1. Not only did George Washington Carver research 300 products made from peanuts and 118 products from the sweet potato, but 75 from the pecan as well.

(Source: Huntsville Urban Network:www.huntsvilleurbannetwork.net)

2. Most folks think of Motown as America's first and only African-American record company. But, before Barry Gordy and Motown, there was Harry Pace. Pace formed the Pace Phonographic Record Company in 1921, which issued records under the Black Swan Label.

(Source: African-American Firsts: Famous, little-known and unsung triumphs of blacks in America by Joan Potter with Constance Claytor - Pinto Press 1994)

3. The W.E.B. in W.E.B. DuBois stands for William Edward Burghardt. And even though DuBois is French, the correct pronunciation, the pronunciation that DuBois used himself is (Do-boyz).

(Source: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois )

4. Most people think Lawrence Douglas Wilder was the first black governor in the United States, they are partially correct. He was the first black governor elected. The first black governor to serve was actually Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback in 1872. He was serving as lieutenant governor at the time and the sitting governor was impeached.

(Source: African-American Firsts: Famous, little-known and unsung triumphs of blacks in America by Joan Potter with Constance Claytor - Pinto Press 1994)

5. African-Americans were among the first non-Native settlers of the Ohio Valley. For example, when Knox County, Ohio, was established, there were already famous blacks. One being an expert stable hand and handler of horses, Enoch "Knuck" Harris. Although, most blacks were servants to white families, they were generally not slaves and eventually obtained and farmed small parcels of land.

(Source: 1001 Things Everyone Should Know about African American History, by Jeffrey C. Stewart- Doubleday 1996)

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