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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