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What is 1838?
Frederick Douglass escaped slavery in this year.
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What are LINCOLN UNIVERSITY and HOWARD UNIVERSITY?
Thurgood Marshall graduated from these two historically Black colleges.
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What are PEANUTS?
George Washington Carver made paint and ink from this common food item.
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What are AUTOMATIC AIR BRAKES AND STEAM?
Granville T. Woods began inventing in 1885. His contribution was in the field of electricity. He received patents for these inventions.
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What is TROPIC DEATH?
Harlem Renaissance writer Eric Walrond was born in Georgetown, British Guiana and penned this book that consists of a collection of ten stories.
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Who is DONNA SUMMER?
From 1975 to 1980, this Disco star had eight gold records and two platinum records.
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What is HARVARD UNIVERSITY?
Alain Locke graduated from this university.
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Who is PHYLLIS WHEATLEY?
George Washington commended this Black American woman for her literary achievements.
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What is ELECTRO-MECHANICAL DEVICES?
Granville T. Woods was best remembered for these types of invention.
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What is CHICAGO?
Harold Washington became this city's first Black mayor.
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What is MOREHOUSE COLLEGE?
Martin Luther King, Jr. graduated from this college?
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What is CHICAGO?
Frontiersman Jean Baptiste Point DuSable is credited with discovering this city?
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What is WASHINGTON, D.C.?
George Douglas Johnson was a poet during the Harlem Renaissance era. She often held "writers workshops" at her home in this city.
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Who is WALTER MOSELY?
Growing up with a white Jewish mother and an African American father, this person wrote Devil in a Blue Dress, A Red Death, White Butterfly, and Black Betty.
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What is THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD?
Harriet Tubman made nineteen trips down South to rescue slaves. The name of the route she used to transport slaves was called this.
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What is BEDFORD-STUYVESANT?
Shirley Chisholm was elected to Congress from this district.
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What is "CONTRABAND OF WAR"?
General Benjamin Butler of the Union Army refused to return runaway slaves to their masters and used this tem to describe them.
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What is GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS?
Gladys Knight, the Motown star, was lead singer of this group.
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What is TWO?
Gustavus Vassa was a slave who had written the first autobiography. His African name was Olaudah Equiano. His narrative made up this many volumes.
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What is GONE WITH THE WIND?
Hattie McDaniel and other Black members of the cast were barred from this 1939 movie premier that was for whites only?
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What is BOWDOIN COLLEGE?
John Russwurm graduated from this school.
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What are 200 and 400 HURDLES?
George C. Poage was the first Black American to win an Olympic medal in these two events.
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What is LOUISIANA?
Grambling State College is located in this state?
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What is HAMPTON NORMAL AND AGRICULTURE INSTITUTE?
Hampton University in Virginia was originally established under this name in 1868.
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Who is JAMES CLYBURN?
He became the first African American since 1897 to represent South Carolina in the U.S. Congress.
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