1. Marie Van Brittan Brown
Made by : Raven #3
Ms. Tuel

2. Birthday
Marie was born October 30, 1922 in Queens, New York.

3. Childhood/hobbies/siblings/parents/ schooling
Marie was a slave most of her life. She didn’t have any hobbies because of slavery. Marie was an only child. Her parents died when she was 6 months old because of a sickness. She didn’t go to school until slavery ended. When it ended, she went to school; she graduated and then wanted to go to college. She went to three universities: Harrison College, University of Phoenix, and DeVry University.

4. Family Life
Marie had a husband named Albert Brown. She had two children named Norma and Albert Brown.

5. Famous invention
Her famous invention is the Television Security System.

6. Job/work history
She didn't work anywhere

7. Interesting facts
The only reason why she made it because dogs were being shot and they didn’t have any way to protect their homes.

8. How can you relate to this person
I can relate to this person because we will never give up.

9. Worthy of acknowledgement/compare to someone in your life
She is worthy of acknowledgement because I now know who invented the Television Security System.

10. Sources
1.africanamerican.com 2. africanamericanhistory.com

11. What did you learn from this project?
I learned about African American history and who invented the very first Television Security System.