Which of the Following Is True About African American Inventors

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about African American inventors in the early twentieth century?

• A) Black inventors occasionally won in patent fights against whites.
• B) Black inventors always got credit for their inventions.
• C) Black inventors generally experienced less racism than other blacks, since science was color-blind even by this time.
• D) There were no black inventors at this time.

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