Black Women in STEM
This NASA mathematician helped calculate the trajectory for the first American to orbit Earth and personally verified the computer's calculations before the launch.
A. Mae Jemison
B. Katherine Johnson
C. Patricia Bath
D. Dorothy Vaughan
B. Katherine Johnson
This decorated World War II fighter pilot was one of the original Tuskegee Airmen and later became the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force.
A. Colin Powell
B. Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
C. Charles Young
D. Daniel James Jr.
B. Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
This inventor revolutionized home security by creating the first closed-circuit television (CCTV) home security system in 1966.
A. Garrett Morgan
B. Granville T. Woods
C. Marie Van Brittan Brown
D. Lewis Latimer
C. Marie Van Brittan Brown
This physicist and engineer conducted research that contributed to technologies like touch-tone telephones, fiber-optic communication, and caller ID while working at Bell Laboratories.
A. Shirley Ann Jackson
B. Annie Easley
C. Gladys West
D. Kizzmekia Corbett
A. Shirley Ann Jackson
This World War II general became the first African American four-star general in the U.S. Air Force and later served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
A. Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
B. Colin Powell
C. Daniel James Jr.
D. Roscoe Robinson Jr.
C. Daniel James Jr.
This engineer earned more than 50 patents and became famous for improving the automatic lubricator used on steam engines, making railroads more efficient.
A. George Washington Carver
B. Elijah McCoy
C. Jan Matzeliger
D. Garrett Morgan
B. Elijah McCoy