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17 Cards in this Set
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____ was the first casualty of the American Revolution when he was shot and killed in what became known as _________(1770) |
Crispus Attucks, Boston Massacre |
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Largest woman's organization |
National Council of Negro Women |
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First African American to receive a college degree. Earned a bachelor's degree from ___________ in (year) |
Alexander Lucius Twilight, Middlebury College, 1823 |
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Became the first black to hold a doctorate degree he received from Cornell Univ. 1925 |
Elbert Frank Cox |
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First black men ever if the venerable Modern Language Association. Was the president of Wilberforce University and was born into slavery and secretly taught himself to read and write. |
William Sanders Scarborough |
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First African American to earn a Ph. D from Harvard. Best known for his work in founding National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 1909 |
W. E. B Du Bois |
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Just prepared for college at Kimball Hall Academy, New Hampshire, where he completed the four year course of study in only three years. In the graduating Dartmouth College class of 1907, he was the only person to be graduated magna cum laude |
Ernest Everett |
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In 1634, _____________ provided education to all laborers regardless of race in Louisiana, despite the belief and laws that a blacks should not be educated. |
French Catholics |
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Not only did George Carver Washington research 300 products made from peanuts, he researched 118 products from _________ and 75 ______ |
Sweet potato, pecan |
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__________ was instrumental in the design of the lunar surface ultraviolet cameras. He was also Head of the Ultraviolet Measurements Branch of the Naval Research Laboratory. |
Dr. George Carruthers |
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________ was the only African American engineer/scientist member of the elite Edison Pioneers research and dev. org. His process for making carbon filament allowed for light bulbs to burn for hours. |
Louis Latimer |
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A tailor in New York City, ___________is credited with being the first African American to hold a US patent. The patent, which was issued in 1821, was for a dry cleaning process. |
Thomas L. Jennings |
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Spelman College in Atlanta is not the only histroically black college for women, ___________in Greensboro, North Carolina is the other one. |
Bennett College |
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Founded the Provident Hospital in Chicago in 1891, the oldest free standing Black-owned hospital in the United States. Was also the only African American in a group of 100 charter members of the American College of Surgeons in 1913. |
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams |
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Leading researcher in the field of blood plasma preservation and led a massive blood donation drive to provide the British with much needed blood supplies during WW2 |
Dr. Charles Drew |
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Slave enlisted at a printing office and later at the Annapolis Naval Academy. 1840s developed a steam engine for a war ship. Unable to patent his work, he sold it and used the proceeds to purchase his freedom. |
Dr. Charles Drew |
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A slave that was employed at a printing office and later at the Annapolis Naval Academy. In the 1840s he developed a steam engine for a war ship but was unable to patent his work. He sold if for his freedom. |
Benjamin Bradley |
