BLACK HISTORY QUIZ - the answer

Toussaint L'Ouverture (1743-1803) - Liberator of Haiti. His successful rebellion against French rule was the only completely victorious land-based slave revolt in history.

BLACK HISTORY QUIZ - the answer

Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784),the prodigy, was the first Black female published poet. She journeyed to slavery and then to fame as a poet while still a child. Her book, Poems on Various subjects, Religious and Moral was published in 1773 in London. After seeing only one poem, the Countess of Huntington became Wheatley's patron and financed the publication of her work.

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                                       BESSIE SMITH-1894-1937-SINGER
                                             EMPRESS OF THE BLUES

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ODETTA HOLMES-1930-2008-SNGER-SONGWRITER-MUSICIAN-ACTRESS-CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

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                                      OCTAVIA BUTLER-1947-2006-AUTHOR
                        First Science Fiction Writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship Genius Grant

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                            SHIRLEY CHISHOLM-1924-2005-POLITICIAN-EDUCATOR-AUTHOR
                                              First Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress
                               First woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination
                      First Black candidate for a major party's nomination for President of the U.S.

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    FANNIE LOU HAMER-1917-1977-CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER/ACTIVIST-PHILANTROPHIST

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       DOROTHY HEIGHT-1912-2010-CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST-HUMANITARIAN-EDUCATOR
                              Her life's work represents dedication to justice for all.

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                                     CLARA WARD-1924-1973-GOSPEL MUSIC PIONEER
                                First gospel singer to sing with a 100-piece symphony orchestra

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                                                  ETHEL L. PAYNE-1911-1991
                             JOURNALIST-PUBLISHER-EDUCATOR-CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER
                                         First Black Woman Radio and Television Commentator

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                                    NAOMI SIMS-1948-2009-Model-Writer-Businesswoman
                                            One of America's first Black Supermodels

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                                          LENA HORNE-1917-2010
                               SINGER-DANCER-ACTRESS-CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

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                                   ELLA JOSEPHINE BAKER-1903-1986
                                           CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

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                           IDA B. WELLS-1862-1931-WRITER-JOURNALIST-EDITOR-ACTIVIST
            Born a slave, she brought international attention to the lynching of Black people in the South in the 1890s.

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                                                       HARRIET TUBMAN-1820-1913
                           ABOLITIONIST-ARMED CIVIL WAR SCOUT/SPY-HUMANITARIAN
                            ***LEAD CONDUCTOR ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

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                                                           ROSA PARKS-1913-2005
                                                  THE "FIRST LADY" OF CIVIL RIGHTS

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                                                BRIDGET "BIDDY" MASON-1818-1891
                                      NURSE-REAL ESTATE ENTREPRENEUR-PHILANTROPIST
Born a slave she organized First A.M.E. Church, the oldest Black church in Los Angeles, California

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                                                SOJOURNER TRUTH-1797-1883
                                              Abolitionist-Women's Rights Activist

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                                                 MARIE CATHERINE LAVEAU-1801-1881-Voodoo Practitioner
                                                  The most powerful woman in New Orleans in the 19th century

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                                                ELIZABETH HOBBS KECKLEY-1818-1907-Seamstress-Author
An ex-slave who bought her freedom in 1852. She was an expert seamstress and dressmaker. In 1861 she became the dress-designer, personal modiste and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln, the President's wife.