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Who was the first African American to be elected as President of the United States?
BARACK OBAMA
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS MURDERED IN MISSISSIPPI FOR ALLEHEDLY WHISTLING AT A WHITE WOMEN?
EMMETT TILL
GARRETT A MORGAN INVENTED THE WHAT?
THE TRAFFIC LIGHT
WHAT DOES THE TERM R&B MUSIC REPRESENT?
RHYTHM AND BLUES
WHO WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR?
SIDNEY POITIER
WHO WAS THE FIRST BLACK PERSON TO INTEGRATE SCHOOLS?
RUBY BRIDGES
IN 1955, A THIRTEEN-MONTH BUS BOYCOTT TO DESEGREGATE THE CITY'S BUSSES BEGAN. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE BOYCOTT?
MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT
He WAS A SCIENTIST AND LOVED TO STUDY PLANTS. HE DEVELOPED OVER 300 WAYS TO USE PEANUT
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
THIS R&B LEGEND WAS KILLED BY HIS FATHER OVER A DISPUTE ABOUT MONEY.
MARVIN GAYE
WHICH COMEDIAN TURNED ACTOR HAS BEEN NOTED FOR PLAYING MULTIPLE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS IN THE SAME FILM.
EDDIE MURPHY
SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO PERFORM ON THE MAIN STAGE AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA.
MARIAN ANDERSON
IN 1959, BERRY GORDY FOUNDED WHAT IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN?
MOTOWN RECORDS.
RECORDED AS THE FIRST FEMALE SELF-MADE MILLIONAIRE; INVENTED THE HOT COMB.
MADAM CJ WALKER
HER REAL NAME IS ANNA MAE BULLOCK
TINA TURNER
WHICH BLACK MALE ACTOR HAS WON TWO OSCAR AWARDS. HE HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT FIGURE TO BLACK HISTORY.
DENZEL WASHINGTON
BROKE THE COLOR BARRIER IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IN 1947 BY BECOMING THE FIRST AMERICAN PLAYER.
JACKIE ROBINSON
WHAT YEAR WAS THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM?
1963
WHO WAS THE FIRST SURGEON TO PERFORM OPEN- HEART SUGERY ON A HUMAN.
DR. DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS
Featuring an all-Black cast, songs like "Ease On Down The Road" & the costumes seen here, this 1975 Broadway musical had a rough beginning before becoming a smash hit & winning seven Tonys.
THE WIZ
WHO IS THE LEGENDARY FILM DIRECTOR BEHIND FILMS LIKE POETIC JUSTICE, BABY BOY, HIGHER LEARNING AND BOYZ N THE HOOD.
JOHN SINGLETON
HE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN- AMERICAN MARINE CORPS AVIATOR AND THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN CORPS GENERAL.
FRANK E. PETERSEN
IN 1960, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ENDORSED WHICH PRESIDENT DURING ELECTIONS AND HELPED TO SECURE THE BLACK VOTE?
JOHN F. KENNEDY
AFRICAN AMERICAN ASTRONOMER, MATHEMATICIAN AND AUTHOR WHO CONTRUCTED AMERICA'S FIRST FUNCTIONAL CLOCK.
BENJAMIN BANNEKER
WHAT FEMALE SINGER IS KNOWN AS THE "QUEEN OF SOUL"
ARETHA FRANKLIN
All of the following films are Spike Lee Joints EXCEPT:
DO THE RIGHT THING
JUNGLE FEVER
SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT
JUICE
JUICE