African American Scientist
Most known for his association with soybeans, peanuts, and sweet potatoes
George Washington Carver.
Most known for being the first African American woman to go to space
Mae Jameson
He was as Thomas Edisons helper and created the carbon filament for the light bulb.
Lewis Lattimer
He was the first African American to be enter the chamber of congress.
Hiram Rhodes Revels
He was known for his Inserection against his slave owners and his uprising resulted in the death of over 150 slaves.
Nat Turner.
He created the Gas mask and the Stoplight.
Garrett Morgan
He became the first major Black video game engineer and designer and created the first cartridge-based video game console.
Jerry Lawson
He created the Super Soaker
Lonnie Johnson
She is known to be the first Black, first South Asian American and first woman Vice President.
Kamala Harris
He is known for being the first man to reach the North Pole.
Matthew Henson
He is one of the world's most famous Astrophysicist.
Neil De Grasse Tyson
He became the first Black man to travel to space in 1983.
Guion Bluford Jr
This man was most known for creating the Potatoe chip.
George Crum
First African American man to be elected to office.
Barrack Obama
This man is known for being the first inventor of the clock and has a landmark in London named after him.
Benjamin Banneker
She was First black American woman with a PhD in chemistry
Daly, Marie Maynard
He created Lubricant systems for steam engines.
Ellijah Mcoy
Known As the first African American woman to be a self-made millionaire.
Sarah Breedlove Walker/Madame CJ Walker
He is one of the main 5 people taught in African American history month and is known for a speech.
Martin Luther King Jr
He was known as the first African American man to have a successful acting career.
Stepin Fetchit
He was an American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II.
Charles R. Drew
He is considered the first person to develop and install a steam engine inside a warship.
Benjamin Bradley
He invented a method of fabricating an imaging X-ray spectrometer.
George Edward Alcorn Jr
He was the pioneering neurosurgeon, he was also the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and is known for his controversial opinion about slavery.
Ben Carson
These women were computers for Nasa and were crucial the moon landing in 1969. (hint) Hidden Figures
Kathrine Johnson, Dorthy Vaugn, and Mary Jackson