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________ was the first African American to be appointed to the United States Supreme Court. He served from 1967-1991
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___________ developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them ink, dyes, cheese, plastics, cosmetics, and medicinal oils.
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Dr. Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to ___________ in 1992.
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Which Amendment to the Constitution officially prohibited slavery in America?
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Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
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Who was the first African American Senator?
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Soon after which war was there an executive order that integrated the US armed forces?
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Four African American students in Greensboro, North Carolina, begin a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. In what year did this even take place?
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President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin in 1964. When did Johnson sign the second Civil Rights Act that prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing?
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The Harlem Renaissance in the ____ and ____, was a literary, artistic, and intellectual movement that fostered a new black cultural identity.
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What was the first African American owned-and-operated newspaper, that was founded in New York City by Rev. Peter Williams, Jr.?
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Wentworth Cheswell was the first African American to be elected to public office as a town constable in Newmarket New Hampshire. In what century did this take place?
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The first elected African American mayor was Pierre Caliste Landry in 1869, in which state was he elected?
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Who was the first African American elected to the US House of Representatives?
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W.E.B. Du Bois was the first African American to __________?
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Who was the first African American woman to become an aviation pilot?
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In what decade did the first African American serviceman Charles Young become a Colonel in the US Army?
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The first African American to win an individual Olympic gold medal, DeHart Hubbard, won the medal in which event?
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In 2014 ________ was not only the first African American woman but the first woman to achieve both the rank of three star and four star officer in the US Armed Forces.
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