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In 1939 Jane Bolin was the first African American woman to do what?
Run for Congress.
Become the secretary to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Start a school for Black orphans (children without parents).
Become a judge and fight discrimination in the legal system.
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What Black and mixed-race female singer has won 28 Grammy Awards?
Beyoncรฉ
Mariah Carey
Tina Turner
Aretha Franklin
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What important medical procedure did Dr. Patricia Bath invent?
Laser surgery to remove cataracts from people's eyes.
The use of pig kidneys in human surgery.
Heart transplant surgery.
A specialized X-Ray machine to treat cancer.
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Bessie Coleman grew up picking cotton and washing laundry in Texas. In 1921, why did she become famous?
She was the first Black woman tennis champion.
She was the first Black woman in the Girl Scouts of America.
She was the first Black female race car driver.
She was the first Black woman to become an airplane pilot.
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In 1955, Rosa Parks started an important fight against racial segregation by doing what?
Refusing to move to the "Colored" section in back of the bus
Hiring Black women bus drivers for the first time.
Taking her daughter to attend an all-White school.
Sitting in the "Whites" section in a cafe in Alabama.
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Mae Jemison was a doctor and an engineer. She was the first African-American woman to do what?
Created the League of Black American Businesswomen.
Invent shelf-stable milk, which didn't need refrigeration.
Become an astronaut and travel to space.
Become a top executive at Amazon.com.
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In the early 1900s, Madam C.J. Walker rose from poverty to do what?
Launch her own line of hair straighteners and growers.
Become the first Black female millionaire.
Speak against lynching, the illegal killing of Blacks.
All of these.
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Alexa Canady became famous in 1981 when she became what?
The first African American female neurosurgeon.
The first African American female ambassador to Algeria.
The first Black female doctor in the Antarctic.
The Queen of Soul--the #1 female Soul singer in the U.S.
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Why did the mathematician Katherine Johnson win the Congressional Gold Medal?
She was the first African American woman college professor.
She figured out how to make computer microchips.
Her calculations helped NASA send U.S. astronauts to space.
She helped the U.S. economy in the Great Depression.
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