Disability
Diagnosed with intellectual and mental disabilities, this disabled woman was at the center of the Olmstead V L.C. decision which found the unjustified segregation of people with disabilities is a form of unlawful discrimination
Who is Lois Curtis?
Steam engines experienced an increase in operating efficiency due to the invention of improved lubricators by this Black mechanical engineer
Who is Elijah McCoy?
This recently deceased mathematician starred in the wildly popular film "Hidden Figures"
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This area of medicine was developed based on experimental medical procedures on Black women
What is gynecology?
Founder of Krip Hop Nation and Sin Invalid, this former East Coast resident has made his home in the Bay Area where he continues to work in uplifting the voices of Black disabled artists and activists
Who is Leroy Moore?
The long travel to planet Jupiter was no match for the Galileo spacecraft’s nuclear propulsion unit, nor were hot summer days a match for owners of the world-famous Super Soaker, both of which were designed by this Black nuclear engineer
Who is Lonnie G. Johnson?
The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and the brilliant mind behind the film Just Mercy
Who is Bryan Stevenson?
This infamous public health experiment in the 70s was later deemed unethical because it did not include informed consent.
What is
Tuskegee Experiment?
or
Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment?
The first Black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar, and the founder of the Children’s Defense Fund which has a particular focus on those in poverty, with disabilities and from minority populations.
Who is Marian Wright Edelman?
Space was no match for this chemical engineer, whose endeavors lead her to become the first Black woman in space
Who is Dr. Mae Jemison?
This Sony Animated short fillm, which lovingly depicted the struggles of caring for natural hair, recently won an Oscar
What is Hair Love?
One of the top 10 causes of death for African Americans, but not a top 10 cause of death for White Americans.
What is:
Septicemia (blood infections)?
or
Heart disease?
or
Cancer?
or
Alzheimer's disease?
or
Diabetes?
A member of the Black Panther Party (BPP), founder of the BPP supported East Oakland Center for Independent Living and a protestor during the 504 sit-ins of 1977.
Who is Brad Lomax?
Millions of people around the world enjoy the entertainment of video game arcades from the comfort of their own home thanks to the video game cartridge technology designed by this Black computer engineer
Who is Gerald “Jerry” Lawson?
Toussaint L'Ouverture led the world's most successful slave rebellion in this country
What is Haiti?
This African American research/physician is known mostly for his work on blood transfusion and blood banking, and was ultimately forced to leave the American Red Cross because of his advocacy against the separation of blood by race
Who is Charles Drew?
She is the first Deaf Black female lawyer in the United States.
Who is Claudia Gordon?
Aspiring Black PhDs studying chemistry at Howard University pay tribute to this Black Chemist, who co-created its chemistry doctoral program and made history as the first Black person to earn a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley
Who is Lloyd Noel Ferguson?
To compensate for the large slave population in southern states, which would create an imbalance when establishing the number of legislative representatives, slaves were counted as this portion of a person.
What is three-fifth's?
This disease is one of the top 10 causes of death for White non-Hispanic Americans, but is not a top 10 cause of death for African Americans
What is
Influenza?
or
Pneumonia?
or
Intentional self-harm?