African American First
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Take it to Court
Education Comes First
I Have a Speech
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Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
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Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
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In 1954, this case reversed the Plessy v. Ferguson "separate but equal" ruling, which stated that "Segregation in public education is a denial of the equal protection of the laws."
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
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Founded by Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles, this was the first college for black women in the U.S.
What is Spellman College?
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This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
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Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell
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Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
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As the chief counsel for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored, this man argued more than 30 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He later became the first African-American to be appointed to the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall
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This president sent federal troops to ensure integration of the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. The Little Rock Nine were the first black students to attend the school.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
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Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce Knowles
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Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington
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Who said "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."?
Who is Maya Angelou
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This ruling upheld affirmative action's constitutionality in education, as long it employeed a "highly individualized, holistic review of each applicant's file" and did not consider race as a factor in a "mechanical way."
What is Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)
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She was forced to travel a significant distance to elementary school due to racial segregation, her father was one of the plaintiffs in the case of Brown v. Board of Education.
Who is Linda Brown?
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Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker
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Which actress became the first African-American woman to win an Academy Award?
Who is Hattie McDaniel
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Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."?
Who is Muhammad Ali
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This woman became the first black woman federal judge in 1966.
Who is Constance Baker Motley?
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This president signed an executive order creating the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans.
Who is Barack Obama?
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Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmet Till
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In what year were the first Africans brought to American to work as slaves?
What is 1619
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Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?
Who is Morgan Freeman
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This decision in 1967 ruled that the prohibition on interracial marriage was unconstitutional. Sixteen states that still banned interracial marriage at the time were forced to revise their laws.
What is Loving v. Virginia?
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In 1881, this professor and public speaker founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama. The school became one of the leading schools of higher learning for African Americans, and stressed the practical application of knowledge.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
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Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?
Who is George Washington Carver
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