important figures
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martin luther king
invented a transmitter that improved hearing over greater distances for the telephone.
Granville Woods
was a poet and master of the English Language. She write a poem in honor of George Washington and he praised her work.
Phillis Wheatley
invented many uses for the peanut, sweet potato, pecans and soybeans. He made rubber, adhesives, dyes, pigments, and other products.
George Washington Carver
is the richest person in history with a net worth of $400 Billion.
Mansa Musa
Who was the lady that sat at the front of the bus
Rosa parks
invented an imaging spectrometer which is a device that helps scientists identify what materials are made of. He also created 20 other inventions while working for NASA and IBM.
George Alcorn
is an American physicist whose experiments in theoretical physics became the forerunner for the touch-tone telephone, the portable fax, caller ID, call waiting and fiber-optic cable.
Dr. Shirley Jackson
was a chef that invented the potato chip in 1853
George Crum
invented and patented the first chemical hair straightener, received a patent for the first gas mask, and invented the three-way traffic signal.
Garrett A. Morgan
who was the person first person to make a super soaker
Lonnie G. Johnson
invented a machine that used steam to evaporate water and keep sugar from burning and being discolored when it is produced. This machine is used today to make soap, glue, milk and other products.
Nobert Rillieux
ounded one of the first African -American Christian Churches. The first church was called the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME).
Richard Allen
invented a machine that used steam to evaporate water and keep sugar from burning and being discolored when it is produced. This machine is used today to make soap, glue, milk and other products.
Nobert Rillieux
was the first woman to hold a pilot license. She was denied entry in flying schools in the United States. She taught herself French and moved to France to earn her pilot license.
Bessie Coleman
was a slave who escaped to freedom in a Confederate supply ship and eventually became a sea captain for the Union Navy. After the war, he became a successful businessman and politician serving in both houses of the South Carolina legislature.
Robert Smalls
Meredith Gourdine
is the first black woman elected to the United States Congress.
Shirley Chisholm
invented several ways to preserve and sterilize food so it would not spoil when it is processed, packed and transported. He used heat, chemicals, and gas to eliminate the germs and bacteria in meat and other foods.
Lloyd Hall
invented the Incineraid system which prevented smoke from burning buildings and kept fog away from airport runways. He also invented the Focus Flow Heat Sink which is a device that kept computer chips cool.
Meredith Gourdine
is the first African American female to become an astronaut. She is an engineer and doctor.
Dr. Mae Jemison
invented the computer language Lingo, which is used in many video games, animations, web design applications, and graphics programs.
John Henry Thompson
was one of the first physicians to perform open-heart surgery in the United States and founded a hospital with an interracial staff.
Daniel Hale Williams
holds a patent for an improved egg beater which is considered an early version of the mixing machine.
Willis Johnson
was the first American woman to become a self-made millionaire.
Madam C.J. Walker