Sci 2a
Who was the first female Black American to enter the medical profession?
Susan McKinney
What biologist whose research explored the relationship between skin pigmentation and skin cancer?
Jewel Plummer Cobb
Who was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States?
St. Elmo Brady
Who invented the automatic car washer?
Richard Spikes
What Black American inventor received a patent for the guitar?
R.F. Fleming
Hyram S. Thomas, working as a chef, created what popular snack.?
Potato chip
Who is the computer engineer that co-developed the first personal computer?
Mark Dean
Who invented the disposable syringe?
Phil Brooks
What Black American designed homes for celebrities such as Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra?
Paul Williams
Who developed the first airborne radar system that was used for locating downed aircraft?
Ozzie Williams
What breakthrough medical procedure was performed by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams?
Open heart surgery
Matthew Henson was with the first expedition to reach what famous destination?
North Pole
Who invented directional signals for the automobile?
Richard Spikes
George Washington Carver’s mule-drawn wagon often went to area farmers to teach them about improving crop yields. What was this wagon called?
Moveable School
What was the name of the first all-Black Medical school?
Meharry Medical College
What African American ophthalmologist developed laser technology used in treating cataracts?
Patricia Bath
Who was the first Black American professionally trained as a registered nurse in the United States?
Mary Mahoney
What African American female leveraged her mathematical and programming expertise to invent an accurate model of the Earth which was used as the foundation for the creation of the Global Positioning System (GPS)?
Gladys West
Who was the first Black American to pilot a space shuttle mission?
Major Frederick D. Gregory
Paul Williams served as co-architect for what major international airport?
Los Angeles
What African American woman was known as the "Termite Lady" for her extensive research on termites and co-discovered the Neotermes luykxi species of termites?
Margaret Collins
Who invented the bread-crumbing machine and the bread-making machine?
Joseph Lee
What African American male developed ways to use and preserve blood plasma that helped save lives during World War II and later became the model used for blood banks?
Charles Richard Drew
Who was the first accredited Black American physician in the United States?
Dr James McCune Smith
What African American woman invented a bed that folded up so it could be stored out of the way when not in use?
Sarah Goode
Who patented improvements to the oil stove and the refrigerator?
John Standard
Augustus Jackson created what well-known dessert?
Ice Cream
What was the name of the flamboyant pilot known as Black Eagle?
Hubert Julian
What Black American inventor patented the cotton planter and seed planter?
Thomas L. Jennings
What Black American inventor patented the hearing aid?
Harry Hopkins
Who invented the incubator?
Granville T. Woods
Whose research proved that insects can hear and led to the phrase "Turner's circling" to describe the way ants return to a nest?
Charles Henry Turner
Who invented the three-way traffic light?
Garrett Morgan
Who was known as the “Black Edison”?
Granville T. Woods
What African American male performed the first open-heart surgery on a human in 1893?
Daniel Hale Williams
Who was the first African American man to receive a patent for his discovery of a process called dry scouring?
Thomas L. Jennings