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What name was given to the escape system used by slaves to find safety in the North? The Underground Railroad
Who preformed the first open heart surgery? Daniel Hale Williams
What war did the Tuskegee Airmen fly in? World War II
Why did Carter Woodson choose February as the month to celebrate Negro History Week? Because Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass, both important figures of U.S Black History, birthday's take place in February.
Which constitutional amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States? The 13th
Which black mathematician was a surveyor who helped plan the District of Columbia? Benjamin Banneker
What laws made segregation in the South legal? Jim Crow Laws
Who was the first black mayor of Atlanta, GA? Jr. Maynard Jackson
Who was the first black woman ever to serve in U.S. Congress? Shirley Chisholm
What slave actually mailed himself to a free state in 3x2x2’8” box and became a free man in 1849? Henry Box Brown
Who gave the speech, Ain’t I a Woman” at the National Women’s Suffrage Convention? Sojourner Truth
Who was crippled as a child, but became the first African-American woman to win 3 gold medals in one Olympiad? Wilma Rudolph
True or false? In the American Revolution, African-Americans fought only on the colonial side. False. Black soldiers fought alongside the American and British.
What former slave and abolitionist published The North Star, an abolitionist newspaper? Frederick Douglass
What was the name of the group of students who rode on buses throughout the south to integrate transportation? Freedom Riders
Crispus Attucks was the first black casualty of which war? The American Revolution
In what year did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation? 1863
Who was the first African-American to make a flight in space? Guion Bluford
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