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The person who will be replacing Andrew Jackson on the 20$ bill
Who is Harriet Tubman?
They said, "I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger"
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools need to be integrated
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This person refused to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956
Who is Rosa Parks?
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
The first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State
Who is Colin Powell?
They said "The time is always right to do what is right"
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
This Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
This historically black university was founded by Booker T. Washington
What is the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama?
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
The first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp
Who is Booker T. Washington?
They said "Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave."
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This prominent African-American helped to found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
This person was the first female African-American astronaut
Who is Mae Jemison?
This African-American artist won the first Grammy for Best Rap Performance
Who is Will Smith?
This 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?
This was the first African American to be a Supreme Court justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This famous movement of the early 1900s, founded in Northern New York and led in part by W.E.B. Du Bois, pushed for an end to racial segregation and disenfranchisement
What is the Niagara Movement?
This person was the first African-American to be the star of their own show
Who is Bill Cosby?
This state was the first to abolish the practice of slavery
What is Pennsylvania?
They said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."
Who is Morgan Freeman?
This person was the first African-American to be elected to Congress
Who is Hiram Rhodes Revels?
This racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama
What is the Alabama Church Bombing?
This man was the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball
Who is Jackie Robinson?