American Trivia

Q:   In 1865, Henry Brown, a Virginia slave                                                                                                mailed himself to freedom in a 3' x 2' x 2" x 8" box. How long did it take, and where did he arrive?  

A: 26 hours, At the Anti-Slavery Society in Philadelphia.

Q: Who was the grandson of slaves, raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was 7 years old during the Tulsa Oklahoma Massacre, and wrote the American novel, The Invisible Man

A: Ralph Waldo Ellison