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Black History Month Quiz
Thursday, February 10, 2000
1. Where in Western Pennsylvania did Dr. Francis LeMoyne operate the most famous Underground Railroad station?
2. Who was the original owner of the Homestead Grays baseball team?
3. What year was Josh Gibson inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame?
4. Who organized The National Negro Opera in 1941 in Pittsburgh?
5. Name the Pittsburgher who was the first African-American to play in the National Basketball Association.
6. From what high school did Pittsburgh jazz vocalist Billy Eckstine graduate?
7. Name the prominent lawyer who later became the editor and owner of the Pittsburgh Courier.
8. What present-day institution was established by Mary Peck Bond to care for the elderly?
9. In 1849, what white abolitionist founded a college for African-Americans on the North Side?
10. What year was Homer S. Brown elected the first African-American judge to the Court of Allegheny County?
Answers:
1. Washington County is home to The LeMoyne House.
2. Cumberland Willis Posey Sr.
3. Gibson was inducted in 1972.
4. Mary Cardwell Dawson.
5. Chuck Cooper, who played for the Boston Celtics after playing at Duquesne University.
6. Peabody High School.
7. Robert Lee Vann.
8. The Lemington Home.
9. Charles Avery.
10. Nov. 17, 1949.
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