AfricanAm History 1 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| When was Barack Obama born? | August 4, 1961 |
| What was Barack Obama before he became President? | Senator from Illinois |
| Who is the 44th President of the United States? | Barack Obama |
| What is one of Barack Obama's favorite quotes? | Change you can believe in |
| What is President Obama's full name? | Barack Hussein Obama II |
| Who is the well-known television host, media mogul, and philanthropist who has the highest rated talk show in the history of television? | Oprah Winfrey |
| What movie did Oprah Winfrey appear in during the early days of her career? | The Color Purple |
| What was Barack Obama's wife's name before they married? | Michelle Robinson |
| What are the names of Barack Obama's two daughters? | Malia Ann Obama and Natasha Obama, also called Sasha |
| What tribe was Barack Obama's father from? | Luo tribe of Kenya |
| What is the name of the land of the fabled Queen of Sheba, home of the Ark of the Covenant, and site of the origin of coffee? | Ethiopia |
| Who founded the United Negro College Fund or UNCF? | Dr. Frederick Douglas Patterson |
| Who was the first African American to give the keynote address at a national political convention? This person was also considered for Vice President and Supreme Court Justice. | Barbara Jordan |
| What is the name and meaning for the 3rd day of Kwanzaa? | Ujima, which means collective work and responsibility |
| What is the name and meaning of the 7th day of Kwanzaa? | Imani, which means faith |
| Who was the first African American congressman to represent an entire state? | Josiah T. Walls, a former slave, represented Florida |
| Who was the first African American woman to head the Congressional Black Caucus? | Yvonne Braithwaite Burke |
| Who was the first African American to vote in the US, and when did they vote? | Thomas Mundy Peterson of Perth Amboy, New Jersey |
| Which famous heavyweight boxer was known as the Brown Bomber? | Joseph Louis Barrow |
| Who co-founded the Black Panther Party? | Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton |
| Who was the first African American woman to travel in space? | Dr. Mae Carol Jemison |
| Who was the first African American astronaut? | Major Robert H. Lawrence |
| Who was the first African American to win the Wimbledon Singles Tennis Championship? | Althea Gibson |
| When did the Apollo Theater, a famous showcase for African American jazz acts, hold their first live show in Harlem, New York? | January 26, 1934 |
| Who was the self-taught mathematician and astronomer who successfully predicted a solar eclipse in 1789? | Benjamin Banneker |
| What medal did jazz musician and composer Duke Ellington win? | Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor |
| Who is known as the father of African American history and the publisher of the Journal of Negro History? | Dr. Carter G. Woodson |
| Who wrote the song, Lift Every Voice and Sing, known as the African American National Anthem? | James Weldon Johnson and James Rosamond Johnson |
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