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Black Saga 1900's

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Rosamond Johnson, trained at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, an his brother James Weldon Johnson, wrote a song that is often called the “Black National Anthem.” It was written in 1901. Name it.   show
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show North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company  
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In many large U.S. cities, wealthy African Americans developed their own residential districts because racial discrimination laws prohibited them from living among whites of similar wealth. In Atlanta, this district becomes the premier residence for Afric   show
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show George Henry White; Whitesboro, NJ  
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show Booker T. Washington  
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show Maggie Lena Walker  
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show South Carolina  
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Spelman College   show
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Xavier University   show
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Howard University   show
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show Texas  
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show Oklahoma  
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Bethune-Cookman College   show
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show Maryland  
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Morehouse College   show
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Meharry Medical School   show
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Alcorn State University   show
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Tuskegee University   show
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In 1904, this African American was the first of his race to enter the Olympic Games and win a medal. He won two bronze medals in the Olympics held in St. Louis. He grew up in Wisconsin and earned a college degree in history from the University of Wisconsi   show
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459. She earned a degree from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, but was rejected to be a Presbyterian missionary. She moved to Daytona Beach, Florida, became a teacher and decided to open her own school. With desks made from packing crates from a nearby   show
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462. In 1908, this athlete became the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal. He won it in a team event, the 4x400 meter relay race. He was born in 1882 in Washington, D.C. and later graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of V   show
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This African American leader grew up in Boston and entered Harvard College in 1891. He became the first black person to be honored with membership in Phi Beta Kappa, an honorary group of students with exceptional grades. By 1899, he owned a successful re   show
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The National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, the first professional organization of black women, was organized in 1909. At the time, the most immediate goals were the integration of Black RNs into nursing schools, nursing jobs, and nursing organiz   show
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465. This important civil rights group was organized in New York City on February 12, 1909. Its purpose was to advance the civil rights of African American people and to protect the rights of all people.This organization has become one of the major civil   show
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The Crisis is a major magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Who was the first editor of the Crisis?   show
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467. In 1910, this woman established a hair-products manufacturing company that eventually employed about 3,000 workers. In her early life, she had worked as a washerwoman, but invested her wages to develop a hair conditioner for women. She is the first   show
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This African American was a member of Admiral Robert E. Peary's expedition to the North Pole. Some records show that he was the first person to reach the Pole and place the American flag there. In 1912, he wrote of his experiences in A Negro Explorer at t   show
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show Claude McKay  
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W.C. Handy, founder of one of the first black-owned music publishing companies, is often called the "Father of the Blues" because he wrote some of the most notable and lasting blues songs. Two of his “blues” songs have city names in their title. Name the   show
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show Howard P. Drew  
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473. In 1914, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) created a “medal” to award each year “to acknowledge the highest achievement by an American Negro”. The medal was named for a generous donor and chairperson of the NAACP   show
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This African American believed strongly that the black educated class had an obligation to uplift the African American masses. He founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and Culture in 1915, and later began publishing the Journal of Negro His   show
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This migration was part of a much larger movement of African Americans out of the South. Over the 1900-1930 period, about how many African Americans moved from the South primarily to urban centers of the North?   show
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Marcus Garvey founded this organization that grew to more than six million members in the U.S. and other countries. The organization worked to increase black pride and to develop economic and educational self-help programs. Over time, it had a church, a   show
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He worked as a field hand to earn money to attend Harvard University. In 1915, he graduated from Harvard Medical School with honors and fourth in his class. Barred from an internship at hospitals around Boston, he did his internship at Freedmen’s Hospit   show
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On October 14, 1916, this African American, a sophomore student who played tackle and guard for the Rutgers University football team, was benched when the team from Washington and Lee University refused to play the game against an African American. Throug   show
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This African American scientist and inventor is credited with saving the lives of millions of people around the world. His first major invention was a gas mask or smoke protector that won First Grand Prize at the Second International Exposition of Sanitat   show
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This African American singer broke the color barrier in concert halls for black classical singers. In 1917, he was the first black person to sing in Symphony Hall in Boston and later was the first black singer to give a recital at Carnegie Hall in New Yo   show
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This entire military regiment won the Croix de Guerre (the Legion of Honor) from the French government for their bravery in World War I. The Germans called them "Hell Fighters," but they referred to themselves as "Black Rattlers." Some even referred to t   show
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The Croix de Guerre was also awarded to the first African American combat pilot who had joined the French Foreign Legion and fought with France’s Flying Crops. Name him   show
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This African American was a pioneer filmmaker. In 1918, he produced and directed Birthright, the first full-length black film. He made many movies, including The Homesteader and Body and Soul, the latter starring Paul Robeson. Name him   show
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In the summer of 1919, so much blood was shed in race riots in most large American cities that it has been called what?   show
