Question

1. choose the best answer.

____ was the first african american woman to earn a college degree, graduating from oberlin college in ohio in 1862
mary jane patterson
sarah mapp douglass
janice sumler - lewis
charlotte l forten grimke

1. choose the best answer.

the oldest black college in the united states, ____, was funded by quaker philanthropist richard humphreys and founded in pennsylvania as the african institute in 1837.
cheyney university
morgan state university
lincoln university of pennsylvania
spellman college

Explanation:

1. Mary Jane Patterson graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio in 1862, becoming the first African - American woman to earn a college degree.
2. Cheyney University was founded in Pennsylvania as the African Institute in 1837, funded by Richard Humphreys, and is the oldest Black college in the US.

Answer:

1. A. Mary Jane Patterson
2. A. Cheyney University