Black History Month Web Trek

FAST FACTS: http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/101-facts.jsp

1. Go to Fact #7: What did George Sampson invent? _______________________________

2. Go to Fact #27: Who invented Black History Month? _____________________________

3. Why was the month of February chosen? _____________________________________

4. Go to Fact #60: Who was the first African American woman to receive a patent, and what
was it for?
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5. Go to Fact #19: What did John Love invent? _______________________________________

6. Go to Fact #91: Who was the first athlete to win 4 gold medals during only one festival of
the Olympic Games?
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7. Go to Fact #73: Who was the first American female millionaire?

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8. Go to Fact #101: This songwriter was the first female African American to win Songwriter
of the Year. Who was it?

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9. Go to Fact #39: The U.S. Postal Service called him one of the 20 "Legends of the West".
Who was he? What did he do?

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10. Two men were the first African Americans to be honored in the National Inventors Hall of
Fame. Who were they? What year were they admitted to the National Inventors Hall of
Fame? What did they do?

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