Can you name the African-Americans?

created by midwesterndiva
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He was stripped of his heavyweight boxing title because of his opposition to the Vietnam War.
Called Moses, she led over 300 slaves to freedom.
The first African-American woman to run for president.
He single-handedly broke the baseball color barrier.
He performed the first open-heart surgery.
At age 6, she integrated a school in New Orleans.
The first woman, black or white, to earn an international pilot's license.
The instigator of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
The first woman, black or white, to earn $1 million.
The inventor of peanutbutter.
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She wrote 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.'
Poet during the Harlem Renaissance; City College now awards a medal under his name.
She performed to a crowd of 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial after being barred from Constitution Hall because of her race.
The first American killed in the Revolutionary War.
The inventor of modern ice cream.
Self-educated leader of the Tuskegee Institute.
She was an activist and advisor to FDR.
Gave the 'I Have a Dream' speech.
She wrote 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.'
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African-Americans Quiz

  1. by midwesterndiva
  • Created Feb 15, 2010 in History
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