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Who was the first African American Woman television show host?

Who is Oprah Winfrey in 1986


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Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?

Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford
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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 was born enslaved and went on to become one of the most prominent scientists and inventors of their time, as well as a teacher at the Tuskegee Institute, and devised over 100 products using one major crop — the peanut — including peanut butter, dyes, plastics and gasoline.

Who is George Washington Carver

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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, "We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort."

Who is Jessie Owens, world record-setting Olympic athlete

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What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
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What supreme court ruling said that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

What is Brown v Board of Education

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Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?

Who is Madam CJ Walker

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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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Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
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Which civil rights leader said 'Patience is a dirty and a nasty word'

Who is James Lawson

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Who was born in 1832 in North Carolina who would go on to develop the ironing board, which was made from a narrow wooden board that had collapsible legs with the entire device having a padded cover?

Who is Sarah Boone

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Who was the first African American woman Secretary of State?

Who is Condoleezza Rice in 2005

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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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The ___ rode interstate buses into the Segregated Southern United States to protest the non enforcement of two supreme court rulings that ruled segregated buses unconstitutional?

Who are the Freedom Riders?

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Who is the African-American inventor, businessman, and community leader who's most notable inventions are the three-position traffic signal and the gas mask?

Who is Garrett Morgan

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Who was the First African American NHL head coach to reach the Super Bowl?

Who are both Lovie Smith and Tony Dungy in 2006 for Super Bowl XLI

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Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?

Who is Morgan Freeman

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Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Who is BARACK OBAMA!!!!!
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He helped co found the NAACP and was the first african-american to earn a Masters degree from Harvard. One of his best known works is ‘The Souls of Black folk’

Who is W.E.B. DuBois

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Which A.A. inventor contributed to the invention of pacemakers after losing his mother to heart failure, and was later famed for the development of IBM computers, burglar-proof cash register, chemical air filters, and an electronic resistor used in controlled missiles and other devices? 

Who is Otis Boykin

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