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Lewis Latimer is considered one of the 10 most important Black inventors of all time, not only for the sheer number of inventions created and patents secured but also for the magnitude of importance for his most famous discovery. Latimer was born on September 4, 1848 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. His parents were George and Rebecca Latimer, both runaway slaves who migrated to Massachusetts in 1842 from Virginia. George Latimer was captured by his slave owner, who was determined to take him back to Virginia. His situation gained great notoriety, even reaching the Massachusetts Supreme Court. Eventually George was purchased by abolition supporters who set him free.

Lewis served in the United States Navy for the Union during the Civil War, assigned to the U.S.S. Massasoit gunboat and received an honorable discharge on July 3, 1865. After his discharge he sought employment throughout Boston, Massachusetts and eventually gained a position as an office boy with a patent law firm, Crosby and Gould earning $3.00 each week. After observing Latimer's ability to sketch patent drawings, he was eventually promoted to the position of head draftsman earning $20.00 a week. In addition to his newfound success, Latimer found additional happiness when he married Mary Wilson in November of 1873.

In 1874, along with W.C. Brown, Latimer co-invented an improved of a train water closet, a bathroom compartment for railroad trains. Two years later, Latimer would play a part in one of the world's most important inventions.

In 1876, Latimer was sought out as a draftsman by a teacher for deaf children. The teacher had created a device and wanted Lewis to draft the drawing necessary for a patent application. The teacher was Alexander Graham Bell and the device was the telephone. Working late into the night, Latimer worked hard to finish the patent application, which was submitted on February 14, 1876, just hours before another application was submitted by Elisha Gray for a similar device.

In 1880, after moving to Bridgeport, Connecticut, Latimer was hired as the assistant manager and draftsman for U.S. Electric Lighting Company owned by Hiram Maxim. Maxim was the chief rival to Thomas Edison, the man who invented the electric light bulb. The light was composed of a glass bulb which surrounded a carbon wire filament, generally made of bamboo, paper or thread. When the filament was burned inside of the bulb (which contained almost no air), it became so hot that it actually glowed.

Thus by passing electricity into the bulb, Edison had been able to cause the glowing bright light to emanate within a room. Before this time most lighting was delivered either through candles or through gas lamps or kerosene lanterns. Maxim greatly desired to improve on Edison's light bulb and focused on the main weakness of Edison's bulb - their short life span (generally only a few days.) Latimer set out to make a longer lasting bulb.

Latimer devised a way of encasing the filament within an cardboard envelope which prevented the carbon from breaking and thereby provided a much longer life to the bulb and hence made the bulbs less expensive and more efficient. This enabled electric lighting to be installed within homes and throughout streets.

Latimer's abilities in electric lighting became well known and soon he was sought after to continue to improve on incandescent lighting as well as arc lighting. Eventually, as more major cities began wiring their streets for electric lighting, Latimer was dispatched to lead the planning team. He helped to install the first electric plants in Philadelphia, New York City and Montreal and oversaw the installation of lighting in railroad stations, government building and major thoroughfares in Canada, New England and London.

In 1890, Latimer, having been hired by Thomas Edison, began working in the legal department of Edison Electric Light Company, serving as the chief draftsman and patent expert. In this capacity he drafted drawings and documents related to Edison patents, inspected plants in search of infringers of Edison's patents, conducted patent searches and testified in court proceeding on Edison's behalf. Later that year wrote the worlds most thorough book on electric lighting, "Incandescent Electric Lighting: A Practical Description of the Edison System." Lewis was named one of the charter members of the Edison pioneer, a distinguished group of people deemed responsible for creating the electrical industry. The Edison Electric Lighting would eventually evolve into what is now known as the General Electric Company.

Latimer continued to display his creative talents over then next several years. In 1894 he created a safety elevator, a vast improvement on existing elevators. He next received a patent for Locking Racks for Hats, Coats, and Umbrellas. The device was used in restaurants, hotels and office buildings, holding items securely and allowing owners of items to keep the from getting misplaced or accidentally taken by others. He next created a improved version of a Book Supporter, used to keep books neatly arranged on shelves.

