BLACK HISTORY
Around 1624 William Tucker became the 1st black child born & baptized in this Virginia settlement
Jamestown
In 1826 Joseph Niepce made the 1st one of these using a plate sensitized with bitumen that was exposed 8 hours
A photograph
This planet is often hard to see from Earth, due to the sun's brightness & its innermost position
Mercury
In September 1974 he accepted the presidential pardon but didn't say his mistakes had been criminal
Nixon
"Where there's a will,..."
there's a way
In 1909 the Niagara Movement helped form this large civil rights organization
NAACP
Johann Maelzel, a friend of Beethoven's, patented a device that enabled dolls to do this
Speak
Although second from the Sun, this planet is actually the hottest in the solar system
Venus
This French pirate was pardoned by President Madison but continued to attack U.S. ships
Jean Lafitte
"Waste not,..."
want not
As a result of this 1954 landmark case, segregation in public schools was declared unconstitutional
Brown vs. Board of Education
His cylinder lock invention was based on the pin tumblers of the ancient Egyptians
Yale
This colorful feature of Jupiter is an atmospheric storm so large, 2 Earths could fit inside it
the Great Red Spot
According to the gospels, he was the prisoner chosen instead of Jesus to receive a special pardon
Barabbas
"Promises, like pie-crust, are made to be..."
broken
In 1847 American-born Joseph Roberts was elected the first president of this African country
Liberia
In the 1850s this rubber pioneer wrote an account of his discoveries in "Gum-Elastic & Its Varieties"
Goodyear
It's the only planet in the solar system smaller than the Earth's moon
Pluto
This Robin Hood of Scotland was thrown into Newgate Prison but was pardoned in 1727
Rob Roy MacGregor
"The nearer the bone,..."
the sweeter the meat
In 1908 the first black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, was founded at this university in Washington, D.C.
Howard University
About 5 years after inventing an elevator safety device, he invented a steam plow
(Elisha) Otis
This larger, elliptical moon of Mars is named for the Greek god of fear
Phobos
Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse, pardoned this pair after being moved by their friendship
Damon & Pythias
Hell hath no fury..."
like a woman scorned