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What is 1921
Bessie Coleman became the first American to hold an international license in this year.
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What is THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY?
Bobby Seale was a founding member of this activist group.
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What is ILLONOIS?
Carol Mosely-Braun was one of six women who was sworn in to the 103rd Congress on January 3, 1993. She represented this state.
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What is THE EMANUEL NINE?
Charleston, South Carolina's Mother Emanuel AME Church was the scene of this horrific tragedy.
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Who is RICHARD HUMPHREYS?
Cheyney University in Pennsylvania was funded by a will from this Pennsylvanian Quaker in 1832.
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What is 83 PERCENT?
Between 1972 and 1982, the number of African American managers in U.S. companies rose to this percentage.
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Who is GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER?
Born into slavery in Missouri, he worked his way through school as a farm hand and a janitor to become an agricultural scientist whose discoveries revolutionized southern agriculture and helped the South move away from dependence on the cotton industry.
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What is the UNITED STATES SENATOR?
Carol Mosely-Braun was the first African American woman elected to this political office.
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What is the COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME?
Charley Pride was the first African American inducted in to this Hall of Fame.
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What is LE FREAK?
Chic had five records during the Disco era. Three of them went gold. However, this 1978 record went platinum.
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What is Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Black architect Paul R. Williams designed a memorial to servicemen killed in this place.
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What is TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD?
Brock Peters played the role of Tom Robinson in this 1962 film.
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What is WEE PALS?
Cartoonist Morrie Turner created this world famous syndicated comic strip.
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What is the PROGRESSIVE PARTY?
Charlotta Spears Bass was the first Black woman to run for vice president of the United States in this political party.
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Who is FRANK ROBINSON?
This person was chosen as the first Black manager in baseball's American League and managed the Cleveland Indians beginning in 1974.
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What is the WAR OF 1812?
Black patriot James Forten organized 2,500 Black Philadelphians to defend the city in case of invasion during this war.
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What is MOTOWN RECORDS?
By the mid-1960s, this record company was selling more records than any other American company.
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What is MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY?
Centenary Biblical Institute was established in Baltimore, Maryland in 1885 by Blacks after the Civil War. It is operated under this name today.
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What is PITCHER FOR MEMPHIS RED SOX OF THE NEGRO LEAGUE?
Charley Pride had another dream before singing country music. This was his profession before singing.
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What is INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY?
Christian County native Elder Watson Diggs was the first African American graduate from this university's School of Education.
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What is THE SUPREMES?
Boasting twelve number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, which female singing group was the most successful vocal group of all time?
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What is FOUR?
In the 1984 summer Olympics, Carl Lewis won this many gold medals.
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What is APOLLO?
Charles Donaldson designed the sequence controller that was used fro the landing system of this spacecraft.
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What is 1837?
Cheyney State, the oldest Black American college, was founded in this year.
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Who is ALBERTA ODELL JONES?
Civil Right activist and Cassius Clay's first attorney, this person became the first African American woman prosecutor in Kentucky in 1964.
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