The First Black Military Pilot Eugene Jacques Bullard & First Female Licensed Pilot Bessie Coleman started their flight careers in this country.
What is France?
100
This self-educated inventor, municipal surveyor, almanac author, mathematician, mechanical engineer, and astronomer’s last name was Banneker.
Who Is Benjamin or Benjamin Banneker?
100
Commonly referred to as “the Black Edison,” Granville T. Woods greatly decreased the number of accidents on this mode of transportation with his Synchronous Multiplex Telegraph.
What is Railroad/Rail/Train?
100
Vice President and general manager of Lockheed Martin’s Information Systems & Global Solutions (IS&GS) Civil business and winner of the 2014 Black Engineer of the Year award.
Who is Stephanie Hill?
100
Lewis Howard Latimer moved to this CT city in 1879 and worked for the U.S. Lighting Company. He also worked alongside Thomas Edison for a period of time, and evolved Edison’s original design.
What is Bridgeport?
200
This Son of the US Army’s First Black General Officer shared his father’s name as well as his father’s ambition. He went on to become the US Air Force’s First Black General Officer.
Who is Benjamin O. Davis Jr.?
200
Elijah McCoy invented a lubrication system for trains that spawned inferior copies which would eventually popularize this phrase.
What Is The Real McCoy?
200
To help struggling firefighters, Inventor Garret Morgan created the Safety Hood. The Safety Hood is the predecessor to this widely used device.
What is a Gas Mask?
200
Charles F. Bolden, Jr is the 12th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA), he is also a retired General Officer of what military branch.
What is the US Marine Core?
200
Edward Alexander Bouchet is known in history for being the first African American to earn their Ph. D at this Ivy League University.
What is Yale?
300
Unsung aviation pioneer Hermon L. Grimes revolutionized Naval Aviation when he was awarded a patent for this space-saving technique for Carrier-based Aircraft.
What are Folding Wings?
300
She was the first African American woman to become a self-made millionaire, and promoted cleanliness & loveliness as a method of advancement for African-Americans.
Who is Madam CJ Walker?
300
During WWII, Dr. Charles Drew resigned from the American Red Cross when the military ordered that he only use Caucasian _____ on soldiers?
What is a Blood?
300
Shirley Ann Jackson is the first African American woman to receive a doctorate, of any kind from this Boston Area School.
What is MIT?
300
Jan Ernst Matzeliger revolutionized how this commonly seen product was produced. Prior to his invention, production was optimal at 50 items per day. His invention improved these results 10 fold. Name this common item.
What are Shoes?
400
Tuskegee Institute Chief Civilian Flight Instructor Charles “Chief” Anderson, Sr. gave this First Lady a personal flight that eventually led to use of Tuskeegee Airmen in WW2.
Who Is Eleanor Roosevelt?
400
Doctor Patricia Bath received a medical patent for this type of Laser probe that helped restore sight to people that were blind for 30 years.
What is Cateract or Cateract Laserphaco Probe?
400
Marie Van Brittan Brown and her husband Albert Brown created this security system that would probably bring truth to George Orwell’s famous “1984,” book.
What is Video Surveillance System?
400
Gary S. May has had a long career of administrative and educational opportunities. He was named a National Science Foundation “National Young Investigator” and has been blessed with accolades. He is currently Dean of this school.
What is The College of Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
400
This Connecticut town was comprised of mostly abolitionists aiding escaped slaves utilizing the Underground Railroad. The city was known as the “Grand Central Station” of the Underground Railroad in Connecticut.
What is Farmington?
500
Was the first African-American Male or Female astronaut in space. (Name either one)
Who Is Guion Blurford or Dr. Mae Johnson?
500
In the mid-1930s, Frederick M. Jones invented the first mobile version of this machine that revolutionized transportation of perishable goods forever.
What is mobile refrigeration unit?
500
Otis Boykin invented a control unit for this device that extended the lives of many.
What is the Pacemaker?
500
Recipient of the NSF CAREER Award and Dean and Nariman Farvardin Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Clark School, Darryll J. Pines attended this prestigious university to acquire both his M.S. and Ph. D degrees.
What is MIT?
500
NAACP Co-founder W.E.B. Du Bois, the current President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, First Lady Michelle Obama attended this this Institution of higher learning.