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Jackie Robinson
Who was the first African American To Play in the MLB (Major League Baseball)?
Hint: He wore number 42 |
Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK)
What Civil Rights Activist gave his infamous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963?
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Barrack Obama
Who was the first African American to become President of The United States of America?
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John Brown
This man led an attack on Harper's Ferry, VA in 1859.
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Harriet Tubman
Which female African American Underground Railroad conductor stated, "I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger"?
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Tiger Woods
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
What does The NCAAP stand for?
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15th Amendment
Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote in 1870?
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Kansas (Bleeding)
This state was thought to have been bleeding over the issue of slavery.
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The Middle Passage
This was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were shipped to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade?
Hint: Three Words |
Muhammad Ali
This African American boxer is considered one of the greatest of all time?
Hint: He once stated: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." |
Rosa Parks
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956?
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Pennsylvania
In what state was the first abolitionist organization formed?
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Black Belt
This is a region of the Southern United States. The term originally described the prairies and dark fertile soil of central Alabama and northeast Mississippi.
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Andrew Johnson
What President took office following Abraham Lincoln's Assassination?
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Jesse Owens
Who was the African American Sprinter/Jumper who took four golds at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany?
Hint: He competed for the United States |
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What book by Harriet Beecher Stowe published in 1852 stirred up anti-slavery sentiment in the United States before the Civil War?
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
Which famous Supreme Court case in 1896 declared that segregation was legal and constitutional, as long as segregated facilities were "separate but equal?"
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Eli Whitney
This man invented the cotton gin,.
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1619
What year was the first African brought over to the new world?
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Saquon Barkley
Who was the first African American player selected in the 2018 NFL Draft?
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Booker T. Washington
Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
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Brown Vs. Board of Education (1954)
Supreme Court decision in 1954 that overturned the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision (1896); ruling that "separate but equal" schools for blacks were inherently unequal and thus unconstitutional.
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Touissaint L'Ouverture
This slave led a revolt against the French rulers in Haiti in 1799; the French were never able to regain control of the colony.
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Stono River (SC)
What river did a slave revolt in South Carolina in 1739 break out near?
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