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AfricanAm History 3
Hazel Hill African American History Set 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was the first African American woman basketball coach to win a national title? | Carolyn Peck |
| Which famous dancer and entertainer invented the stair tap dance and was known for appearing in Shirley Temple movies? | Bill Robinson, also known as Bojangles |
| Who was the first African American millionaire? This person created hair products and gave thousands of women the opportunity to earn a decent wage at a time when this was not the norm. | Madame C.J. Walker, originally named Sarah Breedlove |
| Which inventor patented the Incandescent Electric Lamp? This used tiny carbon wires called carbon filaments to light the bulb. | Lewis H. Latimer |
| What is the slogan of the United Negro College Fund? | A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste |
| Who founded the Black Entertainment Network or BET? | Robert L. Johnson |
| What document was written to free slaves in the Confederate states during the rebellion against the Union? | Emancipation Proclamation |
| On what date did African Americans in Philadelphia, PA issue an anti-slavery petition to Congress ? | January 2, 1800 |
| Who was elected as Speaker of the House in Mississippi on January 2, 1872? This person also was elected as temporary Chairman of the Republican National Convention. | Jon Roy Lynch, at the age of 24 |
| Which famous opera singer, star soprano of the Metropolitan Opera, received the 50th NAACP Spingarn Medal on January 2, 1966 for outstanding achievements as an opera singer? | Leontyne Price |
| Who began publishing the Medical and Surgical Observer, the first African American medical journal, on December 30, 1892? | Dr. Miles Vandahurst Lynk |
| According to a report from the Tuskegee Institute, in which year were there no recorded lynchings in America? This was the first year in 71 years with no reported lynchings. | 1952 |
| Who founded the United Negro Improvement Association and the Back to Africa movement? This person was known as an African American Nationalist and Pan-Africanist. | Marcus Garvey |
| On March 23, 1971, who became the first non-voting congressional delegate from the District of Columbia since the Reconstruction period? | Reverend Walter Fauntroy, a former aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| In what year did Congress enact the first fugitive slave law? This law made it illegal to harbor slaves or to take any actions preventing their arrest. | February 12, 1793 |
| Which biologist received the first NAACP Spingarn Medal on February 12, 1915, for pioneering research in fertilization and cell division? | Ernest E. Just |
| On what date did the War Department announce the formation of the first Army Air Corps Squadron for African American cadets? The cadets were stationed in Tuskegee, Alabama. | January 16, 1941 |
| In what year did the Supreme Court's Dred Scott Decision assert that African Americans could not be citizens of the US, even if they were citizens of their own state? | 1857 |
| Who organized the Negro Baseball League in the early 1900s? | Andrew Rube Foster |
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