Black Inventions
Patented the method of dry-cleaning
Thomas L. Jennings
The official day, month, and year that VSU, then the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
March 6, 1882
what does IRA stand for
individual retirement accounts
SZA's full name?
Solana Imani Rowe
The African American tennis player from Richmond, Virginia who broke the color barrier in tennis and became the first black man to win Wimbledon in 1975?
Arthur Ashe
Patented the early versions of refrigerated trucks
Frederick McKinley Jones
The year that VSU was officially named Virginia State University
1979
What type of investment lets you purchase a portion of a corporation
stock
Who is the Nigerian-American musician and bandleader known for his fusion of Afrobeat, jazz, funk, and hip-hop, carrying on the legacy of his father Fela Kuti with albums like "African Giant"?
Burna Boy
Once the home of Thomas Jefferson's slave, Sally Hemings, and is now recognized for its connection to African American history?
Monticello; the Monticello Plantation
Patented the fire escape ladder
Joeseph Winters
What year did Norfolk State College officially establish itself as an institution independent of Virginia State College?
1969
name one of the three major stock exchanges in the U.S
NASDAQ, NYSE, AMEX
This singer/songwriter set the 2006 Guinness World Record for the most-awarded female artist of all time.
Whitney Houston
Jackson-Ward
Credited with the invention of the first home-security surveillance system
Marie Van Brittan Brown (and Albert Brown)
The first President of Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute, now VSU.
John Mercer Langston
This is the best place to keep your emergency fund
High yield savings account
This jazz saxophonist and composer, known for his fusion of jazz, hip-hop, and R&B influences, has won multiple Grammy Awards and released albums like "To Pimp a Butterfly".
Kamasi Washington
The first African American EVER elected as Governor.
Douglas Wilder
Patented the rotary lawnmower, a machine with rotary blades that sliced grass as it was pushed
John Albert Burr
This 1956 Virginia State College alumna became the first African American woman elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1983.
Yvonne B. Miller
what percent of black American's have inherited wealth
23%
The title of Gil Scott Heron's debut album and the year of its debut
"Pieces of a Man"; 1971
Established the "Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls" as well as the "Virginia State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
Janie Porter Barrett