Directions: Study African-American Firsts (http://web.archive.org/web/20030804052750/http://www.umkc.edu/imc/blackfir.htm) to learn some fascinating facts about African American history. Use the Web site or a printout of it to help you answer the questions below.
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- What was the first African American newspaper? ________________________________
- Who was the first African American woman to head a bank? _____________________________________________________________________________
- Which state was the first to abolish slavery? ______________________________________
- Who was the first African American to have a network TV show and a network radio show? _______________________________________________________________________
- Who was the first African American born in the United States?
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- Who was the first African American inventor to get a patent?
- Who were the first two African Americans to play in the National Basketball Association?
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- Who was the first African American to win a gold medal in the Olympics? _________________________________________________________________________
- Who was the first African American poet? _____________________________________
- Who was the first African American to receive an Oscar?
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- Who was the first African American to go into space? _________________________________________________________________________
- Where was the first African American bank located? _________________________________________________________________________
- Who performed the first successful human heart operation? _________________________________________________________________________
- What city did John Baptiste Pointe DuSable first settle? _________________________________________________________________________
- Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize? ________________________________________________________________________
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