NWC Elementary BHM

I was known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella,"I was an American jazz and song vocalist who interpreted much of the Great American Songbook. Who am I?

• Aretha Franklin

• Ella May

• Ella Fitzgerald

• Hattie McDaniel

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I was the first African-American child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the American South. Who am I?

• Ruby Bridges

• Hattie McDaniel

• Aretha Franklin

• Oprah Winfrey

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I am a billionaire media giant and philanthropist. I am best known for hosting my own internationally popular talk show from 1986 to 2011. I also launched her own television network, OWN. Who am I?

• Michelle Jordan

• Tracey Norman

• Oprah Winfrey

• Marie Gibson

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I won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, embarrassing German dictator Adolf Hitler. Who am I?

• Usain Bolt

• LeBron James

• Kobe Bryant

• Jesse Owens

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I created specialized hair products for African-American hair and was one of the first American women to become a self-made millionaire. Who am I?

• Patricia Bath

• Madam C.J. Walker

• Mary Mahoney

• Alexa Canady

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I was a prominent African-American scientist and inventor. I am best known for the many uses I devised for the peanut. Who am I?

• George Washington Carver

• Percy Julian

• Ben Carson

• MIchael Jackson

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Who was the first African American Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

• Clarence Thomas

• Thurgood Marshall

• Hugo Black

Who holds the record of 100 points scored in a single NBA game?

• Wilt Chamberlain

• Lebron James

• Earl "the Pearl" Monroe

Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Maria Stewart

What boxer's original name is Cassius Clay?

• Mike Tyson

• George Foreman

• Sugar Ray Robinson

• Muhammad Ali