AFRICAN AMERICANS Challenge #1

AFRICAN AMERICANS Challenge #1

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Welcome to the AFRICAN AMERICANS Challenge #1!

     Good luck!

1. 

Who was awarded the Medal of Honor and Purple Heart for his bravery in combat?

2. 

What pilot flew over 100 combat missions in the Korean War, then went on to become a Four-Star General?

3. 

Who went to Harvard Law School and eventually became a U.S. Attorney General under President Barack Obama?

4. 

Who said, "I don't measure America by its achievement but by its potential"?

5. 

Who said, "Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up"?

6. 

Whose career brought him from the military into space, where he became an astronaut for NASA?

7. 

What military man was the first African American to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

8. 

What Supreme Court Justice was first introduced to the legal system by discussing lawyers' arguments with his father?

9. 

Who created the holiday called Kwanzaa based around African culture?

10. 

Who was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate and was known for fighting civil rights in schools and the workplace?

 

Feel free to take the challenge as many times as you would like, and enter your name and email below if you would like us to send you your results!