Black History
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- 4. T. Washington Was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to multiple presidents of the United States.
- 5. King Introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato and staccato picking that influenced many later blues electric guitar players.
- 6. Powell An American politician, diplomat and retired four-star general who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005.
- 9. X Was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement.
- 11. B. Wells Was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement.
- 13. Garvey Was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, through which they declared themself Provisional President of Africa.
- 15. Huges One of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry.
- 16. Luther King Jr. Was an African American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
- 18. Scott was an enslaved African-American in the United States who unsuccessfully sued.
- 19. Baker American-born French entertainer
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- 1. DuBois American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor.
- 2. Obama an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
- 3. Wheately Was the first African-American author of a published book of poetry.
- 5. O. Davis Was the first Black Brigadier general in the United States Air Force.
- 7. Neale Hurston The most popular of their four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937.
- 8. Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for their pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
- 10. Angelou received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.
- 12. Rice An American diplomat, political scientist, civil servant, and professor who is the current director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
- 14. Tubman was an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, they escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people.
- 17. Washington Carver Was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion.