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This person was the first black President of the United States

Who is Barack Obama

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A National Youth Poet Laureate , who spoke at Biden's inauguration and at the 2021 Super Bowl

Who is Amanda Gorman

200

A quote from the first African-American First Lady of the United States.

" Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives."

Who is Michelle Obama


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This was New York City's First Slave Market. It's name is based on a wall built by enslaved Africans in 1653 to protect Dutch settlers from Indigenous peoples raids.

What is Wall Street

200

The Iguazú Falls are the largest waterfall systems in the world located on the boarders of Brazil and ___.


What is Argentina

400

This person was the first black student allowed in a white school

Who is Ruby Bridges

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In the 2020 Forbes list, this cement and sugar manufacturing guru from Nigeria landed at No. 162 with a net worth of $8.3 billion. He is not only Africa’s richest man but the world’s richest Black man.

Who is Aliko Dangote

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This American minister and human rights activist

"There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance next time."

Who is Malcom X

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This monument in Egypt

What is the Great Sphinx

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Located in this country, Blue Lagoon gets its trademark color form the silica-rich waters that feed it. The geothermal water is great for your skin.

What is Iceland

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The first college owned and operated by African Americans.

What is Wilberforce University (located in Ohio around 1863)

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The first African American on the staff of LIFE magazine. He also was the first Black director of a major film, Shaft, helping to shape the blaxploitation era in the '70s.  

Who is Gordon Parks

Parks famously told LIFE in 1999: "I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera."

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This former American Professional Boxer, activist, entertainer and philanthropist.

" I hared every minute of training  but I said, Don't Quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life a Champion."

Who is Muhammed Ali (Clashes Clay)

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This building located in Washington D.C.

What is the National Museum of African American History and Culture

600

Kiama is an coastal town south of Sydney. It’s known for the Kiama Blowhole and Little Blowhole,

What is Australia

800

In 1901, this person was the first African American invited to dine at the White House.

Who is Booker T. Washington

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Without his creative vision, many of the Black publications of today—such as Ebony, Essence, Black Enterprise, and Upscale—wouldn't exist. In 1905, he founded the Chicago Defender weekly newspaper.  

Who is Robert Sengstacke Abbott

800

An American politician, educator, and author, and the first African-American woman in Congress

" Tremendous amounts of talent are being lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt."

Who is Shirley Chisholm



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This building in Washington D.C., built by black slaves

What is the White House

800

Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple is a Hindu Temple seen here is located in the southern state of Tamil Nadu of this country.

What is India

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In 1991, the director of Boyz n the Hood was the first African American nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director


Who is John Singleton


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This Kenyan woman received the 2020 African winner of the United Nations Environment Programme's Young Champions of the Earth Award for recycling waste plastic into construction products

Who is Nzambi Matee

The 29-year-old was awarded for her efforts to innovatively solve the challenge of plastics in Kenya.

Matee is the founder of Gjenge Makers, a social enterprise that recycles and upcycles waste plastic into construction products such as paving bricks, paving tiles, hatch and maintenance hole covers.  

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The former President of South Africa

"A winner is a dreamer who never gives up."

Who is Nelson Mandela

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Before this was turned into a national monument located in lower Manhattan, NYC; between the 1690s to 1790s, it was the final resting place for thousands of free and enslaved Africans, who were not allowed to bury their dead

What is the African Burial Ground National Monument

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Known as " Rainbow Mountains" in Zhangye Danxia Geopark in this country

What is China

The colors were formed by the layering of sedimentary mineral deposits over millions of years, but it's hard to look at the flowing reds, yellows, and oranges and not feel like you're witnessing magic.

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