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This city and state is the location of the High School that Bo Jackson graduated from.
What is Birmingham, AL (McAdory)?
This individual was the first African American student to attend Auburn University.
Who is Dr. Harold Franklin?
A march, which took place in 1965, marked a significant moment in the Civil Rights Movement when activists marched from this town to Montgomery, Alabama, to demand voting rights.
What is Selma, AL?
Garret Morgan, an African American inventor, created this important item used at busy intersections.
What is the three-light traffic signal?
This is the name of Michelle Obama's debut memoir.
What is "Becoming"?
The Kansas City Royals inducted this prominent athlete into its Hall of Fame.
Who is Bo Jackson?
She was the first African American woman to become a billionaire.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This Black regiment fought in the Spanish-American war.
Who are the Buffalo Soldiers?
This Black scientist's work led to the development of the first blood bank.
Who is Dr. Charles Drew?
These three colors are commonly utilized during Black History Month.
What are red, green, and yellow?
Charles Barkley was drafted by this NBA team.
What is the Philadelphia Sixers?
This individual was the first African American woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Constance Baker Motley?
This was a secret network used to help enslaved African Americans escape to freedom.
What is the Underground Railroad?
This African American abolitionist, along with the help of others like Osborne Perry Anderson, led a raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859.
Who is John Brown?
This prominent NBA player once appeared alongside his mom in a Campbell's soup commercial.
Who is Shaquille O'Neal?
Charles Barkley graduated from this high school in Birmingham, AL.
What is Leeds High School?
This individual was the first African American to serve as a four-star general in the U.S. Military.
Who is General Benjamin O. Davis Sr.?
This all-Black labor union was founded by A. Philip Randolph.
What is the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters?
This individual was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Ralph Bunche?
This well-known television host and producer was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This baseball star is known as the "Big Hurt."
Who is Frank Thomas?
Phillips Wheatley was the first African American woman in the U.S. to publish what type of book?
What is poetry?
This Black-owned town in Kansas was founded by freed slaves in the late 1800s.
What is Nicodemus?
This individual was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?
Although Jackie Robinson is often credited for this accomplishment, this individual was the first Black man to play MLB.
Who is Moses Fleetwood Walker?