Practice Cards for the 2010 Black History Bee
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| show | Muhammad Ali
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| Won Gold medal in the 1960 Olympics | show 🗑
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| Knocked out rival Sonny Liston in 1964 | show 🗑
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| Refused, on religious grounds, to enter the armed forces and fight in Vietnam and lost title | show 🗑
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| show | Muhammad Ali
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| show | Muhammad Ali
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| Named “Sportsman of the Century” by Sports Illustrated | show 🗑
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| Currently suffers from Parkinson’s disease | show 🗑
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| show | Muhammad Ali
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| Tennis player | show 🗑
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| First black winner of major men’s singles championship | show 🗑
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| Competed in U.S. open 1968Won Davis Cup and Wimbledon Singles against Jimmy Connors | show 🗑
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| show | Arthur Ashe
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| Wrote a book about African Americans in sports | show 🗑
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| show | Marian Anderson
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| show | Marian Anderson
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| Eleanor Roosevelt Resigned for her post in the DAR when this person wasn’t allowed to perform at Constitution Hall (owned by the DAR-Daughters of the American Revolution) | show 🗑
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| show | Marian Anderson
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| Well known author and poet | show 🗑
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| show | Maya Angelou
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| show | Maya Angelou
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| In 1993 invited to speak at Pres. Clinton’s Inauguration Ceremony | show 🗑
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| Read poem “On the Pulse of Morning” at inauguration | show 🗑
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| From New Orleans | show 🗑
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| Nicknamed “Satchmo” | show 🗑
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| Plays jazzy tunes on trumpet | show 🗑
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| show | Louis Armstrong
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| show | Louis Armstrong
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| show | Louis Armstrong
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| Died of a heart attack in 1971 | show 🗑
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| show | Benjamin Banneker
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| Their Clock kept perfect time for over 40 yrs. | show 🗑
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| show | Benjamin Banneker
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| show | Benjamin Banneker
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| show | Benjamin Banneker
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| Had a photographic memory | show 🗑
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| show | Benjamin Banneker
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| First African American astronaut in space | show 🗑
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| On space shuttle “Challenger” (1983) | show 🗑
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| “Challenger” mission= first with a night launch and landing, lasted 6 days | show 🗑
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| show | Guion Bluford
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| show | Guion Bluford
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| Flew combat missions in Vietnam | show 🗑
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| show | Guion Bluford
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| Attended school by order of a judge (1960) | show 🗑
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| Attended Frantz Elementary, an all white school, in New Orleans (Age 6) | show 🗑
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| Angry mobs tried to prevent them from going to school | show 🗑
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| show | Ruby Bridges
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| Taught by Mrs. Henry | show 🗑
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| Teacher prayed for forgiveness for those who harassed this person | show 🗑
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| show | Gwendolyn Brooks
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| Poems featured in popular magazines when very young | show 🗑
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| Chicago Native | show 🗑
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| Received Pulitzer Prize | show 🗑
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| show | Gwendolyn Brooks
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| Received the National Endowments for the Arts Award | show 🗑
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| Received the National Endowments for the Arts Award | show 🗑
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| show | Ben Carson
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| Graduated from Yale and University of Michigan Medical School | show 🗑
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| show | Ben Carson
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| Dedicated life to healing children | show 🗑
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| show | Ben Carson
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| show | Ben Carson
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| show | George Washington Carver
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| Taught Southern farmers that growing crops besides cotton could help the farm land | show 🗑
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| show | George Washington Carver
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| Was offered jobs from Henry Ford and Thomas Edison | show 🗑
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| show | George Washington Carver
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| Born in Brooklyn, New York | show 🗑
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| show | Shirley Chisholm
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| Became a teacher after college | show 🗑
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| Became first black woman in the US congress (1968) | show 🗑
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| Served 14 yrs. in Congress | show 🗑
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| show | Shirley Chisholm
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| show | Frederick Douglas
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| Poorly treated slave until escape to Philadelphia disguised as a sailor | show 🗑
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| show | Frederick Douglas
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| show | Frederick Douglas
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| show | Frederick Douglas
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| show | Frederick Douglas
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| show | Charles Richard Drew
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| show | Charles Richard Drew
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| show | Charles Richard Drew
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| Their methods helped save lives of thousands of soldiers during WWII | show 🗑
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| show | Charles Richard Drew
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| show | W.E.B. DuBois
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| show | W.E.B. DuBois
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| Was one of the founders of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) in 1909. | show 🗑
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| show | Edward Ellington
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| show | Edward Ellington
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| show | Edward Ellington
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| Band named The Washingtonians | show 🗑
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| Played Harlem’s Cotton Club | show 🗑
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| Played opera houses in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco | show 🗑
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| Singer known as the “Queen of Soul” | show 🗑
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| Diva of pop music | show 🗑
