Famous Scientist and Inventors
Famous writers
Famous politicians
Black History Month
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Created black cosmetic products

Who is Madam C.J. Walker?


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an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years, including works such as I know why the caged bird sing and And I still rise. 

Maya Angelou

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This Person is the first elected black President of the United States of America

Before his historic rise as the first Black president of the United States, Obama blazed trails for Black people in academia and politics. 




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This is the month of Black History Month?

What is February?

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The Carbon Filament for the Light Bulb.

Who is Lewis Latimer?

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This person was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the literary form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.

Langston Hughes


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This person recently ran for president this past election. 

Vice President Kamala Harris’ entire career has been filled with breaking glass ceilings for women and women of color. Before being elected the first Black and first South Asian vice president in United States history, Harris served as the first Black U.S. senator in California, the first Black and first female California attorney general, and the first Black and first female district attorney of San Francisco.

 

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This is an annual celebration of the Black heroes in history.

What is Black History Month?

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Inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century.

Who is George Washington Carver?

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 a pioneering African American poet, essayist, and activist whose work explored the intersections of race, class, and gender

Audre Lorde 

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This person was a  trailblazer in national security as the first African-American to become U.S. secretary of state.

Colin Powell was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 and served for four years.

 

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These are the colors that represent Black History Month.

What is red, green, black and yellow.

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Blazed a trail for African American inventors with his patents, including those for a hair-straightening product, a breathing device, a revamped sewing machine and an improved traffic signal.

Who is Garrett Morgan?

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 an African-American writer and civil rights activist who garnered acclaim for his essays, novels, plays, and poems. His 1953 novel Go Tell It on the Mountain has been ranked by Time magazine as one of the top 100 English-language novels.

James Baldwin


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This person became the first person to be a African American minority leader of the House of Representatives 

On Jan. 6, 2023, U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., made history when he was elected by House Democrats to serve as minority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives

 

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Who started Black History Month in 1976?

Carter G. Woodson

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Self-educated astronomer, mathematician, and farmer. perhaps best known for a series of almanacs he published

Who is Benjamin Banneker?

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 is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple.

Alice Walker 


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In 1972, this person became the first woman and first Black person to run for president through a major party.  

In 1972, Shirley Chisholm became the first woman and first Black person to run for president through a major party. At the time, Chisholm was already a giant in Black politics as the first Black woman elected to Congress in 1968.

 

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NAACP stand for what? 

What is National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 

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