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- 3. What is the acronym for Historically Black Colleges and Universities?
- 8. For her role as Mammy in this movie, Hattie McDaniel won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1940, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar.
- 9. Madam C.J. Walker was an African American entrepreneur who became America's first female self-made millionaire. Her company, Madam C.J. Walker company, specialized in this.
- 11. The 2023 Black History Month theme.
- 14. This song, written by Sylvia Robinson and performed by Sugar Hill Gang, was the first commercially successful rap song.
- 16. Scientist and mathematician, Benjamin Banneker, is credited with helping to design this for Washington, D.C.
- 18. This was the development of the Harlem neighborhood in NYC as a Black cultural mecca in the early 20th century.
- 19. Acronym for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
- 20. What was the first colony to ban slavery?
- 21. Born out of blues, ragtime, and marching bands, this type of African American musical form originated in Louisiana.
- 23. The Brooklyn MLB team Jackie Robinson played for.
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- 1. The first African American to win an Olympic gold medal.
- 2. The first Black student to go to an all-white elementary school in the south.
- 4. The holiday celebrated every June 19th which honors the day enslaved people were finally emancipated in the U.S.
- 5. Hank Aaron began his MLB career with this Milwaukee-based team.
- 6. Thurgood Marshall was the first African American justice appointed to this in 1967.
- 7. How many countries celebrate Black History Month?
- 9. Who was the founder of what was then known as Negro History Week?
- 10. The 6888th Battalion was an all-Black, all-female unit of the military that delivered this to WWII troops across England.
- 12. Of the 3 marches from Selma to Montgomery, only the last made it all the way to Montgomery, which paved the way for this Act in 1965.
- 13. Hiram Rhodes Revels is famous for being the first African American elected to what?
- 15. Which US president designated Black History Month as a national observance?
- 17. U.S. Black History Month is celebrated in which month of the year?
- 22. Where was Negro History Week first observed? (hint: university)