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Week 4 Trivia Questions and Answers!

1. Who was the first Black player to be drafted to the NBA? What team was he drafted to?
ANSWER: Chuck Cooper, to the Boston Celtics

2. Who was the first Black woman to serve as mayor of a major city? Which city? When?
ANSWER: Sharon Pratt Dixon Kelly in Washington, D.C., from 1991-1995

3. On October 1, 1962, who was the first Black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi?
ANSWER: James Meredith

4. What famous speech was given during the March on Washington, the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation’s capital?
ANSWER: Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” Speech

5. What Black man invented the blood bank? When?
ANSWER: Dr. Charles Drew, in 1940

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