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What is 1977?
The "old school" rap group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was formed in this year.
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What is 1913?
The Apollo Theater, famous for its role in the Harlem Renaissance, was originally opened as a White-only theater in this year.
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Who is BOOKER T. WASHINGTON?
The book Up From Slavery is the autobiographical account of this person's life.
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Who is the QUEEN OF ENGLAND?
The Count Basie Band was the first band to play before this person.
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Who is GEORGE BONGA?
The Minnesota Territory had many Black trappers. This individual of the Bonga men founded a town in Minnesota in 1837.
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What is TO PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES AND PROMOTE RACIAL AND GENDER EQUALITY FOR WOMEN IN THOER COMMUNITIES?
The 1890s was called the "women's era" in Black history because of the rise of the Black women's clubs and movement. These clubs and associations were formed for these reasons.
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who is WHOOPI GOLDBERG?
This Best Supporting Actress award for the 1990 thriller/fantasy film Ghost went to a comedienne who had a one-woman show on Broadway in the mid-1980s.
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Who is F. A. HILYER?
The cash register was invented by this Black American.
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What is 1893?
The first open-heart surgery was performed in this year.
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Who is WILLIAM J. SEYMOUR?
The modern Pentecost movement originated from the Azusa Street Revival held in Los Angeles in 1906 under the leadership of this Black Holiness preacher.
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Who is AL HIBBLER?
The 1955 song Unchained Melody was a #1 hit for this blind singer who also sang with Duke Ellington's orchestra.
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What is MAKEDA?
The Bible called her "The Queen of Sheba". The African Queen was called this by her people.
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What is THE AMOS AND ANDY SHOW?
The character "Sapphire" was a regular on this 1950s television program.
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What is ATLANTA?
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Library is located in this city.
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Who is FRANKIE LYMON?
The movie Why Do Fools Fall In Love is about this 1950s singer.
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What is RHODE ISLAND?
The 1st Regiment, the only Black regiment to fight in the American Revolution, came from this colonial state.
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What is SLAVES?
The Black cowboys that came with White landowners who settled in Texas were usually this class of people.
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What is INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY?
The collection of William Alexander Chambers, writer for the Indiana Herald and editor of three African American weeklies, is housed in this place.
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What is the "DREAM TEAM"?
The men's basketball team won a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The team was known as this.
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What is the COLORED OFFICERS TRAINING CAMP (or COTC)?
The NAACP pressured President Woodrow Wilson's administration to establish this officers training school for Black people at Fort Dodge in Des Moines, Iowa.
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What is 1866?
The African Methodist Episcopal Church founded Edward Waters College in Live Oak, Florida in this year.
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What is OAKLAND?
The Black Panther Party was founded in this California city.
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What is 1942?
The Congress of Racial Equality was founded in this year.
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What is 1980?
The Miami Race Riot happened in this year?
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What is 1909?
The NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was organized in this year with Blacks and Whites as members.
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