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Julius Bledsoe created the role of Joe in the 1920's musical Show Boat. What song did he
make famous?
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“Ole Man River”
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Who was the first African American to win an Olympic Gold Medal?
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Alice Coachman
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How many children did Martin Luther King, Jr., and his wife Coretta have?
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Four
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In what year did Jim Brown lead professional football in rushing?
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1957
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Who was the first Black Congresswoman from the South?
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Barbara Jordan
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In August 1965, a six-day riot occurred after a conflict between Blacks and Whites in
what section of Los Angeles?
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Watts
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What professional baseball player
finished his career with 755 home runs, the highest
total in major league history until 2007?
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Henry Aaron
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What crop first created a demand for slave labor in America?
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Tobacco
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Who was known as the Black Thomas Edison?
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Granville T. Woods
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What was the name of the Society formed in 1817 to transport freeborn Black and
emancipated slaves back to Africa?
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The American Colonization Society
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Who was known as the "Queen of the Blues?"
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Dinah Washington
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Carol Moseley-Braun was the first African American woman elected to what political
office?
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United States Senator
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What is the name of the first all-Black medical school?
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Meharry Medical College
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What southern state was the last to abolish the slave trade?
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Georgia
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Before his automobile accident, for what team did Roy Campanella play?
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Brooklyn Dodgers
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