridges
What year was Kwanzaa founded?
1966
Who invented the mailbox?
Phillip Downing
What famous Black person is the richest person in history?
Mansa Munsa
Which state had the first all-Black militia?
Rhode Island
What baseball team did Jackie Robinson play for?
The Brooklyn Dodgers
What school did the Little Rock Nine go to?
Central High School
Who started the "Back to Africa" Movement?
Marcus Garvey
What style of jump roping was started by African-Americans in the 1970's?
Double Dutch
Which female hip-hop was the first to win a Grammy award?
Salt-N-Pepper
Who was the first self-made African-American female millionaire in the US?
Madame C. J. Walker
Who was the first Black dentist in America?
Robert Tanner Freeman
How long was the journey on slave ships?
5 to 11 weeks
What newspaper was founded by Frederick Douglas?
The North Star
What African-American performed the first successful open heart surgery?
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Who was the first African-American to win the Masters Golf tournament?
Tiger Woods
When did Martin Luther King Jr. give his "I Have A Dream Speech"?
August 28th, 1963
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Ralph Bunche
Who was the founder of Kwanzaa?
Dr. Maulana Karenga
What African-American organization formed on February 12, 1909?
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Who is known as the "Father of Baseball" in the Negro League Baseball?
Andrew "Rube" Foster
Who founded the Black Panther Party?
Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, and Elbert Howard
What was the name of the stage of the slave trade where enslaved Africans were taken from Africa to America?
The Middle Passage
Who was the first Black mail carrier in America?
Mary Fields
Who was the first Black firefighter in America?
Molly Williams