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What is TAKING CARE OF BABIES WHO WERE BORN WITH AIDS OR ADDICTED TO HARMFUL DRUGS.
Mother Clara Hale was known for this noble cause.
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Who is HARRIET TUBMAN?
This is the abolitionist who offered her services as a scout and spy for the Union troops during the Civil War.
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Who is RAFER JOHNSON?
This is the Black athlete who won the Olympic decathlon in 1960.
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Who is DR. CHARLES DREW?
This is the doctor who discovered an efficient method for storing blood plasma for use by blood banks.
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Who is FRITZ POLLARD?
This is the first African American to play in the Rose Bowl.
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What is SPIRITUAL?
Music historians refer to this type of music as the first Black American music.
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Who is STOKELY CARMICHAEL?
This is the activist who coined the phrase "Black Power."
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Who is SAMMY SOSA?
This is the Black baseball player who hit more homers in one season than Roger Maris.
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Who is DOROTHY DANDRIDGE?
This is the female movie star who played the lead in Carmen Jones.
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Who is SHERIAN GRACE CADORIA?
This is the first African American woman to achieve rank of Brigadier General.
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What are (1) UNITY, (2) SELF-DETERMINATION, (3) COLLECTIVE WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY, (4) COOPERATIOVE ECONOMICS, (5) PURPOSE, (6) CREATIVITY, (7) FAITH?
These are four of the seven principles of Kwanzaa.
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What is BUSING?
This is the name of the attempt to eliminate school segregation based on residential patterns.
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Who is LEMUEL HAYNES?
Tis is the Black minister who had a White congregation in 1753.
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Who is ROBERT E. STANTON?
This is the first African American director of the National Park Service.
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Who is EDWARD WILLIAMS BROOKE?
This is the first Black Attorney General who later became a U.S. Senator.
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What is OAK AND IVY?
This is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry.
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Who is SIDNEY POITIER?
This is the Black actor who played a teacher in a tough London school in the movie To Sir With Love.
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What is THE NEGRO EXPLORER AT THE NORTH POLE?
This is the name of the book published by the Black Arctic explorer, Matthew Henson.
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Who is DR. IDA GRAY?
This is the first African American female dentist.
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Who is CHERYL BROWN?
This is the first Black contestant n a Miss America Pageant.
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What is AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY?
This is the first abolitionist society Robert Purvis was President of from 1845-1850.
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Who is GREG MORRIS?
This is the Black actor who appeared in the television series Mission Impossible.
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What is NEW ORLEANS?
This is the city where you can see a 10-foot tall bronze statue of Louis Armstrong.
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Who is CAROLE GIST?
This is the first African America selected as Miss USA.
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What is JOHNSON PRODUCTS?
This is the name of the first Black firm on the New York Stock Exchange.
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