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z
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True
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False
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1. Jackie Robinson
played baseball for the Cincinnati
Reds.
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A
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E
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2. Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. was a famous
surgeon.
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I
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O
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3. Matthew Henson
was the first man to set foot on the North
Pole.
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A
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S
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4. Althea Gibson
was one of the world's greatest
skiers.
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T
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R
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5. George
Washington Carver developed over 300 uses for the
peanut plant.
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M
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B
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6. Langston Hughes
wrote plays, stories and poetry about Black
life.
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H
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G
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7. Shirley
Chisholm was the first Black woman to serve in the
U.S. Congress.
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R
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N
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8. Rosa Parks was
an attorney who fought for civil
rights.
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K
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F
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9. Colin Powell
earned the Bronze Star for Valor in the Vietnam
War.
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E
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L
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10. Jesse Jackson
won four gold medals in swimming in the 1936
Olympics.
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W
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D
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11. Dr. Ronald
McNair was the first Black U.S. Supreme Court
Justice.
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J
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O
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12. Thurgood
Marshall was a Baptist minister who ran for
president in 1984.
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C
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T
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13. Duke Ellington
was a great jazz musician and
composer.
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T
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P
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14. Mary McLeod
Bethune wrote the famous book
"Roots".
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Y
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O
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15. Marian
Anderson was the first Black soloist with the
Metropolitan Opera of NYC.
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D
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T
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16. In 1753,
Benjamin Bannekar built a clock made entirely of
wood.
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E
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C
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