Famous Inventors
Who invented the small hand held pencil sharpener ?
John Lee Love
Drexel University awarded her its Woman One Award and Scholarship Fund (honors outstanding women)
Gloria Twine Chism
What year was the first African-American president elected?
2008
Who created the first useful helicopter?
Paul E Williams
Who had the only African American-owned Automobile business?
C. R. and Frederick (son) Patterson
Who created the biscuit cutter and refined coconut oil?
Alexander P. Ashbourne
This enslaved African-American brought knowledge of how inoculations were practiced in Africa after being brought to the Massachusetts colony, in the US.
Onesimus
What year was the first African-American woman Shirley Chisolm elected to the House of Representatives?
1968
Who developed goggles for high-performance airplane pilots?
Gloria Twine Chisum
Who helped Thomas Edison with the invention of the light bulb and designed train car bathrooms and early air-conditioning systems?
Lewis Latimer
Who invented the extension curtain rod and adjustable standing mirrors so customers could see the back of their head after a hair cut.
Samuel Raymond Scottron
Rosa Parks was not the first person to refuse to give up a seat on public transportation. Who was the first?
Claudette Colvin - only 15 yrs old
What year did Jackie Robinson break baseball barriers?
1947
Who was the Godmother of Rock 'n' roll?
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Who was the first U.S. African-American Woman to become a self-made millionaire?
Madam CJ Walker
Who created the mailbox ?
Phillip B Downing
What eminent African-American scientist developed 300 derivative products from peanuts? Among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils and cosmetics.
George Washington Carver
What year was the NAACP formed?
2/12/1909
Who was the first African American to dine at the White House?
Booker T. Washington
Who Taught Jasper Newton Daniel (Jack) how to make Tennessee Whiskey. Thus, Jack Daniels whiskey was born?
Nathan “Nearest” Green
Who created the ice cream scoop?
Alfred Cralle
Betty Boop was inspired this African-American jazz singer
Esther Jones
Civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated on this famous person birthday.
Maya Angelou’s birthday, April 4, 1968
Who was the first African American Doctor?
James McCune Smith
Who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycot?
Rosa Parks