AfricanAm History 2 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Who was honored with the Woman of Courage Award, the Congressional Gold Medal, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom? (This person was never awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.) | Rosa Parks |
| Who was the first African American to hold a Cabinet position at the national level? | Dr. Robert Clifton Weaver |
| When and where was the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee founded? | at Shaw University in 1960 |
| Who was the first African American to be elected to both the House and Senate? | P. B. S. Pinchback |
| What organization has been headed by Benjamin Lawson Hooks, Kwesi Mfume, and Whitney Young? | the NAACP |
| Who was a well-known US Secretary of Labor? | Alexis Herman |
| Who was the first African American woman elected to the US Senate? | Carol Mosley Braun in 1992 |
| What are the names of some well-known African American poets? | Langston Hughes, Arna Bontemps, and Phyllis Wheatley |
| Which athlete overcame the crippling effects of polio and went on to win 3 gold medals in track at the 1960 Olympics? | Wilma Rudolph |
| What is the name of the Miss America winner who went on to become a veterinarian? | Debbye Turner |
| Who invented the automatic traffic signal, which led to our present day traffic lights? | Garrett Morgan |
| What was the first African American university in the US, founded in 1837? | Cheyney University, originally the African Institute |
| What was the first degree granting African American university in the US, founded in 1854? | Lincoln University, originally the Ashmun Institute |
| In what year did the first celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday take place? | 1986 |
| In what year did San Antonio, Texas become the first major US city to integrate its lunch counters? | 1960 |
| Who became head of the NAACP in 1931, starting a term in which membership in the NAACP quintupled. | Walter Francis White |
| Who was the first African American woman elected to Congress? | Shirley Chisholm |
| Who was the first African American mayor of a major city in the US (Cleveland, Ohio)? | Carl Stokes |
| When and where were the Black Codes, or legislation to restrict the movement and freedom of freed men, enacted? | Mississippi in 1865 |
| In what year did Carter G. Woodson begin the weeklong celebration called Negro History Week? | 1926 |
| In what year Black History Month first celebrated? | 1976 |
| Who was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize, for the book Annie Allen? | Gwendolyn Brooks |
| Who was the first female African American aviator? This person also was the first to receive an international pilot's license. | Bessie Coleman, also known as Queen Bess |
| In 1950, who was the first African American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? | Dr. Ralph J. Bunche |
| What famous African American mathematician was also one of the planners of what is now known as Washington, D.C.? | Benjamin Banneker |
| When and where did the first African American-owned television station in the US begin broadcasting? | Detroit, Michigan in 1975 |
| Who is known as the Father of the Blues? | William Christopher Handy, also known as W.C. Handy |
| Who was the first African American to win the US Singles Figure Skating Championship? | Debbie Thomas |
| Who is the all-time career-leading scorer in the NBA? | Kareem Abdul Jabbar |
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