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The Musical genre emerged from three heavily populated black isolated areas: The Mississippi Delta, The Piedmont east texas?
Blues
J.J. Evans
What did William L. still organize in 1880 for black youth
YMCA
The first African American elected to be the President of the United States of America
Barack Obama
This woman introduced and developed intersectional theory and it is a leading scholar of Critical Race Theory
Kimberle Crenshaw
Who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat?
Rosa Parks
He was the 1st Bohemian American to win an academy award for Best Actor
Sidney Poitier
Who was the first African American female pilot?
Bessie Coleman
Before former President Barack Obama took office, this man paved the way when he ran for president as a member of the National Negro Liberty Party in 1904
Which 14 year old boy was lynched for allegedy whistling at a white woman
Emmett Till
Which basketball legend is known as “His Airness”?
Michael Jordan
This athlete and singer starred in a music video for the movie Space Jam
Michael Jordan and Michael Jackson
This African American minister and human rights activist was born Malcolm Little, and was known as "Red" and "Detroit Red" before converting to Islam. Who was he?
Malcolm X
The first African American ever elected to the U.S. Senate. He represented Mississippi from February 1870 to March 1871
Hiram Rhodes Revels
North American 1st multi-billionaire who was dubbed the "Queen of All Media"
Oprah Winfrey
In 1999, this female artist won "Album of the Year" along with four other Grammys.
Lauren Hill
The executive producer and Head writer for Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and Private Practice
Shonda Rhimes
What was Ali's nickname?
"The Greatest of All Time," or GOAT
Shirley Chisolm
She won Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1939
Hattie McDaniel
In 2018, this "Bodak Yellow" artist became the first female rapper to have two number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 since Lauryn Hill.
Cardi B
She won the Nobel Peace Prize in Literature in 1993 for the novel Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison
What nickname has been given to African American U.S. Army personnel?
Buffalo Soldiers
This openly gay black man acted as a key advisor to Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. In fact he educated King on nonviolent civil resistance
Bayard Rustin
The first African American Peace Prize winner
Ralph Bunche