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The first African American principal at Bloom Trail.
Who was William McGee?
What 1998 Bloom Trail graduate has appeared in over 60 current tv shows and films?
Cory Hardict
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
US Army’s all-black military pilots
How many Olympians have gone to Bloom and Bloom Trail?
7
What is Charles Drew responsible for?
Blood banks
The first African American principal at Bloom.
Who is Ronald Patton?
Why was Bloom Trail High School built?
Overcrowding at Bloom, had over 5,000 students
What is the name of the first black Greek Fraternity for college students?
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
What former Chicago Heights resident and Bloom graduate is a current candidate for the NFL Hall of Fame?
Bryant Young
Who was the first A-A to publish her writings?
Phyllis Wheatly
The first African American Police Chief of Chicago Heights
Who was Billups?
What year was Bloom opened?
1900
Who was the first A-A woman to win five grammy awards in one year?
Lauren Hill
Who’s the first African American to win golf’s Masters Tournament?
Tiger Woods
Who was the first A-A poet to win a Pulitzer Prize?
Gwendolyn Brooks
The first African American Mayor of Sauk Village
Who was Lewis Towers?
Who was the first African American teacher in School District 206?
Lynda Byrd
Who was the first A-A to become a US senator (this person was also the first A-A to graduate from Harvard)?
Hiram Rhodes
What African American NBA player scored 100 points in a game?
Wilt Chamberlain
Garrett Morgan is responsible for which two interventions?
Traffic Light, Gas Mask
The Field House at Bloom Trail named after.
Who is William McGee?
What year was Bloom Trail High School built?
1976
Which president was Barack Obama?
44th
Who’s the first African American to own an NBA team?
Robert Johnson (founder of BET) Charlotte Hornets (now called the Bobcats)
What is the nickname for the all black 332d fighter group of the US Army Air Corps?
Tuskegee Airman