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signed the Emancipation Proclamation, essentially freeing slaves
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
first African American to play in Major League Baseball
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Who is Hank Aaron?
created 100+ recipes for peanuts
Who is George Washington Carver?
Most well-known conductor of the underground railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Delivered "I have a Dream" speech
Who is MLK Jr?
In 1965, this overturned the efforts by state legislatures to disenfranchise African-American voters.
What is the Voting Rights Act?
the first American athlete to win 4 gold medals in one Olympics
Who is Jesse Owens?
Montgomery Mother of the civil right movement
Who is Rosa Parks?
the other crop George Washington Carver encouraged farmers plant
What are sweet potatoes?
She created her "own" network
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
"Bloody Sunday" took place in this town
What is Selma?
amendment that ended slavery (except as punishment for a crime) in 1864
What is the 13th amendment?
Who is Simone Biles?
the first president of Tuskegee University
Who is Booker T Washington?
clinical study conducted between 1932 and 1972 during which black men's illness was left untreated
What are the Tuskegee experiments?
Marxist social justice warrior often commenting on feminism and the prison industry
Who is Angela Davis?
ruling that ended segregation in public schools
What is Brown v Board of Education?
America's first African-American Supreme Court justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Louisville fighter known for his quick footwork
Who is Muhammad Ali?
this "high-flying" friend of MLK established the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Who is Rev Fred Shuttlesworth?
human computer who launched astronauts in space
Who is Katherine Johnson?
She knew why the caged bird sang.
Who is Maya Angelou?
This US representative organized the 1963 March on Washington
Who is John Lewis?
the 5th African American ever to be elected to the US Senate
Who is Barack Obama?
Who is Misty Copeland?
first black University of Alabama graduate
Who is Vivian Malone?
cancer victim whose cells were taken unknowingly and used for medical research
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
20th century crusader for 8 hour workday and women's rights in the workplace
Who is Lucy Parsons?
educator and adviser to five US presidents; namesake of Bethune-Cookman University
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?