Latimer next devised a method of making rooms more sanitary and climate controlled. He termed his device an Apparatus for Cooling and Disinfecting. The device worked wonders in hospitals, preventing dust and particles from circulating within patient rooms and public areas.
Throughout the rest of his life, Latimer continued to try to devise ways of improving everyday living for the public, eventually working in efforts to improve the civil rights of Black citizens within the United States. He also painted portraits and wrote poetry and music for friends and family. Lewis Latimer died on December 11, 1928 and left behind a legacy of achievement and leadership that much of the world owes thanks.

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You may have seen a film called Hidden Figures. That film’s main character’s name is Katherine Johnson, but had you ever heard of Katherine G. Johnson before that film came out. I didn’t think so. Katherine (then Coleman) was born on August 26, 1918, In Sulfur Springs, West Virginia. She was admitted into a high school when she was only ten years old, and graduated when she was fourteen. Katherine had to look hard for a good school that would accept a black girl as a student. But, she eventually went to West Virginia State College, a college for people of color. 
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Guion Bluford was a former Air Force fighter pilot who flew 144 combat missions during the Vietnam War in 1966-67. 


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The Texas Southern University of Law was renamed in 1976 to Thurgood Marshall College 

 
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Occupation
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  Wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, 1985-2000 
 
Fact/Contribution 1

  He has the most receptions, yards, and touchdowns in NFL history 
 
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  He was inducted into the College Football Hall Of Fame in 2006, and to the Pro Football Hall Of Fame in 2010 
 Fact/Contribution 3 
 When Jerry Rice Retired he has 38 different NFL Records 
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born on March 4, 1877 in Paris, died in Kentucky July 27, 1963, Cleveland, OH


  Garret Morgan likes to sew on sewing machine. 
Garret M`organ Envented  traffic lights, gas masks and a liquid that would polish the needle and reduce friction and a hair straghtener


  
Garrett Morgan learned how to work the sewing machine in 1907 the open his own sewing machine store selling new machines and repairing old machines. In 1909 Garrett Morgan opened a tailoring store selling dresses , coats and suits. 
 
He noticed that the needle of a sewing machine moved so fast that its friction it scorched the thread of the woolen materials. He set out to develop a liquid that would provide a useful polish to the needle, reducing friction.  



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Phillis Wheatley

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Otis Boykin

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Otis Boykin
August 29, 1920, Dallas Texas March 13, 1982



he is a inventor/engineer

What this person is famous for

He was famous for making the pacemaker and he also made a technology used for guided missiles.


Please list three interesting facts/contributions made by this person

Fact/Contribution 1

He had 26 patents to his name when he died.


Fact/Contribution 2

This resistor would later be used in radios and televisions. 


Fact/Contribution 3

The device, which was cheaper and more reliable than others on the market, came in great demand by the United States military for guided missiles and IBM for computers. 
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Phillis Wheatley

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Phillis Wheatley 

Name: phillis Wheatley. 

born: 1753-1784. 

known for: A African American poet. 

Occupation: poet activist writer   Actress 

What this person:   The poet who was the first published black woman in America. 

Fact 1:  Phillis Wheatley was an African slave in Boston, Massachusetts. 

Fact 2:  She was the the poet who was the first published black woman in  America. 

Fact 3:  At age 8, Phillis was kidnaped and brought to a slave ship in boston. 






 
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  Garret Morgan likes to sew on sewing machine. 
Garret M`organ Envented  traffic lights, gas masks and a liquid that would polish the needle and reduce friction and a hair straghtener


  
Garrett Morgan learned how to work the sewing machine in 1907 the open his own sewing machine store selling new machines and repairing old machines. In 1909 Garrett Morgan opened a tailoring store selling dresses , coats and suits. 
 
He noticed that the needle of a sewing machine moved so fast that its friction it scorched the thread of the woolen materials. He set out to develop a liquid that would provide a useful polish to the needle, reducing friction.  



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 Zora Neale Hurston    1891–1960 
occupation: writer
 What this person is famous for:  Activist, Civil Rights and Author
1.  Hurston was an act
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Mark E. Dean

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Mark E. Dean
Mark E. Dean Was born in 1957 
he was a scientist/engineer 

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Fats Domino

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Fats Domino
Nick Name:  “Fats,” 

 Birth and Death dates:  
February ,1928 to October 24, 2017   (Natural Causes) and lived till 89 years old.
 
Occupation: Rock and Roll + Pianist.

 What this person is famous for:  He was inducted into the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, and awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1998 by President Bill Clinton. 
 
