Black Inventors
This black female invented hair products for the African Americans and became the 1st Female self-made millionaire.
Who is Madame C J Walker???
This African American wrote the speech "I Have A Dream"
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr???
This African American man became the first African American to be President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama???
This African American female loves to give out books to the children throughout the community and she teaches against Bullying.
Who is Grandma Whoople???
This woman was the 1st African American woman to come to Kern County and she built her home at 18022 Forrest Street.
Who is Fannie Price Reese???
This African American Man who invented a Gas Mask, breathing device, safety hood and traffic signal.
Who is Garrett Morgan???
This African American was a social reformer, orator, writer and a stateman. Escaped from slavery in Maryland. Became United States Minister Resident to Haiti.
Who is Frederick Douglass???
This African American female was the 1st to invent a mathematic solution for outer space for NASA.
Who is Katherine Johnson???
This African American male is the President of the Bakersfield NAACP Branch.
Who is Patrick Jackson, Jr???
2,130 African Americans arrived to plant 300,000 acres of cotton for Haggin Carr Engineering Company.
What happened in 1884 in Bakersfield???
This African American Female invented the ironing board.
Who is Sarah Boone???
This African American Female took many passengers on the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman???
This African American Man rode with Paul Revere to tell others that the British are coming!!! He the 1st African American elected to public office in United States as a judge.
Who is Wentworth Cheswill???
This African American man is the President of the Kern Black Chambers of Commerce.
Who is Nick Hill, III???
This African American male owned a furniture Store located on 1812 K Street. It was one of the largest in the San Joaquin Valley at the time.
Who is E. W. Winters???
This African American is called the "Black Edison" and invented: Improved Steam Boiler Furnace, Troller, 15 appliance for Electric Railways and telephone transmitter.
Who is Granville T. Woods???
This African American leader was a supporter of black nationalism and a muslim.
Who is Malcolm X???
This Library is named after this woman and she shared the name with Dr. Raymond Gonzales.
Who is Dr. Ruth Love Holloway???
This African American woman have brought many contributions to the Bakersfield community. She is owner/Ceo Upside Productions, Director of Upside Academy, Inc., Board of Director ofBCSD Education Foundation, Board of Director of Kern County Fair, Board of Director of The Bakersfield //historic Fox Theater.
Who is Natesha Johnson???
This African American Female sang for President William McKinley's Inauguration in 1897.
Who is Pearl Lowery Winters???
This African American invented a Shoe Lasting Machine so more shoes who be made daily.
Who is Jan Matzeliger???
This African American Female refuse to give up her seat to a White person.
Who is Rosa Parks???
This African American Male graduated from Harvard College.
Who is Richard Theodore Greener?
This African American woman along with her husband owns chains of restaurants in Bakersfield such as Wing Stops and Fatburger.
Who is DeeDee Watkins-Lewis???
This African American male was the 1st African American to graduate from Kern Union High School (is now Bakersfield High School) in 1904.
Who is Henry Simpson???