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1. When did the celebration of Black History Month begin?
3. Which President officially recognized Black History Month?
5. Angelou, Who wrote the bestselling memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”?
6. Tubman, Who was the leader of the Underground Railroad?
9. Bunche, Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
10. Robinson, Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
11. Parks, Known as the mother of the civil rights movement.
12. Copeland, Who was the first African American Female Principal Dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre?

1. What year did Rosa Parks’ bus boycott happen?
2. Douglass, An escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author, and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery, before and during the Civil War?
4. Woodson, Who is now known as the “Father of Black History”
7. Madela, Known for being the first black president of South Africa.
8. X, Who was the African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement?