Inspiring Black Americans Past & Present

Question 1

Organized the first large scale Blood Bank in the U.S.

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Dr. Charles Drew

Question 2

Devoted her life to ensure the right to education, and freedom from discrimination.

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Mary McLeod Bethune

Question 3

Female mathematician who took NASA by storm

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Katherine Johnson

Question 4

First African American Supreme Court Justice in 1967

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Thurgood Marshall

Question 5

Led the public health campaign aimed to reduce childhood obesity and encourage a healthy lifestyle in children

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Michelle Obama

Question 6

Comedian who has a movie out on Netflix called “ Black History Month”

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Kevin Hart

Question 7

Most famous for being the first African American Astronaut for NASA

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Mae Jemison

Question 8

Wouldn’t have the pacemaker technology we do today if it wasn’t for this person.

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Otis Boykin

Question 9

First African American President of the United States

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Barack Obama

Question 10

Georgia's first black Senator

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Raphael Warnock

Question 11

First female African American candidate to run for President of the United States

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Shirley Chisholm

Question 12

conducted his groundbreaking research on bees and ants

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Dr. Charles Turner

Question 13

He became the first African American Athlete to play college basketball in the SE Conference

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Perry Wallace

Question 14

“Underground Railroad”

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Harriet Tubman

Question 15

Helped organize March on Washington in 1963

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John Lewis

Question 16

Author of the poems “Still I Rise”, “Phenomenal Woman”, and “Caged Bird”

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Maya Angelou

Question 17

First marvel film with a majority black cast, making it an important cultural icon for many African Americans

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Black Panther

Question 18

"Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee”

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Muhammad Ali

Question 19

Movie “42” was based on his life

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Jackie Robinson

Question 20

Inventor of the first striking clock made completely out of wood in America.

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Benjamin Banneker

Question 21

Known for performing flying tricks

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Bessie Coleman

Question 22

“Mother of African American Quilting”

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Harriett Powers

Question 23

“ I Had a Dream”

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 24

He urged his fellow Black Americans to protect themselves against white aggression “by any means necessary”

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Malcolm X

Question 25

"Father of Black History"

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Dr. Charles Woodson

Question 26

First African American self-made millionaire

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Madame CJ Walker

Question 27

Escape slave who became a leader in the abolitionist movement

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Fredrick Douglas

Question 28

nation’s oldest student when she learned to read at the age of 114

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Mary Walker

Question 29

Her work is being credited as part of the reason that Georgia flipped blue in this years election

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Stacey Abrams

Question 30

Educator & First African American Congresswoman in CT

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Jahana Hayes

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