1811- Daniel A Payne, edu
cator, was born.
1922 - The home of
Frederick Douglass was made a
national shrine.
1968 - Shirley Chisholm be
came the first Black congress
woman.
1982 - Quincy Jones wins
five Grammys for The Dude, in
cludingproducer of the year.
Who ignited the Olympic
flame in the 1984 Olympics?
. For what role did Hattie
cDani 1 an 0 r7
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19 - Col. Frederick Gre-
gory a the fir t African-
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American to command a space
shuttle mi ion.
1966 - Emmett Ashford be
came the first Black umpire in
the major leagues.
Name the nation's two largest
Black owned savings and loan
institutions which were merged
in 1982.
QUI CY 0 ES
In which N8IJ York city was
eM first LilHrty Party Conven
tion held'
In. - Roland Hays,
., warded Spingarn
Mdl for hi intern tion 1
reputation in the m ic rId
1888 - W.E.B. DuBoi ,
scholar-activist and author of
The Souls of Black Folk,
born.
1 - W.E.B. Dubois, died.
197 -FrankE. Peterson Jr.
became first African-American. '
General in the Marine Corps.
1986 - Kareem Abdul.Jab
bar, all-time leading scorer in
NBA history, played in his
1,304th game, breaking Elvin
Hayes' record.
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What female group recorded,
"Soldier Boy"?
An wer
20th - Mammy in Gone
With the Wind.
21 -Buffitlo, NewYor
22nd - Carver F�ral and
Allied Federal.
23rd - The Shirelles.
24th - Rafer Johnson.
25th - Venezuela.
26th-1928 .
(left) with Kwam Nkrumah, both
founding father o� Pa�Afrlcanl.m.
In 1870, Hlr m Revels from
Mississippi became the '
firs1 Black & Native
American Senator.
1870 - Hiram Revels was
elected 1st Negro in U.S. Senate.
1853 - First Black YMCA -
was organized in Washington,
D.C.
1964 - The 24th Amend
ment to the Constitution, was
passed, finally eliminating the
poll tax as an obstacle to voting.
In 1904, James Weldon
Johnson was the. U.S. Consultor
what country?
1 30 - "Green Pastures"
Marc Connolly's Pulitzer Prize
winning play, opened in New
York City to critical acclaim on
Broadway.
1936 -- As guest conductor of
the L.A. Symphony, William G.
Still became the first Black to
lead a major symphony orches
tra.
1964 - Boxer Cassius Clay
converts to Islam, adopting the
name Muhammad Ali, saying, "I
believe in the religion of'Islam.i.I
believe in Allah and peace .... "
1965 - Civil Rights Activist
Jimmie Lee Jackson died after
being shot by state police In
Marion, Ala.
When was Oscar DePriest
elected to Congress?
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WHO GETS YOUR
CHECK.
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put their h ret earned money into
their landlords' pocket, instead of
p�ng it tovvard their fUture. vyhy?
Because they didn't knovv that for about vvhat they're
paying in rent, they could buy a home of their ovvn.
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