Inventors and Innovators
This man invented the traffic signal and gas mask.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
This African-American doctor performed the first successful open-heart surgery in the U.S.
Who is Daniel Hale Williams?
She was a “human computer” at NASA and helped calculate flight trajectories for astronauts.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
She is known as the “Mother of Environmental Justice” for fighting against pollution in poor communities and founding the"Green Belt Movement"
Who is Dr. Wangari Maathai?
She was the first African-American female mathematician at NASA and taught coding before computers were common.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
She invented a home security system and improved the design of the gas mask.
Who is Who is Mary Van Brittan Brown
She was the first African-American female physician in the U.S. and a civil rights advocate.
Who is Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler?
He became the first African-American astronaut to go into space in 1983.
Who is Guion Bluford?
He was a pioneering African-American marine biologist and oceanographer.
Who is Ernest Everett Just?
He developed encryption methods used in early computing and was a Black mathematician.
Who is David Blackwell?
He created the first portable refrigerator and worked on chemical solutions to everyday problems.
Who is Frederick McKinley Jones?
Is responsible for inventing the laserphaco probe for cataract (clouding of the eye's natural lens) treatment.
Who is Dr. Patricia Bath?
She contributed to mapping stars at NASA and helped send astronauts to the moon.
Who is Dorothy Vaughan?
She helped plant millions of trees in Kenya and won the Nobel Peace Prize for her environmental work.
Who is Wangari Maathai?
African-American woman mathematician who worked at NASA alongside Johnson and Vaughan
Who is Christine Darden?
She helped develop modern air conditioning and refrigeration technology.
Who is Alice H. Parker?
She discovered how to prevent the spread of malaria using medicine.
Who is Tu Youyou?
He was the first African-American to travel on a space shuttle mission in 1992.
Who is Frederick Gregory?
This scientist studies the impact of climate change on Inuit and Arctic communities.
Dr. Shari Fox
He was the first African-American mathematician elected to the National Academy of Sciences and made major contributions to probability and game theory.
Who is David Blackwell?
The origin and concept of zero as a number and its positional symbol was developed here.
What is a mathematical invention from India?
She helped improve sanitation and health conditions in India and was one of the first female doctors in the country.
Who is Anandibai Joshi?
She was the first African-American female engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab.
Who is Mary Jackson?
He is an African-American ecologist known for his research on urban forestry and environmental equity.
Who is Dr. Robert D. Bullard?
She was an African-American mathematician and computer scientist who helped develop software for early NASA space missions and advocated for women in STEM.
Who is Annie Easley?