Black Medical History
Which unethical scientific experiment formed the basis for all research studies to require informed consent, after observing the natural course of untreated syphilis in Black men, even after treatment became available?
Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
Which athlete broke the MLB color barrier in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
Which Black inventor created over 300 products from peanuts and was the first non-president to be honored with a national monument in his name?
George Washington Carver
Which Black artist has the most Grammy wins in history, with 35 awards and 99 nominations?
Beyoncé
Which continent has the highest genetic diversity?
Africa
Who founded the first black-owned hospital in America, and performed the world's first successful open heart surgery, in 1893?
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Who was the first Black candidate for a major party's presidential nomination?
Shirley Chisolm
Which African American woman inventor that revolutionized haircare by designing the first hot comb, inventing the idea of pomade, and transforming the marketing strategy for cosmetic products, becoming the first Black millionaire?
Madame C. J. Walker
Which Black artist is the best-selling artist, has the best-selling album in history, won 13 Grammy Awards, eight of which were in a single night, and is the only artist with a top-ten single in five different decades?
Michael Jackson
Which African-American woman’s cancer cells are the source of the first immortalized human cell line?
Henrietta Lacks
Which Black woman was one of the lead scientists for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine?
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire
Who was the first African American to vote in an election under the just-enacted provisions of the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution?
Thomas Mundy Peterson
Who invented the three-light traffic signal?
Garrett Morgan
In 2002, who became the first person to achieve EGOT status?
Whoopi Goldberg
DNA is regarded as the blueprint for life. Which artist released an album that is also regarded as “The Blueprint” in 2001?
Jay-Z
Who was the first African-American female doctor of medicine?
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Opening in 1907, what was the first Black-owned and Black-run bank in Alabama, symbolizing the community's economic strength despite segregation?
Penny Savings Bank
Which African American inventor contributed to a safer society with her invention of the first home security system?
Marie Van Brittan Brown
Which black filmmaker, directed the 19th highest-grossing film at 1.34 billion, featuring a largely black cast?
Ryan Coogler
Which African American physician developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II?
Charles Drew
Which Black doctor invented Laserphaco Probe, improving treatment for cataract patients?
Patricia Bath
Who was the first Black person, and person of color to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 for their mediation of the 1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and four Arab nations?
Ralph Bunche
Who created the carbon filament that significantly improved the longevity of light bulbs and worked for Thomas Edison?
Lewis Howard Latimer
Who is the author of the historical novel, published in 1976, which traced the lineage of family from Africa to America and became a national sensation after the Pulitzer Prize-winning book was adapted into a record-breaking TV miniseries?
Alex Haley
Dr. Ernest Everett Just born in 1883 was an African American biologist who was a pioneer in the field of developmental biology, the first recipient of the NAACPs Springarn award, and founder of Omega Psi Phi. His research postulated that factors beyond the nucleus (extra-nuclear factors) played a strong role in the determination of cell differentiation and development. This postulation is foundational to which field of biomedical science?
Epigenetics