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Week 4 Trivia Questions and Answers

Congrats to Sarah Campbell for winning the Week 4 Drawing!

1. What was the first African-American college in the Southeast? Where is it and when was it founded?
ANSWER: Shaw University in Raleigh, NC, founded in 1965.

2. Patricia Roberts Harris was the first Black woman to hold what position?
ANSWER: A position in the President's cabinet.

3. In 1865, the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, what did it do?
ANSWER: Abolish slavery.

4. Who was the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize? For what?
ANSWER: Gwendolyn Brooks, Annie Allen

5. The first Black owned television station in America was located in what city?
ANSWER: Detroit

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