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This leader delivered the iconic "I Have a Dream" speech
Who is Martin Luther King Jr
Barack Obama made history by doing what?
What is becoming the official first Black President
He invented over 300 uses for peanuts
Who is George Washington Carver
This powerful Queen ruled Egypt and formed alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony
Who is Cleopatra
This Chicago Mayor became the city's first Black mayor in 1983
Who is Harold Washington
Months before Rosa Parks, this 15-year-old refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955
Who is Claudette Colvin
This holiday celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S.
What is Juneteenth
She was the first Black Woman in Space
Who is Mae Jemison
This Zulu king built one of Africa's most powerful kingdoms
This movement brought thousands of Black Southerners to Chicago for jobs and safety in the early 1900s.
What is the Great Migration
This leader promoted Black pride and the slogan "by any means necessary"
Who is Malcolm X
This literary movement celebrated Black culture in the 1920s
What is the Harlem Renaissance
This inventor created the traffic light and the gas mask
Who is Garrett Morgan
This wealthy Emperor of Mali is considered one of the richest people in history
A. Mansa Musa
B. Solomon
C. Menelik II
This journalist and anti-lynching crusader lived and worked in Chicago after leaving Memphis
Who is Ida B Wells
This Supreme Court Justice was the first Black Woman on the Court.
A. Ketanji Brown Jackson
B. Jane Bolin
C. Charlotte E. Ray
The historic 1954 case that ended school segregation
What is Brown v. Board of Education
The movie Hidden Figures was based on the life of this NASA mathematician
Who is Katherine Johnson
This fictional King of Wakanda is also known as the Black Panther
Who is T'Challa
This poet became the first Black person to win a Pulitzer Prize while living in Chicago
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks
In 1984 and 1988, Jesse Jackson made history by doing what politically?
What is becoming the first black candidate to run for the Democratic Presidential nomination
This was the name of the Black pilots in WWII
This person performed the first successful open-heart surgery
A. Dr. Charles Drew
B. Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
C. Dr. James McCune Smith
The movie "The Woman King" is based upon this all-female army
A. Amazon
B. Mali Empire
C. Agojie
This Chicago neighborhood became a cultural hub for Black migrants and artists
What is Bronzeville