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Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
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Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
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What Court decreed that public schools should be integrated?

What is the Supreme Court? 

The case was Brown v. Board of Education - Dec 9, 1952 – May 17, 1954

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Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
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This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
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Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell
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This Civil Rights Leader said "The time is always right to do what is right"
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
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This African American has been a member of Congress since 1991 and currently serves as the U.S. Representative for California's 43rd congressional district.

Who is Congresswoman Maxine Waters
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What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce Knowles
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Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington
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Who said "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."?
Who is Maya Angelou
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During his military career, this African American served as National Security Advisor, Commander of the U.S. Army Forces and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Who is Colin Powell
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Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X
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This actor/producer/director rise to fame was not easy. Going from living to his car to living in a million dollar mansion. His first movie sold 50.7 million dollars. What is the name of this movie?


What is the Diary of a Mad Black Women

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Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison
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Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."?
Who is Muhammad Ali
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Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
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Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
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This African American Celebrity is known around the world as the 20th Century's most innovative communicator and has a Net Worth of 2.8 Billion Dollars.
Who is Oprah Winfrey
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In what year were the first Africans brought to American to work as slaves?
What is 1619
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This well known actor of such movies as Million Dollar Baby, Driving Miss Daisy and Shawshank Redemption said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."
Who is Morgan Freeman
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Which American President was elected to the United States in 2008?
Who is BARACK OBAMA!!!!!
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These Four students from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College perform the first sit-in at a segregated lunch counter. These four boys later became known as...

Who are the Greensboro Four
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Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?
Who is George Washington Carver
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