So You Think You Know Black History

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Journalist Ida B. Wells wrote about many ideas related to equal rights, but which topic did she spend most of her time writing about?

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The lynching of African Americans

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The 44th President of the United States was _________

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Barack Obama

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Why did Rosa Parks go to jail in 1955?

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She refused to give up her seat to a white passenger.

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The bestselling, award-winning book, The Color Purple was also a hit movie starring Whoopi Goldberg. The author is:

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Alice Walker

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I was an abolitionist who fought against slavery and for women's rights. I published an antislavery newspaper called the North Star. I became a consultant to President Abraham Lincoln.

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Frederick Douglass

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Who was the first black heavyweight champion?

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Jack Johnson

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I escaped slavery in Maryland in 1849. I helped hundreds of slaves travel north on the Underground Railroad. I also helped John Brown recruit soldiers for the raid on Harpers Ferry.

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Harriet Tubman

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Who was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance, known for poems about African Americans that often contain jazz rhythms and dialect?

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Langston Hughes

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I was the first African American allowed to play major league baseball. I played for the Brooklyn Dodgers for 10 years.

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Jackie Robinson

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I was a scientist who made hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, and soybeans. Some of these products included adhesives, dyes, and rubber substitute.

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George Washington Carver