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AfricanAm History 4
Hazel Hill African American History Set 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who became the first African American professional football player in 1946, playing for the Los Angeles Rams? | Kenny Washington |
| What were the first two popular digests or magazines for African Americans, first published in 1945 and 1951? | Ebony and Jet |
| In 1891, who established the first African American hospital, in Chicago, Illinois? This person also performed the first open heart surgery. | Dr. Daniel Hale Williams |
| Which painter is known for depicting Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass? Each portrait consisted of 40 panels in tempera. | Jacob Lawrence |
| Which former heavyweight champion won the Gold Medal in the 1960 Olympics? | Cassius Clay, better known as Muhammad Ali, or the Greatest |
| Who recited On the Pulse of Morning at President Bill Clinton's inauguration? | poet Maya Angelou |
| Who was the first African American baseball player, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers? | Jackie Robinson |
| Who was the first African American female Secretary of State? | Condoleeza Rice |
| Who was the first African American female United Nations Ambassador? This person was also a law professor and dean at Howard University. | Patricia Roberts Harris |
| Who was the first African American woman to record an album, in 1920? | Mammie Smith |
| Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice? | Thurgood Marshall |