POLITICAL FIGURES
YOU SAW ME ON THE TELEVISION
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
ASTOUNDING ATHLETES
GIRL POWER
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HISTORY WAS MADE IN 2009 WHEN THIS MAN BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO HOLD OFFICE AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
WHO IS BARACK OBAMA?
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IN 2003, RAVEN-SYMONE PORTRAYED YOUR TYPICAL TEENAGE GIRL (SHE LOVED FASHION, SHE LOVED TO DANCE, AND SHE LOVED HER FRIENDS, EDDIE AND CHELSEA) HOWEVER, IT WAS THIS SPECIAL ABILITY THAT KEPT HER AND HER PALS IN STICKY SITUATIONS.
WHAT IS PSYCHIC? WHAT IS SEE THE FUTURE?
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ABBREVIATED S.N.C.C., THIS ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED AFTER THE SUCCESSES OF THE SIT-INS IN SOUTHERN COLLEGE TOWNS.
WHAT IS THE STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE? WHAT IS THE STUDENT NATIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE?
*AFTER 1969, IT WAS CALLED THE STUDENT NATIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE.
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AS A DEMONSTRATION OF PROTEST AGAINST SOCIAL INJUSTICE, DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF AN N.F.L. FOOTBALL GAME, THIS NOW A FREE AGENT QUARTERBACK GOT DOWN ON ONE KNEE.
WHO IS COLIN KAEPERNICK?
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IN 2014, SHE BECAME THE FIRST BLACK DIRECTOR TO BE NOMINATED FOR A GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD. SHE RECEIVED THE NOMINATION FOR HER FILM "SELMA."
WHO IS AVA DUVERNAY?
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IN 1972, SHE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO SEEK THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
WHO IS SHIRLEY CHISHOLM?
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BEFORE HE BEGAN STARRING IN FILMS SUCH AS, 'THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS,' THIS ACTOR WAS LAYING THE SMACK DOWN AS A PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER IN THE WWE.
WHO IS THE ROCK? WHO IS DWAYNE JOHNSON?
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IN ORDER TO TEST A DECISION MADE BY THE SUPREME COURT THAT SEGREGATED BUSES WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL, GROUPS OF WHITE AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTIVISTS PARTICIPATED IN WHAT IS KNOWN TODAY AS "THESE" RIDES.
WHAT IS FREEDOM?
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AT AGE 17, THE WORLD WATCHED AS THIS PHENOMENAL SOCCER PLAYER GRACED THE FIELD WITH REMARKABLE SPEED, ATHLETICISM, AND FIELD VISION DURING THE 1958 WORLD CUP IN SWEDEN. HE SCORED THREE GOALS.
WHO IS PELE?
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BORN IN 1805, KINGSTON, JAMAICA, THIS JAMAICAN NURSE PROVIDED CARE FOR WOUNDED BRITISH SOLDIERS DURING THE CRIMEAN WAR.
WHO IS MARY SEACOLE?
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WHEN ORLANDO POLICE PULLED OVER THIS WOMAN, THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT SHE WAS FLORIDA'S FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN STATE ATTORNEY.
WHO IS ARAMIS AYALA?
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IN WEST PHILADELPHIA BORN AND RAISED IS WHERE THIS ACTOR SPENT MOST OF HIS DAYS ON THE SITCOM 'THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR.'
WHO IS WILL SMITH?
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FOUNDED IN 1966, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, BY HUEY NEWTON AND BOBBY SEALE, THIS ORGANIZATION'S PURPOSE WAS TO PROTECT AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS FROM ACTS OF POLICE BRUTALITY.
WHAT IS THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY?
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IN THE 1936 OLYMPIC GAMES, THE UNITED STATES WON 11 GOLD MEDALS TOTAL. THIS INDIVIDUAL CAPTURED FOUR OF THOSE 11 GOLD MEDALS IN THESE EVENTS: THE 100 METER, THE LONG JUMP, THE 200 METER, AND THE 400 METER RELAY. HE ALSO BROKE TWO OLYMPIC RECORDS ALONG THE WAY.
WHO IS JESSE OWENS?
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SHE WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE GREEN BELT MOVEMENT, WHOSE MAIN FOCUS IS POVERTY REDUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION THROUGH TREE PLANTING.
WHO IS WANGARI MAATHAI?
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HAILING FROM THE BRONX, NEW YORK, HE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL.
WHO IS ERIC HOLDER?
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ON MAY 5, 2018, HE PUBLISHED HIS SONG, 'THIS IS AMERICA,' WHICH HAS NOW ACCUMULATED OVER 360 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE. TOO, HE CREATED THE HIT TELEVISION SERIES 'ATLANTA' WHICH HAS RECEIVED TWO GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS.
WHO IS CHILDISH GAMBINO? WHO IS DONALD GLOVER?
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IN 1960, EZELL BLAIR JR., DAVID RICHMOND, FRANKLIN MCCAIN, AND JOSEPH MCNEIL STAGED THE FIRST SIT-IN IN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA AT THIS SEGREGATED LUNCH COUNTER.
WHAT IS WOOLWORTH'S?
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BOTH SERENA AND VENUS WILLIAMS ARE CHAMPION WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYERS, BUT BECAUSE SHE WAS BORN A YEAR BEFORE HER SISTER, SHE IS THE OLDEST.
WHO IS VENUS WILLIAMS?
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"I COULD WORK AS MUCH AND EAT AS MUCH AS A MAN-WHEN I COULD GET IT- AND BEAR THE LASH AS WELL! AND AIN'T I A WOMAN?" IS AN EXCERPT FROM THIS ABOLITIONIST'S SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE WOMEN'S CONVENTION IN AKRON, OHIO IN 1851. AMAZINGLY, HER SPEECH WAS DELIVERED EXTEMPORANEOUSLY MEANING IN THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT.
WHO IS SOJOURNER TRUTH?
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GRADUATING FROM NORTH CAROLINA A&T, HE BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO SIT ON THE NORTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT.
WHO IS JUDGE HENRY FRYE?
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FAMOUS FOR HIS ROLE AS "KID PRESIDENT," THIS TELEVISION PERSONALITY WAS INVITED TO THE WHITE HOUSE, HAS MET SEVERAL CELEBRITIES, AND ALSO APPEARED ON ESPN.
WHO IS ROBBY NOVAK?
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NICKNAMED "THE FIRST LADY OF CIVIL RIGHTS," AND "THE MOTHER OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT," THIS WOMAN WAS BORN IN TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA, ON FEBRUARY 4, 1913. HER MOTHER WAS A TEACHER, AND HER FATHER WAS A CARPENTER.
WHO IS ROSA PARKS?
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SHE IS THE YOUNGER SISTER OF SISTER VENUS WILLIAMS.
WHO IS SERENA WILLIAMS?
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IN 2015, THIS CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA NATIVE CAUGHT NATIONAL ATTENTION WHEN SHE CLIMBED THE FLAGPOLE IN FRONT OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CAPITOL BUILDING AND REMOVED A CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG. SHE IS AN ACTIVIST, BUT SHE IS ALSO A WRITER AND MUSICIAN.
WHO IS BREE NEWSOME?
