ORNL Black History Month 2001-Contest

"Identify the Famous African-American"

CONTEST WINNER: Belinda Brown, of the Operational Safety Services Division

Richard Allen
The first American black bishop and founder of the A.M.E. Church
Mary Mahoney
The nation's first African-American graduate nurse Fannie Lou Hamer
Committed force behind the grass roots organization of the Southern Civil Rights movements of the 1960's. The focus of her work was in the field of voter registration.

George Washington Carver
Chemist, teacher, inventor, and most of all, one of our great humanitarians

Mary Bethune
An educator of monumental proportions and one who rose from the depths to become and advisor to an American President

RULES:

1. Contest starts February 1 and ends February 9, 2001.

2. Identify three out of the five Famous African-American figures shown below.

3. Complete entry form and mail to Marilyn Langston, 1060 Commerce Park or email answers to mzl@ornl.gov.

4. The winner will receive an autographed copy of Hallerin Hilton Hill's "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom."

	Richard Allen The first American black bishop and founder of the A.M.E. Church		Mary Mahoney The nation's first African-American graduate nurse		Fannie Lou Hamer Committed force behind the grass roots organization of the Southern Civil Rights movements of the 1960's. The focus of her work was in the field of voter registration.
	George Washington Carver Chemist, teacher, inventor, and most of all, one of our great humanitarians		Mary Bethune An educator of monumental proportions and one who rose from the depths to become and advisor to an American President