Black History Bowl Questions – Flashcards
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Who helped to keep the African dance tradition alive?
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Katherine Dunham
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What holiday did Professor Dr. Maulana Karenga create?
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Kwanza
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What woman led more than 300 slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad?
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Harriet Tubman
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What was the total number of slaves that escaped to freedom using the Underground Railroad?
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50,000
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What year did the Voting Rights Act become law?
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1965
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What was the largest civil rights protest in America?
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The March on Washington of 1963
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What famous speech took place at the March on Washington?
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech
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What did Marian Wright Edelman start, to raise money for poor and disabled children and their families?
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The Children's Defense Fund
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For what purpose was the United Negro College Fund founded?
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The help more blacks go to college
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Who is the founder of the United Negro College Fund?
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Dr. Frederick D. Patterson
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Who founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to train black teachers?
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Booker T. Washington
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What is the first private university founded for black students through the Methodist Episcopal Church?
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Wilberforce University
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Dr. Carter G. Woodson is known as holding what title?
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The Father of Black History
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Who became the first black woman millionaire and invented hair care products for black women?
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Madame C.J. Walker
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Who was the first black woman bank president; what was the name of the bank she founded; where was the bank located?
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Maggie Lee Walker who founded the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Virginia
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Who was the first African- American to win the Nobel Peace prize?
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Ralph Bunche
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What was the reason Ralph Bunche won the Nobel Peace Prize?
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He helped the leaders of Israel and Egypt reach an agreement and end the war they were fighting
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Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?
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Thurgood Marshall
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Who was the first African-American of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and he also became the first African-American Secretary of State?
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Colin Powell
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Who is the first African-American President of the United States of America?
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Barack Obama
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Who was the first African-American pilot to fly for a commercial airline; what was the name of the airline?
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Capatain Dave Harris for American Airlines
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Who was the first African-American to serve on the Board of Directors of General Motors?
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Leon Sullivan
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Who was the first African-American to become Chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae and to lead a Fortune 500 company?
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Franklin Raines
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What was the name of the first record company owned and operated by an African-American; who was the owner/operator; what year was it founded?
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Pace Phonographical Corporation by Harry Pace in 1921
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Who was the first African-American actor to win an Academy Award; for what movie was the award given; in what year was it awarded?
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Sidney Poitier for "Lillies of the Field" in 1963
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Who was the first African-American Country Music Star?
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Charley Pride
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Who was the first woman to win three Olympic Gold Medals in track?
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Wilma Rudolph
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Who was the first African-American football player to win the Heisman Trophy?
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Ernie Davis
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What basketball player was the first to score 100 points in a single game?
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Wilt Chamberlain
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Who was the first Africa-American head coach in major league sports?
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Bill Russell
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Which African-American coach was the first to win a superbowl game; what team did he coach?
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Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts
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Who was the first African-American actress to star in a braodway play; what was the name of the play; in what year did she play the role?
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Ethel Waters in the 1939 play "Mamba's Daughters"
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Who was the first African-American to become a permanent member of a major ballet company?
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Arthur Mitchell, who founded the Dance Theatre of Harlem
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Who was the first African-American woman to win a Tony Award for best leading actress?
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Phylicia Rashad
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Who was the first African-American painter to gain international fame?
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Henry O. Tanner
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Who was the first African-American woman lawyer?
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Charlotte Ray
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Who was the first African-American to preside over a national political convention and when?
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John Roy Lunch at the 1884 Republican National Convention
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Who was the first African-American to hold a Democratic Leadership position in the House of Representatives?
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Cardiss Collin
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What two African-Americans became mayors of two large cities and what were the cities they mayored?
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Thomas Bradley of Los Angeles and Coleman Young of Detroit
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Who was the first African-American woman to become First Lady of the United States?
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Michelle Obama
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Who was the first African-American woman astronaut?
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Dr. Mae Jemison
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Who was the first African-American in space; what was the name of the shuttle; what month, date and year did the shuttle fly?
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Guion S. Bluford, on August 30, 1983, flew aboard the space shuttle Challenger at the Kennedy Space Center
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Who was the first African-American to walk in space?
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Bernard A. Harris
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Who was the first to popularize the slogan, "Black Power"?
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Stokely Carmichael
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Who is the first African-American to successfully perform open heart surgery?
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Daniel Hale Williams
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What is the name of the first black owned U.S. hospital that Dr. Daniel Hale Williams founded and trained black doctors and black nurses, and where is it located?
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Provident Hospital in Chicago
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Who invented over 300 products from the peanut?
