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"Free at last! Free at last! Thank God almighty, we are free at last!" comes from which famous speech?
I Have a Dream Speech
100
Who was the first African American woman to win an Oscar?
Halle Berry
100
In what year did Clemson integrate?
1963
100
Who was the youngest prizefighter to win a heavyweight championship of the world?
Mike Tyson
100
This person invented the cotton gin.
Eli Whitney
200
Who was the first African American to be named to the Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
200
What type of music is regarded as a form of street poetry?
Rap
200
This person established the United Negro College Fund in 1944.
Frederick Douglass Patterson
200
This man was the first African American coach to win a NBA championship.
Bill Russell
200
Who were the first African American pilots in the U.S. Armed Forces?
The Tuskegee Airmen
300
What year was the NAACP founded?
1909
300
Who was the first African-American solo singer to have a #1 hit on the Billboard charts?
Nat King Cole
300
Who was the first African American to graduate from Yale University?
Edward Alexander Bouchet
300
Which baseball player earned the nickname "Mr. October" for his outstanding postseason performance?
Reggie Jackson
300
Who was the first African American female doctor?
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
400
Who was the second African American to run for president?
Jesse Jackson
400
The North Star was a weekly newspaper written by which abolitionist in 1847?
Frederick Douglass
400
Which university was the first to establish a black studies department?
San Francisco State University
400
The Summer Olympics of what year was the first to include African Americans?
1904
400
In what subject did the first African American female receive a PhD?
Physics
500
Who was the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress?
Shirley Chisholm
500
Which famous dancer is known for her work in the television show Fame?
Debbie Allen
500
Who was the first African American to serve as U.S. Secretary of Education?
Rod Paige
500
Who was the first African American general manager of a NFL team?
Ozzie Newsome
500
In 1897 Andrew Jackson Beard invented this device for railroad cars.
the Jenny Coupler