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Black History Month

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Name a country that also celebrates Black History?

Canada, Ireland and the UK

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Mathematician Katherine J. Johnson, portrayed by Taraji P. Henson in the film Hidden Figures, provided calculations crucial to the work of what American science organization?

NASA

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What summer holiday commemorates the emancipation of slavery in June?

Juneteenth

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Who refused to give up her seat as an act of civil disobedience during the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Rosa Parks

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Formed in 1925, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was America’s first Black…what?

Labor union: Its membership of railroad workers reached 18,000 at its height.

20

In 1984 Jesse Saunders recorded what may have been the first song in this genre?

House

20

This artist was the first musician to win a Pulitzer Prize fo Music for a non-classical or jazz album

Kencrick Lamar

20

Name a service/program the Black Panther party offered to their community?

Free Health Clinics, Free Breakfast Program, and Legal Aid among others

20

What professional boxer was a conscientious objector (believing the war to be unjust) and refused to service in the Vietnam War

Muhammed Ali

20

Who is known as the “Father of black history”?

Carter G. Woodson?

20

February was chosen for Black History Month because it contained the birthday of Abraham Lincoln and who else?

Frederick Douglass

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Which abolitionist helped enslaved people escape as a captain on the Underground Railroad and served as a scout and spy in the Civil Wa?

Harriet Tubman

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Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman to operate this type of transportation?

Airplane

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Who was the first black athlete to play for a major baseball league?

Jackie Robinson

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24. What is the name of the black power political organization founded in 1966?

Black Panther Party

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