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The 44TH President of the UNITED STATES

Who is Barack Hussein Obama

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Amendment that abolished Slavery

What is the 13TH AMENDMENT

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Celebrated annually on June 19TH

WHAT IS JUNETEENTH

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First Black quarterback to win a Super Bowl

Who is Doug Williams

100

First African American to be Vice President

Who is Kamela Harris

200

Invented the traffic signal

WHO IS GARRETT MORGAN

200

She is considered "The first lady of civil rights"

Who is Rosa Parks

200

African American History Month grew out of this

What is "Negro History Week"

200

Invented the Golf Tee

Who is Dr. George Grant

200

Invented the Potato Chip

Who is George Crum

300

First Black SUPREME COURT JUSTICE

WHO IS THURGOOD MARSHALL

300

 Advanced civil rights with nonviolence

Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

300

Created Black History Month

Who is Carter G. Woodson

300

First Black woman elected to Congress

Who is Shirley Chisolm

300

Invented the Gas Mask

Who is Garrett Morgan

400

The first African American to be on the Postage Stamp

Who is Booker T. Washington

400

First Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court

Who is Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Jackson Brown

400

BH Week chosen due to this birthday Feb 12  

Who is Abraham Lincoln

400

Her cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line

Who is Henrietta Lacks

400

Developed products using peanuts

Who is George Washington Carver

500

Member of House of Rep since 2011 for Florida's 24th district

Who is Representative Frederica Wilson

500

First Black woman elected to Florida senate

Who is Representative Carrie Meeks

500

The Tuskegee Airmen initiated Feb 19, 1942

Who are the "Red Tails"

500

All-time leading scorer in NBA

Who is Lebron James

500

The first Black Invention

1821 way to dry clean clothes (Tom Jennings)

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