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Dr. George Washington
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Who is the first African-American to discover a method to store blood and who made blood banks more effective?
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Dr. Charles Drew
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Who was the first African-American woman to host a television program for 25 years and now owns her own network?
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Oprah Winfrey
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Who was the first African-American woman to write and read her poem at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993?
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Maya Angelou
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What African-American woman was the first to write a broadway play?
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Lorraine Hansberry and the play was "Raisin in the Sun"
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Who founded Ebony and Jet magazines?
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John H. Johnson
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Who is known as the "Father of Gospel Music"?
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Thomas Dorsey
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Who is named the "Queen of Soul"?
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Aretha Franklin
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Who is the founder of Motown Records in Detroit, Michigan?
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Berry Gordy, Jr.
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What two singing groups created the "Motown Sound"?
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The Supremes and The Temptations
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Who is named the "Godfather of Soul"?
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James Brown
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Who is the first person in history to win four gold medals in track and field at the Olympic Games in 1936?
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Jesse Owens
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Who became the first black player in Major League BAseball in 1947?
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Jackie Robinson
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Who is the only boxer to win the heavyweight championship three times?
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Muhammad Ali
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What African-American led the Chicago Bulls to six National BAsketball Association championships?
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Michael Jordan
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What African-American won an Academy Award for playing the role of Ray Charles in the movie, "Ray"?
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Jamie Foxx
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What African-American doctor performed history-making surgery by separating tins joined at the head in 1987?
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Dr. Benjamin Carson
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Who is the only black woman to run for President of the U.S. (1972) and was re-elected for Congress six times?
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Shirley Chisholm
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What African-American woman made history when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man?
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Rosa Parks
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What African-American, Greenville, S.C., founded P.U.S.H. and he ran for President of the U.S. in 1988, but (of course) lost?
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Reverend Jesse Jackson
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What does P.U.S.H. stand for?
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People United to Serve Humanity
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Which President of the U.S. signed the Voting Rights Act in 1965?
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President Lyndon B. Johnson
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What African-American educator from Maysville, S.C., founded Bethune-Cookman College (in Florida) and the National Council of Negro Women, Inc.?
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Mary McLeod Bethune
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Who is the first black elected governor in the United States during the 21st century?
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J. Douglas Wilder
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What doe CORE mean?
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Congress of Racial Equality
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Who is the only African-American honored by a national holiday?
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Who was the first African-American woman to win the title of "Miss America"?
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Vanessa Williams
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Who was the first African-American man to reach the North Pole?
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Matthew A. Henson
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On what date was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?
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April 4, 1968
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Where did the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. take place?
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Memphis, Tennessee
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Who was the first African-American surgeon at Spartanburg Regional Hospital?
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Dr. Kirkland
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What African-American woman was the first to become a United States judge?
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Jane Bolin
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What was the first state to declare Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a legal holiday?
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Illinois
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Who was the first African-American female to integrate Spartanburg High School?
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Wynona Douglas
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Who was the first African-American male to become mayor of Spartanburg?
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James "Patch" Talley
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Who was the first African-American male to hold office of Superintendent of School District 7 in Spartanburg?
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Tyrone Gilmore
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What African-American woman introduced and initiated Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc., to Spartanburg?
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Barbara Maxton
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Who was the first African-American to integrate Wofford College?
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Albert Gray
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Who was the first African-American educator that had a middle school named after him?
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Rudolph Dawkins for Dawkins Middle School
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Who was the first African-American to hold the title of "Miss Dorman High School"?
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April Tyese Thomas
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Who was the first African-American to become police chief of Spartanburg?
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Tony Fisher
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Who was the first African-American to graduate from Wofford College?
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Douglas Jones
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Who invented the refrigerator July 14, 1891?
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John Standard
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Who invented the ironing board in 1892?
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Sarah Boone
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Who invented the traffic signal?
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Garrett Morgan
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Who invented the incandescent light bulb in 1881?
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Lewis Latimer
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Who invented the elevator?
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Alexander Miles
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Who invented the elevator?
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G.F. Grant
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Who invented the boiler furnace?
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Granville T. Woods
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Who invented the mailbox?
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P.B. Downing
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Who invented the folding bed?
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L.C. Bailey
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Who invented the shoe making machine?
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Jan Matzeliger
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Who invented the baby carriage?
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W.H. Richardson
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Who was responsible for more than 300 products created from the peanut, including soap and ink; 118 products from the sweet potato, including flour, shoe polish, and candy; 75 products from the pecan, and many other products from cotton, dyes, and wood shavings?
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George Washington Carver
