African American History Month

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Who was an olympic track and field athlete who performed in the 1936 olympics in Berlin, Germany?

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Jesse Owens

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Frederick Douglass was...

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an escaped slave who worked hard to end slavery for all. He also was a great writer.

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This man became a very important botanist who did a lot of work with peanut plants...

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George Washington Carver

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He was the first African American athlete to play Major League Baseball.

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Jackie Robinson

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Marion Anderson was....

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a famous opera singer

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This person was the first African American child to attend an all-white public school...

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Ruby Bridges

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Mae Jemison is known because...

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she was the first African American female astronaut.

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Garrett Morgan was an important....

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inventor

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Who worked to calculate the location of stars and planets for almanacs?

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Benjamin Banneker

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Who was known for creating big-band jazz music?

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Duke Ellington