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QR Challenge: African-American History 2018 Yates

Question	Answer
Who delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, DC in 1965?	Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?	Thurgood Marshall
Which war ended slavery in the United States?	Civil War 1861-1865
What recent film depicted the contributions of African-American women to NASA and space exploration?	Hidden Figures
Who was the first African-American major league baseball player?	Jackie Robinson in 1947
Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?	Greensboro, North Carolina
How many people were enslaved in the United States in 1860?	4 million
Who was the first African-American to win the Nobel Peace Prize?	Ralph Bunche in 1950
Who was the first African-American to win an Academy Award?	Hattie McDaniel
In what year was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?	1865
Who signed The Emancipation Act?	Abraham Lincoln in 1862
What did African-Americans gain in 1870 when the 15th Amendment was ratified?	Right to Vote
Sarah Goode was the first African-American woman to receive a patent for an invention. What did she invent?	folding bed
Arthur Ashe was famous in what sport?	tennis
Who holds the record of 100 points scored in a single NBA game?	Wilt Chamberlain
Which U.S. Army Air Corps group escorted bombers on 1,578 missions during World War II?	Tuskegee Airmen
Which African-American was arrested for not giving up her bus seat to a white man?	Rosa Parks