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| Well known for 1967 hit “Respect” | show 🗑
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| Sold millions of albums and won 15 grammy awards | show 🗑
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| In 1987 was the first female performer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | show 🗑
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| In 2009 sang “America the Beautiful” at President Obama’s Inauguration | show 🗑
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| show | Sarah Goode
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| Their space-saver folded up against the wall for people living in small apartments | show 🗑
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| Was the first Afr. Am. Woman inventor to ever receive a patent (1885) | show 🗑
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| Owned and operated a furniture story in Chicago | show 🗑
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| Opened their own record store in Detroit | show 🗑
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| show | Barry Gordy
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| show | Barry Gordy
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| show | Barry Gordy
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| show | Matthew Henson
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| show | Matthew Henson
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| show | Matthew Henson
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| Was the best dog sled driver, so they led the team | show 🗑
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| show | Matthew Henson
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| Was awarded the congressional Medal of Honor in 1944 | show 🗑
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| show | Langston Hughes
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| Poems celebrate the ordinary black people, the people they respected | show 🗑
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| show | Langston Hughes
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| show | Langston Hughes
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| Born in Chicago (1956) | show 🗑
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| show | Mae Jemison
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| show | Mae Jemison
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| Graduated from Stanford University and Cornell University | show 🗑
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| Joined NASA space program in 1987 | show 🗑
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| show | Mae Jemison
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| Head of a Publishing Company | show 🗑
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| show | John Johnson
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| show | John Johnson
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| show | John Johnson
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| show | Robert Johnson
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| Graduate of the University of Illinois (1968) | show 🗑
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| One of the richest and most influential figures in American media | show 🗑
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| show | Robert Johnson
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| show | Robert Johnson
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| Was a great composer and pianist | show 🗑
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| show | Scott Joplin
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| show | Scott Joplin
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| Wrote 2 operas | show 🗑
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| show | Scott Joplin
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| Graduated from Texas Southern University and Boston University | show 🗑
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| show | Barbara Jordon
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| In 1966 served the state of Texas | show 🗑
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| show | Barbara Jordon
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| Left public office to teach at University of Texas | show 🗑
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| In 1995 received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Pres. Bill Clinton | show 🗑
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| show | Martin Luther King
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| Attended Morehouse College | show 🗑
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| show | Martin Luther King
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| show | Martin Luther King
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| Promoted the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1956 | show 🗑
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| In 1964 was awarded the Noble Peace Prize | show 🗑
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| Led the Famous March on Washington D.C. | show 🗑
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| Gave “I have a Dream” speech to over 250,000 people | show 🗑
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| Speech gave new energy to the civil rights movement | show 🗑
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| show | Martin Luther King
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| show | Martin Luther King
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| show | Martin Luther King
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| show | Thurgood Marshall
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| show | Thurgood Marshall
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| show | Thurgood Marshall
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| Argued segregated schools were against the law and won, opening schools to all students | show 🗑
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| show | Garret Morgan
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| Invented the 3-way traffic light | show 🗑
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| Patented automatic traffic light in 1923 | show 🗑
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| show | Garret Morgan
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| Current U.S. President | show 🗑
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| show | Barack Obama
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| show | Barack Obama
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| Graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School | show 🗑
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| Published two best-selling books: Dreams from my Father and The Audacity of Hope | show 🗑
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| Campaigned against Hilary Clinton for Democratic nomination for Pres. in 2008 election | show 🗑
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| show | Barack Obama
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| Defeated John McCain and Sarah Palin | show 🗑
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| Major issues currently being faced: recession and health care reform | show 🗑
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| show | Jesse Owens
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| show | Jesse Owens
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| show | Jesse Owens
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| Set new world records that made Hitler furious | show 🗑
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| show | Jesse Owens
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| Refused to give up seat to white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, even knowing punishment was likely | show 🗑
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| show | Rosa Parks
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| show | Rosa Parks
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| show | Rosa Parks
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| Made history even after their death in 2005 at age of 92 by becoming the first woman to lie in state at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C. | show 🗑
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| show | Walter Payton
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| Played w/ Bears until 1987 | show 🗑
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| Often considered the greatest running back in the history of football | show 🗑
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| Held many records for rushing the football | show 🗑
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| Was active in local charities | show 🗑
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| show | Walter Payton
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| Died in 1999 of a rare liver disease | show 🗑
