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November 3, 2024 Celebrate Black History Everyday!
1. The first Black woman elected to congress was:
Patricia Harris Barbara Jordan Shirley Chisholm Sadie Alexander
2. The first Black mayor of a major American city was:
Tom Bradley (Los Angeles) Maynard Jackson (Atlanta) Carl Stokes (Cleveland) Harold Washington (Chicago)
3. The seventh day of Kwanza is observed on Jan 1 and is called:
Imani, meaning faith Nia, meaning purpose Kujichagulia, meaning self determination Ukuumba, meaning creativity
4. Legislation to restrict the movement and freedom of freedmen was enacted in 1865 in Mississippi and was known as:
Black Rules Negro Restrictions Black Papers Black Codes
5. The week-long celebration, "Negro History Week," which was expanded in 1976 and is now known as "Black History Month," was started in 1926 by:
Ralph Bunche Nat Turner Carter G. Woodson John M. Langston
6. Gwendolyn Brooks, the first Black person to win a "Pulitzer Prize," won the prize for her book:
Jubilee Soul on Ice Annie Allen The Fire Next Time
7. The first Black female aviator was:
Dr. Mae Carol Jemison Ruth A. Lucas Bessie Coleman Phyllis Mae Dailey
8. The first Black person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1950):
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche Dr. Martin Luther King Nelson Mandela Dr. Benjamin Mays
9. One of the planners of what is now Washington, D. C.:
Booker T. Washington Frederick Douglass Hiram Rhodes Revels Benjamin Banneker
10. The first Black-owned television station in the US began broadcasting in 1975 and was located in:
Los Angeles Cincinnati New York Detroit