African American Inventors
The first African American person to receive a patent in the U.S., paving the way for future inventors of color to gain exclusive rights to their inventions.
Who is Thomas L. Jennings?
Led the team that designed the ISA bus—the hardware interface that allows multiple devices like printers, modems, and keyboards to be plugged into a computer. This innovation helped pave the way for the personal computer's use in office and business settings.
Who is Mark E. Dean
Co-writers in the 1995 Film, "Friday"
Who is Ice Cube and DJ Pooh?
This 18 year old was fatally shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri
Who is Michael Brown?
While working at the former AT&T Bell Laboratories, she helped develop technologies that led to the invention of the portable fax, touch-tone telephone, solar cells, fiber optic cables, and the technology enabling caller ID and call waiting.
Who is Dr.Shirley Jackson?
This person is considered to be one of the founders of the African American hair-care and cosmetics industry. Began selling her own hair-growing formula developed specifically for African American women.
Who is Madam C. J. Walker?
Known for his roles in Black Panther, playing Jackie Robinson in '42', and James Brown in 'Get on up', and Thurgood Marshall in Marshall.
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
This American Muslim minister and human rights activist that changed his sur-name from "Little" because, " [it] was the name that 'the white slavemaster...had imposed upon [his] paternal forebears."
Who is Malcolm X
This person created the “safety hood” to help firefighters navigate smokey buildings, later modifying it to carry its own air supply— making it the world’s first effective gas masks.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
The physician responsible for America’s first major blood banks-he refined key methods of collecting, processing, and storing plasma.
Who is Charles Richard Drew?
This film director's contributions to the film industry include: BlacKkKlansman, 4 Little Girls, Do the Right Thing, Bamboozled, and Malcolm X.
Who is Spike Lee?
This South African political leader, and philanthropist, received more than 250 honors including the Nobel Peace Prize
Who is Nelson Mandela?
Most famous for creating the ultraviolet camera/spectograph, which NASA used when it launched Apollo 16 in 1972. It helped prove that molecular hydrogen existed in interstellar space.
Who is George Carruthers?
Homeowners can rest a little easier thanks to this nurse and inventor who invented a precursor to the modern home TV security system.
Who is Marie Van Brittan Brown?
This 2016 American documentary by Ava DuVernay explores the intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States.
What is 13th?
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
An immigrant from Dutch Guiana (today called Surinam) invented an automated shoemaking machine which led to lower shoe prices, making them finally within financial reach for the average person.
Who is Jan Ernst Matzeliger?
This person used the humble peanut to create more than 300 products, ranging from laundry soaps to plastics and diesel fuel. By 1940 it was the South's second-largest cash crop.
Who is George Washington Carver?
Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey received Academy Awards for their contributions in this film
What is The Color Purple?
Known as "The Greatest", this boxer was an American activist and philanthropist.
Who is Muhammad Ali?