Black History

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  1. 2. The 15th amendment, the last of the Reconstruction Amendments, gave black men this right
  2. 4. First African American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor
  3. 5. Inventor; held more patents than any other African American inventor (as of 1909); his patents coined the phrase "The Real ________"
  4. 8. From Richmond, IND; first white couple in Indiana to adopt a black child; set up a community in Guyana that ended up in a massacre (two words)
  5. 9. "Hattie _________"; first African American performer to receive an Academy Award; first African-American to attend the ceremony as a guest and not a servant (1940)
  6. 12. Garrett Morgan, who also invented the 3-position traffic light, shocked people when he wore this invention and saved people in a burning building (two words)
  7. 13. _____ soldier; what soldiers were called in an all-black regiment
  8. 14. In 2003, the Supreme Court decided Virginia v. Black that this activity was protected free speech
  9. 17. "_____ _____ Protests"; a passive protest in which the protesters had their heads covered in ketchup and soda
  10. 20. real name of Madame CJ Walker of Indianapolis
  11. 21. The last state to repeal laws against interracial marriage (2000)
  12. 23. Tommie Smith and John Carlos lost their medals in this sporting event when they raised their fists in a "black power salute" (1968)
  13. 25. First non-white elected to Congress in 1870 (first/last name)
  14. 26. "____ v. Board of Education", the Supreme Court case that determined "separate but equal" was not constitutional (1954)
  15. 27. First African American appointed to the Supreme Court
  16. 28. Known as "The Black Harvard"; founded by Booker T. Washington
  17. 29. Guiness Book of Records cites Madame CJ Walker as being the first woman, white or black, to achieve becoming one of these under her own achievement
  18. 33. "___ ___ v. Sandford"; the Supreme Court case that ruled blacks were not and could not be citizens of the U.S.
  19. 34. Known as the "Master Conductor" on the Underground Railroad, his home was in Fountain City, IND. (two words)
  20. 35. "____v. Ferguson", the Supreme Court case that ruled "separate but equal" was constitutional (1896)
  21. 36. This crop was known as "white gold" in the South.
  22. 39. A recording studio in Richmond, IND; one of the few studios that allows black musicians to record; also recorded records for the KKK
  23. 40. Arrested in London by Scotland Yard, he pleaded guilty to killing Martin Luther King Jr.
  24. 41. Bessie Coleman became the first African American woman to receive this type of license
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  1. 1. The number of little girls killed when a KKK bomb exploded in a Birmingham church
  2. 3. First President to appoint an African American to the Supreme Court
  3. 4. First major-party black candidate for President (1972); first African American woman elected to Congress (1968)
  4. 6. The Voting Rights Act eliminated this type of test for voters
  5. 7. First black female to refuse to give up her seat on the bus
  6. 8. First aired in 1975, it was the first TV show to show a successful black family
  7. 10. Col. Guion Bluford becomes the first African American astronaut on this space shuttle in 1983
  8. 11. Sen. Strom Thurmond set a 24-hour, 18-minute record with one of these to voice his opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957
  9. 15. First black player in major league baseball
  10. 16. The all-black basketball team formed when professional basketball teams did not permit black players
  11. 18. An NAACP investigator and a seasoned anti-rape crusader who specialized in investigating assaults on black women. (two words)
  12. 19. The first national monument to an African American AND the first national monument for someone NOT a president was dedicated to this person (first name/middle initial)
  13. 22. (first/last name); designer of Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress; known as "The best known unknown"
  14. 24. This university accepted James Meredith as a student until they found out he was black.
  15. 30. The TV show that had the first scripted interracial kiss
  16. 31. James W. Smith was the first African American admitted to this military establishment in 1870
  17. 32. "Freedom's __________", the first black-owned and operated newspaper in the U.S. (1827)
  18. 37. Emmett Ashford was the first to hold this sports position (1952)
  19. 38. W.E.B. DuBois was the first African American to graduate from this university