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First African American woman in space

Who is Mae Jemison
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Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
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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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Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
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This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
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This Afro Puerto Rican and Haitian artist was the youngest black artist to ever show his artwork at the Whitney Biennial

Who is Mean Michel Basquiat

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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 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
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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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Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X
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Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker
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Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison
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‎I was born in the US and l have lived in Mexico since 1946. I believe that all these states of being have influenced my art and made it what you see today. I am inspired by Black people and Mexican people, my two peoples. My art speaks for both my peoples.

Who is Elizabeth Catlett

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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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This community was greatly influenced and inspired by the Black Power Movement which led to Black-Brown unity organizing for labor and voting rights in many states and included major labor leaders like Cesar Chavez.

What is the Chicano community

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The very first African artist to sell out a US stadium?

Who is Burna Boy

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The first free Black country in the Americas

What is Haiti

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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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These Asian Americans were illegally interned in camps by the US government during WWII. In solidarity, they were offered legal and political organizing support from prominent black leaders like Stokely Carmichael. This support enabled them to file a formal redress of their incarceration with the US government. 

Who are Japanese (Nikkei) Americans

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Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?
Who is George Washington Carver