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1. The celebration of Black History Month was started by Harvard grad Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1926
2. Haiti is the second oldest independent nation in the Western Hemisphere after the U.S.
3. Elizabeth Keckley was the free woman seamstress & confidant of BOTH Mary Lincoln & Mrs. Jefferson Davis
4. 34% of African American children live in #poverty. http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2010/2010015.pdf
5. Ralph Johnson Bunche was the 1st African American to recieve the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950
6. Two Liberians, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee, received the Nobel Peace Prizes in 2011
7. Dr. Mark Dean, an African American mathematician, holds 3 of the 9 patents for the first PC by IBM
8. William Carney was the 1st African American to receive a Medal of Honor for his service in the Civil War!
9. In 1890 King Behanzin Hossu Bowelle defeated the French with a well trained army including 5K women!
10. Geoffrey Holder won the 1975 Tony Award for directing "The Wiz" on Broadway!
11. Benjamin Banneker published an Almanac from 1791 to 1802
12. Vanessa Williams was the 1st African American crowned Miss America.
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