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Black History Bowl Questions 82-90
Question | Answer |
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Who was the first African American four-star general in U.S. Military history? | Daniel James, Jr. |
Name the African American who in 1770 became the first casualty of the American Revolution when he was shot and killed in the Boston Massacre? | Crispus Attucks |
To what position was Colin Powell appointed, making him the highest-ranking military officer? | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
During the Civil War, Frederick Douglass served as an advisor to what U.S. President? | Abraham Lincoln |
In what year did the U.S. Navy commission its first group of African American officers? | 1944 |
In 1989, he became the first elected African American Governor. Name him and the state he represented. | L. Douglas Wilder Virginia |
For what state did Barbara Jordan serve as state senator and congresswoman? | Texas |
Who became the first African-American congresswoman in 1968, and four years later, the first major-party black candidate for the U.S. presidency? | Shirley Chisholm |
Who was the first African American woman to become mayor of a major city, Washington, D.C.? | Sharon Pratt Kelly |