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| Their death increased awareness of the importance of organ donation | show 🗑
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| Known as one of the West’s most exciting cowboys | show 🗑
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| Worked on the 101 Ranch in Oklahoma | show 🗑
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| Worked with Will Rodgers | show 🗑
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| Perfected the art of steer wrestling | show 🗑
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| show | Bill Pickett
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| show | Sidney Poitier
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| Won an Oscar for role in “Lillies of the Field” (1963 film) | show 🗑
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| Best known for portrayal of a black doctor who plans to marry a white woman in “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?” | show 🗑
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| show | Sidney Poitier
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| Became the 1st black U.S. secretary of State in 2001 | show 🗑
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| show | Colin Powell
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| show | Colin Powell
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| In 2005 was sworn in as the U.S. Secretary of State, following Colin Powell | show 🗑
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| Appointed in 2001 to be the National Security Advisor by Pres. George W. Bush | show 🗑
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| Before taking high ranking government positions, was a professor of political Science at Stanford University | show 🗑
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| show | Condoleeza Rice
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| show | Condoleeza Rice
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| show | Paul Robeson
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| show | Paul Robeson
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| Only the 3rd black person admitted to Rutgers University | show 🗑
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| Earned 12 varsity letters in baseball, football, basketball, and track | show 🗑
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| show | Paul Robeson
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| show | Paul Robeson
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| show | Paul Robeson
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| Played Joe in the musical “Showboat” | show 🗑
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| show | Paul Robeson
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| show | Paul Robeson
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| show | Jackie Robinson
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| Signed by Branch Ricky to Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945 | show 🗑
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| show | Jackie Robinson
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| show | Jackie Robinson
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| show | Jackie Robinson
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| This person’s success and personal strength paved the way for other black Americans | show 🗑
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| Was told at the age of 4 that they would never walk again | show 🗑
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| show | Wilma Rudolph
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| Set the world record of 22.9 seconds for the 200 meter race | show 🗑
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| show | Wilma Rudolph
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| Tremendous voice earned them the title “Empress of the Blues” | show 🗑
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| show | Bessie Smith
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| Sang with famous blues singer Ma Rainey | show 🗑
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| show | Bessie Smith
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| show | Bessie Smith
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| Played college basketball for Texas Tech University | show 🗑
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| show | Sheryl Swoopes
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| show | Sheryl Swoopes
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| show | Sheryl Swoopes
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| Lead the Comets to 4 consecutive championships | show 🗑
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| Very dramatic and effective speaker | show 🗑
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| show | Sojourner Truth
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| show | Sojourner Truth
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| Famoust speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” was given at the 1851 Women’s Rights Convention | show 🗑
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| Could not read or write, but gave powerful speeches | show 🗑
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| Was invited to the White House by Abraham Lincoln | show 🗑
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| “The Moses of her people” | show 🗑
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| show | Harriet Tubman
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| show | Harriet Tubman
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| show | Harriet Tubman
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| Made 19 rescue trips and was never caught | show 🗑
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| show | Harriet Tubman
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| In 1978 the U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp in this person’s honor | show 🗑
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| show | Madame C. J. Walker
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| Began selling their product door to door | show 🗑
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| Business grew and expanded to Denver, Colorado | show 🗑
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| Became famous for hair care products | show 🗑
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| show | Madame C. J. Walker
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| Became America’s first black female millionaire | show 🗑
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| show | Ida B. Wells
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| Journalist who spoke out against the action of lynching, or hanging, of black men | show 🗑
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| Wrote angry articles and even published names of men responsible for hangings | show 🗑
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| Co-founder of the NAACP in 1909 with W.E.B. DuBois | show 🗑
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| show | Phyllis Wheatly
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| Purchased by a family who soon realized they were very intelligent | show 🗑
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| Learned to read and write which was disallowed for most slaves | show 🗑
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| Became known internationally as a gifted poet during the Revolutionary War period | show 🗑
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| show | Phyllis Wheatly
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| Died at age 31 | show 🗑
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| show | Oprah Winfrey
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| show | Oprah Winfrey
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| show | Oprah Winfrey
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| show | Oprah Winfrey
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| First black woman to obtain billionaire status | show 🗑
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| show | Daniel Hale Williams
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| show | Daniel Hale Williams
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| show | Daniel Hale Williams
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| Known as “The Black Edison” | show 🗑
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| Brilliant inventore received over 60 patents for inventions | show 🗑
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| show | Granville T. Woods
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| Created the electric egg incubator | show 🗑
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| show | Granville T. Woods
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| Other inventions made the “third rail” on subway systems possible | show 🗑
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| Made a transmitter for sending messages between trains and stations improving safety and communication | show 🗑
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