Grade 8
Miriam Benjamin was born in this southern city.
Charleston
She developed her invention using a tool from her kitchen.
Marjorie Joyner
Henry Blair invented these 2 things
The corn planter and cotton planter
She was only 16 years old when she attended Southern University
Betty Wright Harris
It's the location in New York where Marie Van Britton Brown was born.
Queens
When was John Parker born?
February 2, 1827
One of his inventions was a milk bottle opener.
Richard Spikes
This inventor is the reason we don't have to carry our luggage.
John Butts
It's where Alexander Ashbourne was born
Philadelphia
It's the college that George Edward Alcorn attended
Occidental College
W.A. Deitz invented a version of this item we wear.
the shoe
What country was Joseph H Dickinson born in?
Canada
Dr. Shirley Jackson held this honor
The first African American to earn a doctorate in nuclear physics
Before his most famous invention, Alexander Miles worked as this.
She was born on April 8, 1950
Sarah Goode
He was born as a slave, but he was very smart, so his owner sent him to the Naval Academy to serve his country.
Benjamin Bradley
This man ran a general store while he was a slave.
Benjamin Montgomery
William Cling had this many children, and invented a device that helps count the amount of people in a theater.
6
Norbert Rillieux was called this.
The most sought after engineer in Lousiana
Mark Dean was honored by being inducted into these 2 places.
The National Inventors Hall of Fame and the National Academy of Engineers
Louis Latimer faked this.
His age
Most of his inventions worked with electrical devices.
Granville T Woods
Otis Boykin dropped out of college for this reason.
He couldn't afford the tuition
Emmett Chappelle's profession was this.
Biochemist
This man fought in court to earn his masters degree.
Philip Emeagwali
Mary Kenner became a famous inventor despite this struggle in her younger years.
She couldn't afford to go to school
This help southern farmers improve the quality of their soil because he knew so much about working with plants
George Washington Carver
James Maceo was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in this year.
1999
George Carruthers studied to be this while at the University of Illinois.
Aeronautical Engineer
This man who's famous for creating the first full length film, invented a technique for filming called the multi-dynamic image technique
DW Griffith