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489. In 1919, this athlete became the first black person to play professional football for a major team (the Akron Indians). He previously had been the first black football player to play in the Rose Bowl. Name him   show
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He learned to play the piano at the age of six. He later dropped out of school in his teens to pursue a musical career and, by 1919, was considered one of New York’s top pianists. In 1922, he recorded "Birmingham Blues" and "Muscle Shoals Blues". He wro   show
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In the 1920s, many African Americans called this place “the Capital of the African American World.” Name it   show
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In 1920, Andrew "Rube" Foster, an African American baseball manager called together other African American team owners in this city to organize the Negro National Baseball League (NNBL). Although Foster was a great pitcher for the Chicago Union Giants, he   show
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This term is used to describe a social, economic, and cultural explosion in the African American experience, starting with the movement of African Americans from Southern to the Northern cities in 1915 and continuing through the 1920s and 1930s. As blacks   show
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show Shuffle Along  
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show The Black Swan  
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A number of race riots occurred after World War I. On May 30, 1921, an incident in this town sparked widespread anger between whites and blacks. As many as 200 African Americans and 50 whites were killed. One account noted that the riot was unequal in   show
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show New York Renaissance, referred to as the Rens  
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In the 1920s, this theatre in Harlem became the most prestigious black entertainment center in the country and continued to be so until the 1960s. Some say that no black entertainer became successful without first playing in this theatre. At one time, a   show
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show Beale Street  
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In 1923, this African American inventor sold his patent for an automatic traffic signal to General Electric for $40,000. Before his device was used, traffic control signals were operated manually by a police officer. His invention made traffic move more   show
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show DeHart Hubbard  
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In 1925, this African American philosopher, writer, professor at Howard University and the first African American Rhodes Scholar (1907), created the term "New Negro." The term taken from his book, The New Negro, conveyed a renewed confidence and pride am   show
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Because labor unions prohibited blacks from becoming members and discrimination in the workplace was commonplace, blacks were generally concentrated in jobs that paid low wages with no benefits, were the most dangerous, and those where abuse of workers wa   show
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He was the first African American author to have a long-running Broadway hit. It happened when his play, Mulatto, opened at the Vanderbilt Theatre on October 24, 1935 and ran until December 9, 1937. It was one of the most successful plays and the second   show
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Although Howard University was established in 1867 to educate African Americans, the first African American was not appointed “president” until June 1926. After his appointment, he remained president for 34 years–up to 1960. Previously he had been Profes   show
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In the 1920s and 1930s this city becomes a jazz center and the development of a certain style of jazz. This style includes solo improvisations and special playing of the brass section. This new style was showcased by Count Basie and his band which was org   show
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Even today, most jazz musicians and critics call her "the First Lady of Jazz.” Her first big break came in the 1930s when she began singing with Chick Webb and his band at the Harlem Opera House. She would soon become the top female jazz singer in the wor   show
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In 1927, this band leader signed a contract with the famous Cotton Club in New York City and his music career soared over the next several decades. At the Cotton Club, he had a weekly broadcast that gave him not only national exposure but access to other   show
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show Georgia Douglas Johnson  
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In 1930, this foundation built its 500th black school. As early as 1883, it had contributed $25,000 for the construction of buildings at Tuskegee Institute and schools in Macon County, Alabama. Over a period of time, this foundation contributed approxima   show
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In 1931, this African American became the Executive Secretary of the NAACP. He served until 1955. During World War II, he traveled to the South to investigate the lynching of blacks. He encouraged the NAACP to set up the Legal Defense Fund to legally cha   show
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This African American poet was one of the leading writers of the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote more than 30 books on the African American experience, including Black Thunder, a book about the slave rebellion led by Gabriel Prosser in 1800. He was also a po   show
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This choreographer was a pioneer in restoring the African and Caribbean heritage to dance in America. It was her featured role as “Georgia Brown” in Cabin in the Sky that allowed others to see her as a great artist. Because of her choreography and her in   show
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show Zora Neale Hurston  
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African American writers such as Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison advanced their careers with funds from this federal project. Between 1935 and 1939, this project, established by President Franklin Roosevelt in his New Deal plan, funded many artists. Jac   show
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In 1935, this African American became the first black Democrat in the U.S. Congress, breaking a long tradition of only black Republicans in Congress. He beat Oscar DePriest in the Illinois First Congressional District election to take his seat in the U.S   show
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In 1935, this African American educator and political advisor to President Franklin Roosevelt established the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) to fight racial and gender discrimination. The organization grew rapidly, and in the 1970s, it was one of   show
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show Jesse Owens  
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show 11 years  
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This African American woman became the first black woman lawmaker when she was elected to the Pennsylvania legislature in 1938. She was born in Princess Anne, MD in 1894. She was a public school teacher and joined the American Friends Service Committee   show
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She became the first African American female judge when, in 1939, she was appointed to the New York City Court of Domestic Relations. By this time, she had become accustomed to being the “first” to accomplish many things. For example, she was one of the   show
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show Hattie McDaniel  
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In February 27, 1939, the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) denied an African American opera singer permission to perform in Washington, D.C.'s Constitution Hall. At the time, she was one of the most celebrated opera singers in the world. Firs   show
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show Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.  
