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 What is Plessy v Ferguson
This person was made to sit in the black train car because he was an octoroon(1/8 black). Railroad company was on his side because they paid too much to maintain separate cars. Established "separate but equal" clause 
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First African American to be ranked #1 rank in tennis

Who is Venus Williams

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Which city is widely acknowledged as the birth of hip-hop?

 What is Bronx, New York
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The first African American to become president
Barack Obama
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If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
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Brown v Board of Education?
The 1954 Supreme Court decision holding that school segregation in Topeka, Kans., was inherently unconstitutional because it violated the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of equal protection. This case marked the end of legal segregation in the United States. 
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First Black Woman to gain a deal with a major couture brand, Dior:

Who is Rhianna?
200

The letters for the cable network BET stand for

Black Entertainment Television

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In 2016, this International Superstar was the headliner for the Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show

Bruno Mars and Beyonce 
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“Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.”

 Who is Oprah Winfrey
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What is The Bullet? 
Malcolm X: black nationalist who advised blacks to judiciously exercise their right to vote, but he cautioned that if the government continued to prevent African Americans from gaining full equality, they would take up arms. Do whatever it takes( including violence) to secure rights. 
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First African American to appear by himself on a circulating U.S. coin

Who is Duke Ellington (District of Columbia quarter)

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The term R&B represents
What is Rhythm and Blues?
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This person refused to give up their seat on a bus on December 1st, 1955

Who is Rosa Parks

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I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Who is Maya Angelou

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What is the Civil Rights Act of 1968? 
An act to enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States of America to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the Attorney General to institute suites to protect constitutional rights in public facilities and public education, to extend the Commission on Civil Rights, to prevent discrimination in federally assisted programs, to establish a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity, and for other purposes. 
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First African-American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress

Who is Halle Berry (2002) 


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This actress starred as Tina Turner in the biopic What's Love Got to do With It?
Who is Angela Bassett?
400

Marie Van Brittan Brown invented what in 1966

What is the first home security system
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“One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals. And so when I hear about negative and false attacks, I really don’t invest any energy in them, because I know who I am."

Who is Michelle Obama
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 Huey Newton and Bobby Seale?
 Who are 2 Founders of the Black Panther Party 
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First African American to graduate from Harvard University 
Who is Richard Theodore Greener
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In 1953 the song “Hound Dog” was released by this blues singer before Elvis Presley's 1956 version

Who is Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton?

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Two African American founders of the NAACP and in what year 

W. E. B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells-Barnett

1909

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 Just don’t give up what you’re trying to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong

Who is Ella Fitzgerald

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