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Science, Energy, Technology
Politics, Government, Law
Civil Rights, Human Rights, Religion
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Freedom Marches
What is people marching with or without signs to protest unfair conditions.
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Became the first African American to play professional baseball for a major league team. His name is in the baseball Hall of Fame.
Who is Jackie Robinson.
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The technical head for nuclear chemistry research and development at the Department of Energy.
Who is Donald Cotton.
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The first female African American U.S. Senator.
Who is Carol Mosley Braun.
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in 1963, he delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech at the March on Washington.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Protests
What is acts to show that you are against something.
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September 12, 1999, she won the Singles title at the U.S. Open defeating Martina Hingis.
Who is Serena Williams.
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In 1893, he was the first physician to successfully operate on the human heart.
Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams.
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An African American currently Speaker of the California State Assembly.
Who is Karen Bass.
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Founded the Nation of Islam in 1930.
Who is Elijah Muhammad.
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Civil Rights
What is rights of personal freedom, as guaranteed to citizens by the Constitution.
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The youngest player to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Who is Gayle Sayres.
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The first African American mathematician and physicist who first calculated the speed of the moon which resulted in men being able to walk on the moon.
Who is Walter S. McAfee.
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In 1872, she became the first African American female lawyer.
Who is Charlotte E. Ray.
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Also known as Sojourner Truth, was a New York slave who became a gifted speaker on abolitionism and women's rights.
Who is Isabella Hurley.
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Pastor
What is a minister who is a leader of a church.
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In 2006, she became the first African American to win an individual gold medal (for long track speed skating) at the Winter Olympics.
Who is Shani Davis.
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A mission specialist on the "Discovery" Space-lab flight in 1991.
Who is Dr. Mae C. Jemison.
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The first African American police chief for the city of Los Angeles.
Who is Willie Williams.
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Organized the Little Rock Nine and engineered the desegregation of Little Rock's Central High School.
Who is Daisy Bates.
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Segregation
What is keeping groups of people apart.
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At 23, he became the youngest golfer to win golf's Grand Slam, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the British Open and the PGA Championship.
Who is Tiger Woods.
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Became the first African American astronaut in space in 1983 as a crewman on a shuttle mission.
Who is Lt. Col. Guion (Guy)S. Bluford Jr.
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The first African American delegate for a national political party.
Who is Frederick Douglas.
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Is currently Chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP). In 1960, he founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee(SNCC)while attending Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.
Who is Julian Bond.