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This recently deceased major league baseball player eclipsed Babe Ruth's home run record in 1974 and faced extreme racism for doing so.
Who is Hank Aaron?
This person is the first black woman to own a TV studio.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This person refused to give up a seat on the bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This former coal mine worker born to former slaves got a degree from Harvard and started what is called today "Black History Month."
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This person was sworn in as President of the United States on a freezing cold day in January 2009.
Who is Barack Obama?
This heavyweight boxing champion changed his name from __________ ______ to Mohammad Ali.
Who is Cassius Clay?
The letters R&B stand for this?
This person was the first African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This person, the child of ex-slaves, developed a hair product and died a millionaire.
Who is Madame C.J. Walker?
This person did the voice over for Nala in The Lion King.
Who is Beyonce?
This person's performance at the 1936 Summer Olympic games made him famous.
Who is Jesse Owens?
This film starring Chadwick Boseman is the highest-grossing African-American film.
What is Black Pather?
This Maryland native was appointed by President George Washington to survey land to become Washington D.C.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
This engineer, the child of former slaves, invented the ironing board, the lawn sprinkler, and many other useful things.
Who is Elijah McCoy?
This dynamic Black female has been credited with getting out voters to turn Georgia blue in the 2020 Presidential election.
Who is Stacey Abrams?
This African-American male was once ranked as the number one tennis player in the world.
Who is Arther Ashe?
This entertainer bought 330 acres of land on an old army base and opened a movie studio in Atlanta, Ga.
Who is Tyler Perry?
This group of civil rights workeres took bus trips through southern states in 1961 to protest illegal bus segregation.
Who are Freedom Riders?
This person was one of the first people killed in the cause of American independence.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
This Youth Poet Laureate read words of hope at the Biden inauguration.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
This person became the first black player inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This person is the African-American female to receive an Oscar.
Who is Halle Berry? (2001 Recipient)
This person was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in making an Arab-Israeli peace in 1949,
Who is Ralph Bunche?
This New Yorker was the first black woman elected to Congress and attempted to become the Democratic Presidential candidate in 1972.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This bald-headed radio and TV personality has had a TV show with his name in the title, hosted the Miss Universe competition, and hosts Family Feud.
Who is Steve Harvey?
This person was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937-1949.
Who is Joe Louis?
He is the original host of the TV Show "Soul Train."
Who is Don Cornelius?
This person graduated from Harvard and played a role in starting the NAACP.
Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
This civil rights activist who helped register black voters in Mississippi and challegened segreation at the University of Mississippi was assasinated in 1963.
Who is Medgar Evers?
This retired four-star General served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the first African-American Secretary of State.
Who is Colin Powell?
These African-American sisters are professional tennis players and both were former world No. 1 players in women's single tennis.
Who is Serena and Venus Williams?
This person was a well known trumpet player known as "Satchmo."
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This stateswoman, who became famous during the Nixon impeachment, was the first black congresswoman to be elected from the Deep South.
Who is Barbara Jordan?
The year the Emanacipation Proclamation was signed.
What is 1863?
This South Carolinian is House Majority Whip and helped Joe Biden win the Democratic primary in South Carolina.
Who is James "Jim" Clyburn?
This person was the first African-American quarterback to play in a Super Bowl.
Who is Doug Williams? (Played in SuperBowl XXII - in 1988 - for the Washington Football Team; victorious win of 42-10 over Denver Broncos)
This person, was known as the "King of Ragtime."
Who was Scott Joplin?
This ablolutionist started a newspaper called "The North Star."
Who is Fredrick Douglas?
The Constitutional Amendment that abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Historical Church in Charleston, S.C. where African -American worshippers were killed in a 2015 mass shooting.
What is Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church?