Quiz
1. Who was the first African-American to appear on a postage stamp?
2. Sidney Poitier was the first African-American man to win an academy award in a leading role. For which picture did he win Best Actor?
3. Who was the first African-American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
4. Guy Bluford is the first:
5. Benjamin Oliver Davis was the first black general in the United States Army. What year was he appointed?
1. Who was the first African-American to appear on a postage stamp?
Booker T. Washington.
2. Sidney Poitier was the first African-American man to win an academy award in a leading role. For which picture did he win Best Actor?
Lilies of the Field.
3. Who was the first African-American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Toni Morrison.
4. Guy Bluford is the first:
African-American in space.
5. Benjamin Oliver Davis was the first black general in the United States Army. What year was he appointed?
1940
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