Figures With An Impact on Schools
A group of 4 girls who were the first to desegregate schools in the south.
Setting someone or something apart from others.
Segregate.
This inventor created the cabinet bed which laid the foundation for the pull-out couch and Murphy bed
Sarah E. Goode
Led the way in creating the personal computer/PC
Mark Dean
While the other 3 girls were able to attend the same school in the fight for desegregation, this student was sent to desegregate a school all on her own.
To put an and to something/A person who wants to put an end to the practice of slavery.
Abolish/Abolishionist
Revolutionized the modern hairbrush
Lyda Newman
Invented the home security system
Marie Van Brittan Brown
The first Black teacher in Salem
Charlotte Forten Grimke
A woman seeking the right to vote through organized protest; Black women had to fight even harder for this right due to their race.
Suffragette
Created the technology behind 3-D images
Valerie Thomas
Freedom House
This figure was an abolishionist, took a segregated theater to court and won, became a medical doctor, and was a suffragette.
Sarah Parker Remond
Sarah Parker Remond attended medical school in...
Italy
Created the Super Soaker and Nerf Gun
Lonnie Johnson
Revolutionized the traffic light and created the safety mask.
Garrett Morgan
This figure was the second African American lawyer in the United States. He also wrote a petition to desegregate Salem Public Schools (as a result, schools were desegregated in Salem).
Robert Morris
Robert Morris apprenticed here in order to become a lawyer
Boston
Invented the oil lubricator
Elijah McCoy
Invented peanut butter and 300 other uses for peanuts.
George Washington Carver