 Fact/Contribution 1: 
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Katherine G Johnson

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Katherine G Johnson
 
You may have seen a film called Hidden Figures. That film’s main character’s name is Katherine Johnson, but had you ever heard of Katherine G. Johnson before that film came out. I didn’t think so. Katherine (then Coleman) was born on August 26, 1918, In Sulfur Springs, West Virginia. She was admitted into a high school when she was only ten years old, and graduated when she was fourteen. Katherine had to look hard for a good school that would accept a black girl as a student. But, she eventually went to West Virginia State College, a college for people of color. 
After graduating, Katherine got a job as a human computer at NASA in 1953 and stayed there through 1958. When NASA used electronic computers for the first time to calculate John Glenn's orbit around Earth, officials called on Katherine to verify the computer's numbers. Glenn had asked for her specifically and had refused to fly unless Katherine verified the calculations. Katherine did verify the calculations. And the computers got the calculations wrong! And Katherine got them right. If she, a black woman, had not checked those calculations, the rocket that took John Glenn to space would not have ever blasted off. Or it might have blown up. Or worse. 
Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson now lives in Virginia, she is retired and will turn one hundred years old this August.

 
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Kaliel Soya
 Zora Neale Hurston    1891–1960 
occupation: writer
 What this person is famous for:  Activist, Civil Rights and Author
1.  Hurston was an active student and participated in student government. She also co-founded the school’s renowned newspaper, The Hilltop. 
2. She published three books between 1934 and 1939. One of her most popular works was Their Eyes were Watching God. 
3.   In 1934, she established a school of dramatic arts at Bethune-Cookman College. Five years later she worked as a drama teacher at the North Carolina College for Negroes at Durham.
Cites used:  
Biography.com
 https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/zora-hurston 

 

  
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Lewis Howard Latimer was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts  September 4, 1848-December 11, 1928. Latimer's occupation was be

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Nickname:

Guy

Birth and Death dates:

Born November 22, 1942

Occupation:

Astronaut

What this person is famous for:

First African American in Space, on the Challenger, 1983

Fact/Contribution 1:

Bluford joined the NASA astronaut corps in 1979 and began his training as a mission specialist.

Fact/Contribution 2:

Guion Bluford was a former Air Force fighter pilot who flew 144 combat missions during the Vietnam War in 1966-67.

Fact/Contribution 3:

He was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in 1997.

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Thomas L. Jennings was born a slave in New York on 1791 and passed away in 1859. Jennings was the first slave and african american to recive a patent

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George edward alcorn jr.  His Birth and Death March 22, 1940 ~ December 4, 2014. He Occupation American physicist and Inventor Invented an imaging X-ray spectrometer He was a excellent student in high school  He worked for the NASA He got married to Mairie DaViller in 1969 

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George edward alcorn jr.  His Birth and Death March 22, 1940 ~ December 4, 2014. He Occupation American physicist and Inventor Invented an imaging X-ray spectrometer He was a excellent student in high school  He worked for the NASA He got married to Mairie DaViller in 1969 

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Jerry Rice

Birth and Death dates
October 13, 1963

Occupation

NFL Wide Receiver

What this person is famous for

Wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, 1985-2000

Fact/Contribution 1

He has the most receptions, yards, and touchdowns in NFL history

Fact/Contribution 2

He was inducted into the College Football Hall Of Fame in 2006, and to the Pro Football Hall Of Fame in 2010
Fact/Contribution 3
When Jerry Rice Retired he has 38 different NFL Records
My sources

http://www.who2.com/list/black-history-month-biographies/

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Thurgood Marshall

Known as the first African-American justice of the U.S Supreme Court. 1908-1993

Fact/Contribution 1

The Texas Southern University of Law was renamed in 1976 to Thurgood Marshall College

Fact/Contribution 2

He spent more than 20 years at NAACP which is in Newport

Sources;

http://www.who2.com/bio/thurgood-marshall/

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Phillis Wheatley was born around May 8, 1753 in west Africa. Phillis is known for being a black woman in America that was a poet, and a slave. Phillis came to north America and was put into the Boston slave market in 1761. Around 7 or 8 years old Phillis was purchased by John Wheatley for his wife, Susannah. She was named Phillis and given her master’s surname. In a short amount of time she mastered English, and the Wheatleys saw to it that she learned literature, mythology, Latin and Greek. By the time she was 13 she was writing her own poems. As she grew older she got married to John Peters, and had three children. She passed away in December 5, 1784 at the age of 31.

