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What key event took place in 1964?

a. Martin Luther King gave his "I have a dream" speech.
b. The Civil Rights Act was passed.
c. Thurgood Marshall became the first African-American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Whose father required her to read and write a report on a new book every week?

a. Toni Morrison
b. Oprah Winfrey
c. Maya Angelou

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was:

a. The first major black trade union
b. A musical group.
c. An abolitionist group.

Although he was known as the "King of Ragtime", he also wrote three classical operas. He is:

a. Paul Robeson
b. Scott Joplin
c. Louis Armstrong

Approximately how many African-American's served in the Union Army during the civil war?

a. 10,000
b. 18,000
c. 180,000


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