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Black History Bowl Questions 91-99

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Who was the first Black to serve as chairman of a major political party and the first Black Secretary of Commerce? Ronald Brown
What 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case upheld racial segregation in its "separate but equal" doctrine? Plessy vs. Ferguson
Who became Atlanta's youngest and first Black mayor in 1974? Maynard Jackson
P.B.S. Pinchback became the first appointed Black Governor and Lieutenant governor in U.S. history. He also served in the U.S. Senate. What state did he represent? Louisiana
When Thurgood Marshall retired from the U.S. Supreme Court in 1991, who was appointed to fill his position? Clarence Thomas
Which U.S. president in 1955 appointed the first African-American to an executive position in the White House? Dwight D. Eisenhower (he named Frederic Morrow as administrative aide)
Name the Navy cook who shot down 4 Japanese planes during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, for which he became the first African American to receive the Navy Cross. Dorie Miller
In 1976, who was the first black woman ever named to the cabinet of a U.S. president? Patricia R. Harris (President Jimmy Carter's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development)
Who became the first female National Security Adviser in 2001 and the first black woman Secretary of State in 2005? Condoleezza Rice (appointed by George W. Bush)
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