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Black History Week started on what date
1926 (Feb. 12th)
100
In 1938 what First Lady challenged segregation rules
Elenor Roosevelt
100
She was the first published African American poet
Phyllis Wheatly
100
Jazz orginated in Louisiana during the turn of this century
19th
100
This man is credited with helping design the blueprints for Washington D.C
Benjamin Banneker
200
He accompanied Lewis & Clark on their 1804 expedition
York
200
After receiving a scholarship to this school, Coretta Scott King met her hubsband Martin Luther King Jr.
The New England Conservatory of Music
200
She was the only known female Buffalo Soldier
Cathay Williams
200
This famous guitarist was known by his friends and family as "Buster"
Jimi Hendrix
200
Josiah Henson fled slavery and founded a settlement for fugitive slaves in what Candian city
Ontario
300
What landmark case resulted in the opening of slavery in all U.S territories
Dred Scott v. Sanford
300
The path from these two Alabama cities is now a U.S National Historic Trail
Selma and Montgomery
300
In what year was the first African American astronaut trained
1967
300
The first issue of this African American publication, sold out in a matter of hours
Ebony
300
By 1810, how many African Americans were in the U.S
1 million
400
Over 150,000 African Americans had fought for the union by the end of the Civil War in this year
1865
400
Little Rock gained nationwide recognition for intergrating its students in what year
1957
400
He was the first African American male to win Tennis' U.S Open
Arthur Ashe
400
This female poet remained on the New York Times Best Seller list for two years
Maya Angelou
400
George Monroe was the navigator for what Civil War General
Ulysses S. Grant
500
How many states seceded from the union in 1861
Eleven
500
In 1957 the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is established to seek equality for African Americans by this now famous Civil Rights Leader
Martin Luther King Jr.
500
The first recorded legal protest of slavery in America occured in what year
1644
500
The Rolling Stones got their name from his 1950 song 'Rolin Stone'
Muddy Waters
500
This man, who shares part of his name with a founding father, made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts
George Washington Carver