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What month is considered Black History Month?
February
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What was the name of the African American woman who helped hundreds of slaves in the southern United States escape to freedom?
Who was Harriet Tubman?
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This book and movie profiled four women whose work as mathematicians played an important role in the US space program.
What is Hidden Figures?
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Born Cassius Clay, he is the self-proclaimed greatest of all time in boxing and is know for rhymes like "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee".
Who was Muhammad Ali?
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Where is the birthplace of Jazz?
What is New Orleans?
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In 2008, he became the first African American President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
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What was the name for his most famous speech?
" I Have A Dream" Speech
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An agricultural chemist who gained acclaim for his discovery of alternative farming methods. He is best known for his discovery of uses for the peanut: soap, face powder, mayonnaise, shampoo, metal polish, and adhesives.
Who was George Washington Carver?
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Who is known as the fastest man in the world?
Who is Usain Bolt?
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This famous Jazz singer was known as the lady of song and also performed duets with Duke Ellington and Luis Armstrong.
Who was Ella Fitzgerald?
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This federal holiday happens on June 19th and commemorates the end of slavery in the United States
What is Juneteenth?
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She learned to read at the age of 121 and was honored by the US Department of Education as the nation's oldest student.
Who was Mary Walker?
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This woman was the first self-made millionaire and she invented her own hair care line.
Who was Madame C. J. Walker?
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He was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball, joining the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Who was Jackie Robinson?
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This King of Pop told you to change the world by starting with the man in the mirror.
Who was Michael Jackson?
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She triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system in 1955 by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus.
Who was Rosa Parks?
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She is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, as well as the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate. She spoke at Joe Biden's inauguration.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
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Her eight-day space flight aboard the space shuttle Endeavour in 1992 established her as the United States' first female African American space traveler.
Who is Mae Jemison
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In 1997, he was the first African American professional golfer to win the Masters Golf Tournament.
Who is Tiger Woods?
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Stevie Wonder wrote the song "Happy Birthday" for this famous civil rights leader. He also campaigned to have his birthday made into a national holiday.
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Who was the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
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Citizens enslaved in this state were last to be notified of their freedom.
What is Texas?
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She earned an international pilot’s license on June 15, 1921, in France after being rejected from American flight schools for being black and a woman. She returned to the US to teach other to fly and was known for her stunts.
Who was Bessie Coleman?
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Who was the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet?
Who is Misty Copeland?
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This anthem was first written as a poem by John Rosamond Johnson and later put to music by his brother James Weldon Johnson.
What is Lift Every Voice and Sing?