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In what year did Hiram Revels become the first elected African American senator?
1870
Which constitutional amendment established the right to vote for black men in American?
The 15th Amendment
Former President of the United States, He published two best-selling books entitled, 'Dreams From My Father' and 'The Audacity of Hope'
Barack Obama
Was from New Orleans and fondly nicknamed "Satchmo" and became famous playing jazzy tunes on the trumpet and singing in his popular gruff voice.
Louis Armstrong
What landmark piece of civil rights legislation, signed into law in 1965, aimed to eliminate barriers to voting for Black Americans?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
In 1950 American political scientist, Ralph Bunche received what prestigious award for negotiating armistice agreements between Israel and four Arab state?
Nobel Peace Prize
What African American inventor, painter, and educator found over 300 uses for the peanut?
George Washington Carver
At the age of 22 he won 4 gold medals in track and field events in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin
Jesse Owens
Called "The Moses of her people." Helped slaves escape by traveling from one safe place to another until they reached freedom in the north.
Harriet Tubman
What famous novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe depicted the harsh realities of slavery and became one of the most influential anti-slavery works in the 19th century?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who is known as the queen of soul?
Aretha Franklin
Whose 1892 patented design of the ironing board is widely copied and iterated?
Sarah Boone
He began playing at the age of three and is widely regarded as the greatest golfer of all time, he is tied for first in PGA Tour wins.
Tiger Woods
Who wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
Maya Angelou
What popular television show, which originally aired from 1990 to 1996, starred Will Smith as a street-smart teenager from Philadelphia living with his wealthy relatives in Los Angeles?
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Who was the first African American woman elected to the US Congress?
Shirley Chisholm
W.E.B. DuBois was a founding member of what civil rights organization?
NAACP
In 1893 he became the surgeon who did the world's first successful heart operation.
Daniel Hale Williams
Became the first black US Secretary of State in 2001
Colin Powell
Which city is known as the birthplace of hip hop?
The Bronx, New York
What 15 year old girl was arrested on March 2, 1955 for refusing to give up her seat on the bus nine months BEFORE the arrest of Rosa Parks?
Claudette Colvin
At the age of 35, he became the youngest man ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Martin Luther King Jr.
As part owner of a Memphis newspaper called "Free Speech", this journalist spoke out against the action of lynching, or hanging, of black men. She wrote angry articles and even published names of men responsible for the hangings.
Ida B. Wells
What did President Abraham Lincoln sign in 1863 declaring "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free"?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Which Black American woman is celebrated as a pioneering electric blues guitarist and singer, known for her powerful voice and emotive guitar playing?
Sister Rosetta Tharpe