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Who was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award?
ANSWER = Hattie McDaniel
What African American scientist discovered new information on how genes are linked together?
ANSWER = Percy Julian
Which 1964 act declared that people must be treated fairly, no matter the color of their skin?
ANSWER = The Civil Rights Act
What basketball superstar became the first African American to coach a majorleague sport team?
ANSWER = Bill Russell
What landmark Supreme Court case did Thurgood Marshall help orchestrate in 1954?
ANSWER = Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
The Roaring Twenties introduced an unprecedented outpouring of black art, literature and music. What was this period known as?
ANSWER = Harlem Renaissance
What African American explorer is best known as the first codiscoverer of the Geographic North Pole?
ANSWER = Matthew Henson
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution makes slavery illegal?
ANSWER = the 13th Amendment
Who was the first African American to lead the NFL in rushing?
ANSWER = Jim Brown
When did President Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
ANSWER = On January 1, 1863
What famous musician's trademark was puffing cheeks and a trumpet bell that pointed skyward?
ANSWER = Dizzy Gillespie
What is the name of the first African American Medical College located in Tennessee?
ANSWER = Meharry Medical College
What did many associate with the term "Jim Crow"?
ANSWER = Racial segregation.
What Chicago Bulls’ NBA great got his start at The University of North Carolina?
ANSWER = Michael Jordan
In what famous court case did the justices rule that, "Blacks are an inferior class of beings who had no rights which the white man was bound to respect"?
ANSWER = The Supreme Court Dred Scott case in 1857
Who is the African American businessman that founded the Ebony and Jet magazines?
ANSWER = John H. Johnson
What breakthrough medical procedure was performed by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams in the United States?
ANSWER = Openheart surgery
QUESTION = CORE, SCLC, and NAACP share what common goal?
ANSWER = Equal rights for African Americans
What NFL player, elected to the Hall of Fame, was the first African American to serve as a member of the Minnesota Supreme Court?
ANSWER = Alan Page
What is the name of the person that started the tumbling group that puts on the show for Lindop at the beginning of the school year?
ANSWER = Jesse White
In which decade did young African Americans start hip hop music?
ANSWER = 1970
What African American was called to assist a rescue effort of six workers trapped by a gas explosion using his patented breathing device?
ANSWER = Garrett A. Morgan
What organization formed by Marcus Garvey promoted racial pride and selfimprovement?
Universal Negro Improvement Association
Who was the first African American teenager to win the Junior Girls singles Tennis title at Wimbledon?
ANSWER = Zina Garrison
Who became the first African American woman candidate for President of the United States in 1972 and was the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress?
ANSWER = Shirley Chisholm