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Who is known as known as America's Jazz ambassador?
Duke Ellington
Who was America's first Black millionaire?
Madame C. J. Walker
Who was the first African American president?
Barack Obama
Who invented the gas mask and traffic light?
Garrett Morgan
Who was responsible for the Blood Bank?
Charles Drew
What Black woman was one of the most famous female dancers in history?
Josephine Baker
Who was known as the "Moses" of her people?
Harriet Tubman
Who was the first African American Secretary of State?
Colin Powell
Who made the first wooden clock in the United States?
Benjamin Banneker
Who is considered "The Father of Black History"?
Carter G. Woodson
What Black author wrote the play "Blues for Mr. Charlie"?
James Baldwin
Who was the first Black newspaper woman in North America?
Mary Cary
Who was the first Black woman elected to Congress from a southern state?
Barbara Jordan
Who invented the clothes dryer?
George T. Sampson
What is the first Black owned company to be traded on the NY Stock Exchange?
BET
Who made Black spirituals world famous?
Nathaniel Dett
Who was the first Black woman pilot?
Bessie Coleman
Who was the first Black person to be elected to the House of Representatives?
Joseph Rainey
Who invented the ironing board?
Sarah Boone
Who is the first Black person to win an Academy Award?
Hattie McDaniel
What Black man wrote the novel "The Three Musketeers"?
Alexandre Dumas
Who was the first Black nurse in the United States?
Mary Mahoney
Who was the first African American diplomat?
Ebenezer Basset
Who invented the air conditioning unit?
Frederick Jones
What was the first African American car manufacturer?
Patterson