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- 2. This hairstyle has deep cultural and historical roots within black culture.
- 5. The name people would call American Abolitionist and social activist Harriet Tubman when she guided others through the underground railroad.
- 9. This play by Lorraine Hansberry debuted on Broadway in 1959 with an almost all black cast of characters. "_____ __ __ ___" is the first play to be produced on Broadway that was written by a black woman and directed by a black director, Lloyd Richards.
- 10. Aretha's Franklin's most well-known song.
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- 1. "__ Every Voice and Sing", written by James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson, is considered to be the "black national anthem."
- 3. This biographical drama film tells the story of activist and principal organizer of the March on Washington Movement, Bayard Rustin.
- 4. Aerospace engineer Lonnie Johnson is best known for this invention that took off in the 1990's.
- 6. The first woman and first African American to top Entertainment Weekly's 101 most powerful people in the entertainment industry in 1998.
- 7. One of the first black voluntary infantry regiments to fight in America's Civil War. Massachuset's __th regiment.
- 8. This Akan folktale, originating from Ghana, is also know across the African diaspora. Mainly known as a wise trickster character, often depicted as an underdog.