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Aug 24, 20198 min read
Black Movements
W.E.B Du Bois & The Niagara Movement W.E.B Du Bois was a teacher, a historian and a sociologist. He was also the first Black man to earn...
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Aug 23, 20191 min read
We Built That
This booth displays the representations of African Americans in different industries within the following categories: BUILT BY US...
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Aug 23, 20192 min read
Gladys May West - GPS
Gladys May West (1930 - ) is an American mathematician known for her contributions to the mathematical modelling of the shape of the...
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Aug 23, 20192 min read
Marie Van Brittan Brown - CCTV
Marie Van Brittan Brown (October 30, 1922 - February 2, 1999) was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. In 1966 she had the idea for a...
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Aug 23, 20192 min read
Lisa Gelobter
Lisa Gelobter (1971 - ) is a computer scientist, technologist and chief executive. She is the Chief Digital Service Officer for the...
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Aug 23, 20191 min read
Lonnie Johnson - Super Soaker
Lonnie Johnson (October 6, 1949 - ) was an African-American engineer and inventor. He earned his master's degree in nuclear engineering...
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Aug 23, 20192 min read
Charles Drew - Blood Bank Storage
Charles Drew (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950) was an American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood...
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Aug 23, 20192 min read
Patricia Bath - Laser Cataract Surgery
Patricia Bath (November 4, 1942 – May 30, 2019) was an American ophthalmologist, inventor, humanitarian, and academic. She was an early...
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Aug 23, 20191 min read
James West - Mic
James West (February 10, 1931- Present) is an African American inventor and acoustician. He holds over 250 foreign and U.S. patents for...
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Aug 23, 20192 min read
Garrett Morgan - Traffic Light
Garret Morgan (March 4, 1877 – July 27, 1963) was an African American inventor and businessman as well as an influential political...
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Aug 23, 20192 min read
Mark Dean - IBM
Mark Dean (March 2, 1957- Present) is an American inventor and computer engineer. He was part of the team that developed the ISA bus, and...
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Aug 23, 20191 min read
Lewis Howard Latimer - Light Bulb Carbon Filament
Lewis Latimer (September 4, 1848–December 11, 1928) is considered one of the most important African-American inventors, for the number of...
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Aug 23, 20191 min read
George Crum- Potato Chip
George Crum (July 15, 1824 – July 22, 1914) was an American chef. He worked as a hunter, guide, and cook in the Adirondack mountains, and...
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Aug 22, 20192 min read
Miriam Benjamin - Gong and Signal Chair
Miriam Benjamin (September 16, 1861–1947) was a Washington, D.C. school teacher and the second black woman to receive a patent in the...
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Mar 22, 20193 min read
Remembering 400 Years
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana (The Life of Reason, 1905) By: C. D. Ford November is...
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