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Name: _____________________________________________ Period:___________________BLACK HISTORY MONTHWEBSEARCH What date was the 15th Amendment passed, and what did it give African Americans a right to do?_____________________________________________________________________This former coal mine worker born to former slaves got a degree from Harvard University and started what is called today “Black History Month”.____________________________________________________ Many consider this doctor to be the originator of the Blood Bank concept.____________________________________________________ This person was the first African American drafted to play in NBA in 1951.____________________________________________________ In 1964, he was the youngest man to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.____________________________________________________Noted African–American intellectual and civil rights activist W.E.B. DuBois was a founding member of what organization in 1909?____________________________________________________ He founded Provident Hospital in Chicago in 1891, and he performed the first successful open heart surgery in 1893.____________________________________________________ In 1876, upon receiving his PhD in Physics from Yale, this man became the first African-American to earn a doctorate.____________________________________________________ This person, the child of a runaway slave, was a football All-American and a well-known actor and singer._____________________________________________________ What was the first Intercollegiate Greek letter organization established by African Americans? When and where was it founded?_____________________________________________________ Who was the first African American to be portrayed on a US postage stamp?_____________________________________________________ What was the first college to be owned and operated by African Americans? Where is it located?_____________________________________________________ Name their invention.Elijah McCoy__________________________________________ Lewis Latimer__________________________________________ Jan Ernst Matzeliger__________________________________________ Garrett A. Morgan__________________________________________ Madame C.J. Walker__________________________________________ George Washington Carver__________________________________________ Granville Woods__________________________________________ Famous African American FirstsFirst Supreme Court Justice______________________________First to win an Oscar______________________________First to play in the Major Leagues ______________________________ First Miss America______________________________First Heavyweight boxing champion______________________________First Pulitzer Prize winner______________________________First female astronaut______________________________First coach to win a Super Bowl______________________________First governor ______________________________First U.S. Senator______________________________First to receive a Nobel Peace Prize______________________________First NFL coach______________________________First millionaire______________________________First billionaire______________________________First U.S. Secretary of State______________________________First President of the United States______________________________314325059309048958501583690-57150053594012858751697990 ................
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