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Music
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Politics, Government, Law
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A genetic disease commonly found among people of African descent.
What is Sickle-Cell Anemia.
100
Sit-in
What is sitting at a restaurant counter where you are not wanted because of your race and refusing to move until served.
100
A famous blues musician.
Who is B.B. King.
100
The first person to set foot on the North Pole.
Who is Matthew Alexander Henson.
100
The first African American to receive a major party's nomination for president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama.
200
Gained world-wide recognition as one of the world's leading neurosurgeons by separating Siamese twins who were joined at the head.
Who is Dr. Benjamin Carson.
200
Car pool
What is people who own cars take turns driving other people to work or school.
200
Slave songs that combined African rhythms with biblical scripture.
What are Spirituals.
200
Founded the Children's Defense Fund.
Who is Marian Wright Edelman.
200
The first African American Secretary of Agriculture.
Who is Mike Espy.
300
The first African American physician in the United States to perform successful open heart surgery in 1893.
Who is Dr. Daniel H. Williams.
300
Philosophy
What is the study of ideas and beliefs.
300
The first jazz instrumentalist to give a solo recital in the U.S. He composed the popular song "Misty".
Who is Errol Garner.
300
This town was founded by this person, a former slave. this all black community is located in Tulare County, California.
What is Allensworth. Who is Colonel Allen Allensworth.
300
The first elected African American Governor of Virginia.
Who is Lawrence Douglas Wilder.
400
Served as Surgeon General under President Clinton's Administration. Surgeon Generals are the nation's spokesperson on matters of public health.
Who is M. Joycelyn Elders.
400
Religion
What is belief in and worship of God or gods.
400
At the age of 26, he became the first African American to conduct the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
Who is Dean Dixon.
400
Served as president of the National Girl Scouts Association.
Who is Gloria Dean Randle Scott.
400
In 1993, she was the first African American and the first female to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Energy.
Who is Hazel O'Leary.
500
Developed research for a method of storing large quantities of blood plasma in blood banks.
Who is Charles Drew.
500
Segregation
What is keeping groups of people apart.
500
The first African american to sing in Boston's Symphony Hall in 1917.
Who is Roland Hayes.
500
The founder of the Kwanza celebration.
Who is Dr. Maulana Karenga.
500
The first African Amercian female to be appointed as a federal judge.
Who is Constance Baker Motley.