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"Some people want it all
But I don't"

"want nothing at all
If it ain't you, baby
If I ain't got you, baby"

"If I ain't got you" Alicia Keys

The song received two nominations at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2005), for Song of the Year and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

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The current and 49th vice president of the United States. She stands as the first female vice president in American history, the highest-ranking female official in US history — and is the first Black and Asian American to hold the position.

Kamala Harris

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Who is Disney's first African American princess

Tiana

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She ignited the movement against racial segregation on public transit. Her defiance to give up her seat led to her arrest on Dec. 1, 1955, but led to revolutionary change. The United States Congress has since honored her as “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement."

Rosa Parks

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Regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. She is also one of the highest-earning woman athletes.

Serena Williams

200

"Guys you know you better watch out.. Some girls, Some girls are only about..."

"That thing, that thing, that thinngggg"

(^ We will only accept that answer if sung correctly)

Lauryn Hill's, "Doo Wop", music video won four 1999 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video, Best R&B Video, Best Art Direction, and Video of the Year.

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The first African American woman to serve as the first lady of the United States, but she also continues to be a source of inspiration through her efforts to promote health and wellness for kids in America. Her story in her best-selling books "Becoming" and "The Light We Carry" encourage generations of women to dream big and never give up.

Michelle Obama

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Her show aired for 25 years and remains the highest-rated daytime talk show. She also became the first Black female billionaire.

Name the sh0w

The Oprah Winfrey Show

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She, alongside her famous husband, became a civil rights leader in her own right. After his assassination in 1968, she championed the building of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change as a living memorial to her husband's work.

Coretta Scott King

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What is the name of the first Greek organization established for black women?

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at the historically black Howard University in Washington, D.C.

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"Is it worth it? Let me work it
I put my thang down, flip it and reverse it"

"Ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gnaht ym tup i
Ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gnaht ym tup i"

(we will accept mumbling... if you do it right)

"Work It" - Missy Elliot 

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First black woman millionaire in America

Madam CJ Walker made her fortune thanks to her homemade line of hair care products for Black women

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Which movie was made to share the story of African American women whose pioneering work was a key part of our success in space. It mentions the contributions of Johnson and her colleagues, including Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughn and other "human computers.

Hidden Figures

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When was the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) founded?  

On February 12, 1909, the nation's largest and most widely recognized civil rights organization was born.

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An American activist who helped the civil rights movement in Louisiana. She was the first child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary School, an all-white school in Louisiana, which she was selected to attend based on her displayed intelligence at just six years old. She also was later painted by Norman Rockwell and is now celebrated as a courageous Black woman who continued to fight for equal rights throughout her life.

Ruby Bridges

400

"If you ready to move say it (Yeah)
One time for your mind say it (Yeah, yeah)
Well, I'm ready for ya
Come let me show ya
You want to groove, I'mma show you how to move"

"Come, come Mr. DJ, song pon de replay
Come, Mr. DJ, won't you turn the music up?
All the gyal pon the dancefloor wantin' some more what
Come, Mr. DJ, won't you turn the music up?"

"Pon de Replay" Rihanna 

The debut single from her debut Caribbean-inspired studio album, “Music of the Sun. It offered diversity to the pop music scene when it was released peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200 chart and peaked at No. 35 on the U.K. chart.

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The first black women in the United States to earn a college degree

Mary Jane Patterson 

She not only was the first black woman in the United States to earn a college degree, she did it by refusing to take the usual courses for women at Oberlin College and taking instead a program of Greek, Latin, and higher mathematics designed for gentlemen.

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She earns around $3 million each Christmas season for her beloved song.

Mariah Carey

"All I want for Christmas"

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American civil rights activist, publisher, and journalist. She selected nine students to integrate Central High School in Little Rock in 1957. She regularly drove the students to school and worked tirelessly to ensure they were protected from violent crowds. She also advised the group and even joined the school's parent organization.

Daisy Bates

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She is the most followed Black Woman on Instagram

Beyonce

500

"Came to my senses and I chilled for a bit
Don't know how you do the voodoo that you do"

"So well, it's a spell, hell, makes me wanna shoop, shoop, shoop"

"Shoop" by Salt-N-Pepa

 American rap group that became one of the first all-female ensembles not only to break into the male-dominated rap music scene but also to cross over into the pop world. Their songs conveyed an independent, feminist attitude and were hugely popular.

500

American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992

Mae Carol Jemison

500

She was the first black actress to play Cinderella on Broadway, as well as the youngest host of a daytime talk show

Keke Palmer

500

She followed after her father to become a Baptist preacher in Philadelphia. Before that, as a civil rights activist in Georgia, she was shot by a white gunman, shot at by police and jailed many times. A powerful orator, her signature phrase, "I have a dream," may have inspired MLK's most famous speech.

Prathia Hall

500

What countries celebrate Black History Month?

USA and Canada, and more recently has been observed in Ireland and the United Kingdom