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What is JIM CROW?
In the late nineteenth century, there was a system of laws that enforced racial discrimination in the United States that is called this.
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What is BOSTON?
The Crispus Attucks monument is located in this city.
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What are 200-METER DASH AND BROAD JUMP?
In the 1936 Olympics, Jesse Owens set new world records in these two events.
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What is 1934?
Amateur Night at the Apollo Theater originated in this year.
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What is 1845?
Macon B. Allen became the first Black American lawyer in this year.
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What is BREAKDANCING?
In the mid-1970s, this form of dancing where the dancer flipped and spun developed from the Disco scene in the Bronx is called this.
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What is GUINEA?
Kwame Ture lived the remaining years of his life after leaving the U.S. in this country.
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What is 1976?
"Black History Month" officially began in this year.
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What is 1865?
Black attorney John Swett Rock practiced before the U.S. Supreme Court in this year.
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What is 1903?
Maggie Lena Walker became the first Black American woman bank president in this year.
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What is 0?
In the inaugural 1949-1950 season, this many Black American basketball players were in the league.
300
What is a RODEO COWBOY?
Bill Pickett excelled in this sport.
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What is 1925?
A. Philip Randolph organized the union, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, in this year.
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What is 1902?
Charles W. Follis became the first Black American to play professional football in this year.
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What is 1955?
Marian Anderson debuted as the first Black American singer at the Metropolitan Opera in this year.
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What is GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA?
This city and state is where the sit-in movement first launched.
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What is ALABAMA?
The last slave ship landed in this state.
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What is 1940?
Alain Leroy Locke became the first Black American to be awarded the Rhodes Scholarship in this year.
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What is 1957?
Jim Brown led professional football in rushing in this year.
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What is 1948?
Segregation ended in the U.S. Armed Services in this year.
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What is WASHINGTON, D.C.?
The largest civil rights demonstration took place in this city.
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What is MISSOURI?
Langston Hughes was born in this state.
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What is 1993?
All 50 states recognized Martin Luther King Day in this year.
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What is 1943?
Lena Horne appeared in the movie Stormy weather in this year.
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What is 1984?
The Cosby Show premiered on NBC in this year.






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