Black inventors | ebonics | Architecture | Slavery | Black Panther Party |
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George Washington Carver
This man is commonly believed to be the creator of peanut butter, though he did invent 300 products with peanuts
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Deadass
When a person wants to express their seriousness they say this phrase from New York
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Phillip Freelon
This Philadelphia native and graduate of MIT is most known for leading the design team for the National Museum of Africa American History
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Harriet Tubman
This woman helped save slaves by taking them through the Underground Railroad
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Huey P. Newton
This man was the original leader of the black panther party
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Lewis Latimer
This inventor was responsible for making the filament for the light bulb
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Finna
When a person is about to do something they say "I'm *blank* do this"
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Vertner Woodson Tandy
This architect is responsible for making the home of Madam CJ Walker and is also a cofounder of Alpha Phi Alpha
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Nat Turner
This slave lead a major slave rebellion in South Hampton, Virginia
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Eldridge Clever
This member of the black panther party fled the country and made an international chapter in Algeria
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Theora Stephens
This woman created the pressing/curling iron in 1983
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On My Mama
What three word phrase do people use to swear they aren't lying
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Norma Sklarek
1954 this woman became the first black woman architect and the first black woman fellow of the American Institute of Architects
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Eli Whitney
This man invented the cotton gin which helped to prolong slavery
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Fred Hampton
This member of the black panther party was a leader of the Illinois chapter and is most known for making prominent gangs sign a non aggression pact
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Marie Van Brittan Brown
1966 this woman created the first home security system
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Ratchet
If you think a person is acting crazy/ghetto you may say "ooo they *blank*"
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Paul Williams
Known in LA as the "architect of the stars" this man made homes for many celebrities and helped designed the First African American Methodist Church
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Jumping the broom
this wedding tradition during slavery was used to legitimize their marriage and maintain African roots
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COINTELPRO
Former FBI director J Edgar Hoover made this program to dismantle the Black Panther Party
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Fredrick McKinley Jones
In the 1930's this man invented a portable cooling unit which was used in WW2 to preserve medicine, blood, and
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Jocking My Style
This old school term was used to accuse a person of taking someone's style
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Julian Ablele
This architect is responsible for creating the widner memorial library at Harvard, the Philadelphia museum of art, and the west campus of Duke university
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Portugal
This country is considered to be the first to take Africans and use them as slaves
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Elaine Brown
Formerly a chairwoman of the Black Panther Party from 1974-1977, she left because of the sexism in the party and founded the National Alliance for Radical Prison Reform
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