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show Tuskegee, Alabama  
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At Tuskegee, Alabama, the nation’s first black military pilots were trained by a person who was frequently called “the Father of Black Aviation.” He taught himself to fly in the 1920s and was most instrumental in teaching black pilots in the 1940s. Some   show
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show Richard Wright  
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show Jacob Lawrence  
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In 1940, this U.S. President signed the Selective Service Act which allowed Blacks to enter all branches of the U.S. Military Service. Name him   show
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After writing a dissertation on “Banked Blood” to receive a medical degree from Columbia University, this African American physician was selected by the American Red Cross to head the “Plasma for Britain Project”. In 1940, the American Red Cross believe   show
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This African American leader was selected President of the National Negro Congress and immediately called for a united front against discrimination, racism, and segregation in American life. He advocated the use of tactics like “mass demonstrations, such   show
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In 1941, this President issued Executive Order 8802 that prohibited employers from discriminating against African Americans in the war industries and government services because of race, creed, color, or national origin. The Order came in response to the   show
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In 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt announced a $350 million emergency shipbuilding program that resulted in 2,750 Liberty ships being built in the nation’s shipyards by the end of World War II. Seventeen Liberty ships were named after African Americans   show
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The first Liberty ship named after an African American was built and launched in 1942. It was christened by a famous African American opera singer who had been barred from performing at Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution beca   show
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550. CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), a non-violent action-oriented civil rights group, was founded by James Farmer, Bayard Rustin and others in Chicago, Illinois in 1941. Farmer became the group’s national director in 1961.CORE successfully used a tac   show
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This African American graduated from the Teacher’s College of Columbia University with a master’s degree in religious education. He succeeded his father as pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem in 1938 when he was just 20 years old. He used his p   show
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show Dorie Miller; USS West Virginia  
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After his death, this African American was awarded the Navy Cross for heroic action aboard the USS San Francisco in Battle of Guadalcanal. He was serving as mess attendant first class on the ship when Japanese aircraft struck. This hero rushed to help e   show
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show Walter “Buck” Leonard  
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show Jet and Ebony  
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show Dr. W.E.B. DuBois  
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show Paul Robeson  
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show Frederick Douglass Patterson  
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show Irene M. Morgan (later Irene M. Kirkaldy); Morgan vs. Commonwealth of Virginia  
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Jackie Robinson broke the color line in modern major league baseball when he signed to play for the Montreal Royals, a Brooklyn Dodgers Triple A affiliate team in the International League in 1945. Before that, he played for a team of the National Negro Ba   show
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show Mahalia Jackson  
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In 1946, this athlete was the first black person to play modern professional football. He played with the Los Angeles Rams.Name him   show
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In 1947, this African American artist produced her much celebrated I Am a Negro Woman series of sculptures, prints, and paintings. Born in Washington, D.C., she attended Howard University where she studied design, printmaking and drawing. She later gra   show
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The first modern major league baseball game in which a black player participated occurred on April 10, 1947, when this player took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He had previously attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he e   show
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show Jackie Robinson  
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show Larry Doby  
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This African American baseball player played for the Homestead Grays and Memphis Red Sox of the National Negro Baseball League before he signed to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. On August 26, 1947 he was sent in as a reliever in a game against Pittsbur   show
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On July 26, 1948, this President signed Executive Order 9981 that ended discrimination in the military. He stated, "Men in uniform should have equality of treatment and opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, or national origin." Who was this   show
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show Roy Campanella  
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show Sipuel vs. University of Oklahoma  
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4”. She was awarded the gold medal on the basis of fewer misses--the only gold medal won by an African American woman in track and field. She became the first African American woman to win a gold medal in the Olympic Games. Name her   show
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show Wesley A. Brown  
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They called him "Satchmo" but his real name was Daniel Louis Armstrong. In 1949, he was the first black musician to preside over the New Orleans Mardi Gras and was one of the most influential musicians in the nation and the world at the time. What was h   show
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show Bill "Bojangles" Robinson  
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show William Grant Still  
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show Jackie Robinson  
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show Don Newcombe  
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This famous jazz singer’s sad life is described in her autobiography, Lady Sings The Blues. She appeared with Count Basie’s orchestra and had many hit records including "God Bless the Child." She was called “Lady Day.” Who was she?   show
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