Answers - Sweet Blackberry

Do you know Black History?
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3FirstnameofthefirstAfrican-Americanfemalepilot.
8ThirteenthAmendmentgaveBlackpeopletherightto
___.
9Inventorofpeanutbutter.
11JackieRobinsonplayedinthismajorleague.
13NicknameofpresidentwhosignedtheEmancipation
Proclamation.
14ThefirstBlackquarterbacktoplayintheSuperBowl
playedonthisteam.
15CreatorofNegroHistoryWeek'slastname.
16RalphBunchewasthefirstAfrican-Americantowin
what?
17FirstnameofthefirstAfrican-Americanchildto
integrateawhiteschoolinthesouth.
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1BirthstateofPresidentBarackObama.
2Amendmentabolishedslavery.
3ThisgroupofAfrican-Americansoldiersearnedtheirnamefromthe
CheyenneIndians.
3ThisgroupofAfrican-Americansoldiersearnedtheirnamefromthe
CheyenneIndians.
4BranchofgovernmentThurgoodMarshallrepresented.
5PinckneyPinchbackwasthefirstAfrican-Americantoholdthis
position.
6FictionalHBCUfromtheTVseries"ADifferentWorld."
7HattieMcDanielbecamethefirstAfrican-AmericantowinanOscar
forherroleinthisfilm.
10Thefirst"sit-in"atasegregatedlunchcountertookplaceinthis
city.
11InitialsoftheCivilRightsleaderwhohadadream.
12FirstAfrican-AmericantoperformattheMetropolitanBallet.
16JesseBrownisthefirstBlackaviatorforwhichmilitarybranch?