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Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Who is Barack Obama
Primary neurosurgeon on team that performed the first successful surgery to separate conjoined twins connected at the back of the head
Who is Dr Ben Carson
The first black Grammy Award Winner. She won Best individual Jazz Performance and Best Female Vocal Performance
Who is Ella Fitzgerald
Who said, "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
The first African-American child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the American South
Who is Ruby Bridges
What was the name of the organization founded by W.E.B DuBois?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
About four out of five African American women suffer from this. This can be refuted by eating healthy and exercising.
What is being overweight/obese
Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What was the Alabama Church Bombing
Hosted her own internationally popular talk show from 1986 to 2011. From there, she launched her own television network, OWN.
Who is Oprah Winfrey
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th-century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
African Americans are twice as likely to die from this disease than Caucasians.
Heart Disease
First African American to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court
Who is Thurgood Marshall
Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."?
Who is Muhammad Ali
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist whose works include "I, too" and "Dream Deferred"
Who is Langston Hughes
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison
What Court decision ruled that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
The first African American to win an Oscar in 1940, for her supporting role as Mammy in 'Gone With the Wind.'
Who is Hattie Mcdaniel
Athlete who won 11 NBA Championships for the Boston Celtics
Who is Bill Russell
Although African Americans represent 13% of the U.S. population, they account for 44% of infection cases of this disease in 2016.
HIV