Black History Flashcard Week 1

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Who is the founder of Famous Amos Cookies?

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Wally Amos

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Who was the first black child to attend an all-white school in Louisiana?

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Ruby Bridges

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This history maker was the first African American to sing at the Metropolitian Opera in New York.

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Marian Anderson

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He wrote and published a book about his struggles being a slave.

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Frederick Douglas

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Who was the first African-American woman from Florida to graduate from an accredited law school, Howard University?

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Blanche Armwood

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Who was the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license?

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Willa Beatrice Brown

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Who opened a school in Daytona Beach, Florida that grew into a college?

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Mary McCloud Bethune

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He discovered over 300 ways to make peanuts.

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George Washington Carver

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Who helped survey the land that would become Washington D.C. due to his skills in astronomy and mathematics?

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Benjamin Banneker

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_______________ was the first all-black city to be incorporated in Florida.

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Eatonville