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Black History Bowl Questions 37-45

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In 1918, Alice Parker received a patent for a heating furnace. Did it use gas, coal, or wood for fuel? Gas (coal and wood had already been in wide use)
Former chairman and CEO of Symantec Corp., became independent chairman of Microsoft Corporation on 2/14/14. He received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Florida A&M & a master's degree in Management from MIT Sloan School of Management. John W. Thompson
Who was the founder of the National Negro Business League? a. Madam C.J. Walker b. John H. Johnson c. Booker T. Washington Booker T. Washington
One of the most famous African-American architects of the 20th century. A native Californian, he designed numerous homes, public buildings and commercial properties. Paul R. Williams
A educational and human rights leader who started Bethune-Cookman College in 1904 with $1.50 in cash. Was the head of the National Association of Colored Women and the National Council of Negro Women & served in President Roosevelt’s Black Cabinet. Mary McLeod Bethune
This woman became the first African American woman bank president in 1903. Maggie Lena Walker
Credited with creating Negro History Week, which later became Black History Month. He founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1915 & edited the Journal of Negro History (now the Journal of African American History). Carter G. Woodson
Scholarly organization formed by 17 black men in Washington, D.C. They came together to study, debate and publish works in history, literature, science and religion. Its members included W.E.B. Du Bois, Alexander Crummel, and Paul Laurence Dunbar. The American Negro Academy
The 1st self-made woman millionaire in the U.S. She developed a secret chemical formula that helped to nourish and grow black women’s hair. To help straightened black hair, she improved the hot comb and invented the Anti-Kink Walker System. Madam C.J. Walker (Sara Breedlove)
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