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Who is JEFFERSON DAVIS?
Hiram Revels replaced this Confederate leader when he became the first Black U. S. Senator.
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What is WATERGATE BREAK-IN IN WASHINGTON, D.C.?
African American security guard Frank Willis discovered this in 1972.
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What is ABOLISH SLAVERY?
The 13th Amendment did this.
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What is THE LEGAL FREEING OF SLAVES?
The term "manumission" refers to this.
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Who is PEARL BAILEY?
This famous singer and actress was named special advisor to the U. S. Mission to the United Nations in 1975.
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What is THEY COULD BE BOUGHT AND SOLD?
This could happen to slaves at their owner's discretion.
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What is LUCILLE?
B. B. King named his guitar this.
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What is LITTLE ROCK NINE?
This is the name the media gave to the students attempting to integrate Central High.
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Who is HARRIET TUBMAN?
This escaped Southern slave made numerous trips back to the South in order to help other slaves escape to freedom in the North.
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Who are ADAM CLAYTON POWELL AND SON (ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR.) ?
This father-son duo organized a church relief effort that fed and clothed 1,000 people a day.
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What is TOBACCO?
This crop first created demand for slave labor in America.
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What is SCRAPED BRICKS?
Black makeup creator Barbara Walden's grandmother used this for rouge.
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What is BLUES BOY?
The initials in B. B. King stand for this.
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Who is PAUL REVERE WILLIAMS?
This famous African American architect designed homes for Hollywood stars.
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Who is ZINA GARRISON?
This female athlete won the Junior Tennis title in 1981 at the U. S. Open?
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What is HER BIRTHDAY, APRIL 4TH, THE SAME DAY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WAS ASSASSINATED?
Maya Angelou stopped celebrating this day and this is why.
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What is THEY BOTH ENTERED COLLEGE AT THE AGE OF 15?
Condoleezza Rice and Martin Luther King, Jr. have this in common.
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What are SPIRITUALS?
Slave songs that combined religious scripture with African rhythms are called these.
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Who is GORDON PARKS?
This famous Black photographer also directed the movie Shaft.
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Who is FLORENCE GRIFFITH-JOYNER?
This female track star set world records in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash.
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What is THE CREATION OF NEW BUSINESSES AND JOBS FOR BLACK PEOPLE?
A Presidential Commission suggested this to cure the urban unrest expressed by the Watts riots.
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What is HE LED A SLAVE REVOLT?
Nat Turner did this.
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What is LAND OF LIBERTY?
The name Liberia means this.
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What is MY BONDAGE & MY FREEDOM?
This famous narrative was written by Solomon Northrup, a fugitive slave.
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What is KAPPA ALPHA PSI?
General Davidson was a member of this fraternity.
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