HVAC Trades
This African American inventor improved the design of the refrigerator by creating a non-electrical and unpowered design that used a manually filled ice chamber for chilling.
Who is John Standard
This group of individuals set out to change the way the world saw welders and segregation and were instrumental during World War II.
Who first performed the breakthrough medical procedure, an open heart surgery?
Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Dr. Fredrick Douglass Patterson was the founding Dean of the Tuskegee School of Veterinary Medicine but also founded this popular African American organization that provides scholarships to students around the world.
What is the UNCF (United Negro College Fund)
Who sparked the Montgomery boycott of 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on the bus?
Who is Rosa Parks
George T. Sampson was the man who invented this appliance in 1892 that had a better ventilator and can sometimes be repaired and cleaned by HVAC technicians.
What is the clothes dryer
In 1977, William Blackwell and William Thurston were the first black welders to be certified at Texarkana College (Texas) in this sheet of metal commonly used to construct bridges, buildings, and warehouses.
What is Plate Steel
Dr. Jane Cooke Wright was the first African American woman to be elected President of the New York City Cancer Society, and is credited with contributing to this major treatment for cancer patients in the US.
What is chemotherapy treatment
Dr. Iverson Bell was the first African American to serve as Vice President of this Association.
What is the American Veterinary Medical Association
First Black Female astronaut in NASA history (August, 1992).
Who is Dr. Mae C. Jemison
Frederick Jones invented many HVAC devices, but was notable for inventing this device that helped the United States military carry items and blood during World War II.
What is the portable refrigerator
The first black woman welder during World War II
Who is Frances Mary Albrier
Sophia B. Jones was the first African American to found and become the first faculty at Spellman College for this program.
What is the Nursing Program
What is Kenya
Who has won the most grammys in history (and should have gotten Album of the Year in 2023)?
Who is Beyonce
Lewis Latimer, a black inventor, invented this HVAC device that cools air through the evaporation of water.
What is an evaporative cooler
Ernest D. Levert worked at this Government company where he was appointed as the Senior Staff Manufacturing Engineer where his team welded 284 missiles.
What is Lockheed Martin
African American Dewey Sanderson is credited with developing this machine to collect specimen.
What is the Urinalysis Machine
Dr. August Nathaniel Lushington was the first black person to earn this degree.
What is Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
First ever African-American animated Disney princess!
Who is Tiana from Princess and the Frog
In 1919, this black woman filed her patent for her heating system invention. Her design allowed for cool air to be pulled into the furnace, where it was heated by natural gas combustion.
Who is Alice H. Parker
Marshall Jones worked as a mechanical engineer at General Electric and developed novel methods to weld these types of metals.
What is copper and aluminum
Dr. Charles Drew was the first African American to pioneer methods of storing blood plasma for transfusion and organized this center for giving blood in America.
What is the blood bank
These two African American women were the first black women to earn degrees in Veterinary Medicine.
Who is Dr. Alfreda Johnson Webb and Dr. Jane Hinton
The first black President of the United States?
Who is Barack Obama