Marie Van Brittan
George Washington Carver
Granville Woods
Black History Month 1
Black History Month 2
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Where was Marie Van Brittan Brown born?

Jamaica, NY

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Did Carver invent peanut butter with the surplus of peanuts?

False

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Where was Granville Woods born?

Columbus, Ohio

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Who was the person to break the color barrior in baseball?

Jackie Robinson

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Who birthdays were in Febuary and were the inspiration to have Black History Month in Febuary?

Fredrick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

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Who supported her in her invention?

Albert Brown, her husband.

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What was the initial subject George Washington Carver studied in hopes to become a teacher in?

Art and Piano

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What was Granville Woods reffered as?

Black Edison

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What did Black History Month Start as?

Negro History Week

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What age did MLK start at Morehouse?

15 yr old

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How many US patents to date was her invention cited in?

32 Patents

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In which year did George Washington Carver become the first African American to earn a Bachelor of Science degree?

1894

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How many patents did he hold?

60

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Who was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Supreme Court?

Thurgood Marshall

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Which president nominated Thurgood Marshall?

Lyndon B. Johnson

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What was did her daughter end up pursuing?

Nurse and Inventor

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What specific agricultural technique did Carver promote to restore soil nutrients, and how did it benefit Southern farmers?

Crop rotation to restore soil nutrients

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What was one kind of technology he pioneered?

Electrical Engineering or Transportation Technology

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What is the 2023 Black History Month theme?

Black Resistance

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What is the estimated amount of enslaved people that escaped to the north using the underground railroad?

100,000

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What is the US patent number issued for Brown’s invention?

3482037

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Besides Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, who was the only other individual to receive a monument in their honor prior to George Washington Carver, as signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt?

Trick question, there is no "other individual" who received a monument prior to Carver under Roosevelt's legislation.

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What was one of his inventions?

Multiplex Telegraph or Third Rail System or Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph

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Who was the first Black person in Space?

Guion Bluford

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Who was the first African American to publish a book of poetry?

Phillis Wheatley