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillis_Wheatley
http://www.who2.com/bio/phillis-wheatley/

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Otis Boykin

August 29, 1920, Dallas Texas March 13, 1982

he is a inventor/engineer

What this person is famous for

He was famous for making the pacemaker and he also made a technology used for guided missiles.

Please list three interesting facts/contributions made by this person

Fact/Contribution 1

He had 26 patents to his name when he died.

Fact/Contribution 2

This resistor would later be used in radios and televisions.

Fact/Contribution 3

The device, which was cheaper and more reliable than others on the market, came in great demand by the United States military for guided missiles and IBM for computers.

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Name: phillis Wheatley.

born: 1753-1784.

known for: A African American poet.

Occupation: poet activist writer   Actress

What this person:   The poet who was the first published black woman in America.

Fact 1:  Phillis Wheatley was an African slave in Boston, Massachusetts.

Fact 2:  She was the the poet who was the first published black woman in  America.

Fact 3:  At age 8, Phillis was kidnaped and brought to a slave ship in boston.

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http://www.who2.com/bio/phillis-wheatley/

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  Garret Morgan likes to sew on sewing machine. 
Garret M`organ Envented  traffic lights, gas masks and a liquid that would polish the needle and reduce friction and a hair straghtener


  
Garrett Morgan learned how to work the sewing machine in 1907 the open his own sewing machine store selling new machines and repairing old machines. In 1909 Garrett Morgan opened a tailoring store selling dresses , coats and suits. 
 
He noticed that the needle of a sewing machine moved so fast that its friction it scorched the thread of the woolen materials. He set out to develop a liquid that would provide a useful polish to the needle, reducing friction.  



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 Zora Neale Hurston    1891–1960 
occupation: writer
 What this person is famous for:  Activist, Civil Rights and Author
1.  Hurston was an act

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Nick Name:  “Fats,”

Birth and Death dates:

February ,1928 to October 24, 2017   (Natural Causes) and lived till 89 years old.

Occupation: Rock and Roll + Pianist.

What this person is famous for:  He was inducted into the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, and awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1998 by President Bill Clinton.

Fact/Contribution 1:

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You may have seen a film called Hidden Figures. That film’s main character’s name is Katherine Johnson, but had you ever heard of Katherine G. Johnson before that film came out. I didn’t think so. Katherine (then Coleman) was born on August 26, 1918, In Sulfur Springs, West Virginia. She was admitted into a high school when she was only ten years old, and graduated when she was fourteen. Katherine had to look hard for a good school that would accept a black girl as a student. But, she eventually went to West Virginia State College, a college for people of color.

After graduating, Katherine got a job as a human computer at NASA in 1953 and stayed there through 1958. When NASA used electronic computers for the first time to calculate John Glenn's orbit around Earth, officials called on Katherine to verify the computer's numbers. Glenn had asked for her specifically and had refused to fly unless Katherine verified the calculations. Katherine did verify the calculations. And the computers got the calculations wrong! And Katherine got them right. If she, a black woman, had not checked those calculations, the rocket that took John Glenn to space would not have ever blasted off. Or it might have blown up. Or worse.

Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson now lives in Virginia, she is retired and will turn one hundred years old this August.

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Zora Neale Hurston    1891–1960
occupation: writer
What this person is famous for:  Activist, Civil Rights and Author
1.  Hurston was an active student and participated in student government. She also co-founded the school’s renowned newspaper, The Hilltop.
2. She published three books between 1934 and 1939. One of her most popular works was Their Eyes were Watching God.
3.   In 1934, she established a school of dramatic arts at Bethune-Cookman College. Five years later she worked as a drama teacher at the North Carolina College for Negroes at Durham.
Cites used:

Biography.com
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/zora-hurston

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Lewis Howard Latimer was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts  September 4, 1848-December 11, 1928. Latimer's occupation was being and inventor. Lewis Latimer   was famous for inventing the carbon filament light bulb and was paid $3.00 for his salary but then was later promoted as head of the draftsman and his new salary was $20.00.

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By Reagan Donnelly

Born on February 6, 1945, died on May 11, 1981, he was a singer and songwriter known as the first reggae legend in the world. He originally gained early attention for writing songs sung by other people, such as "Stir It Up" (Recorded by Johnny Nash) and "I Shot The Sheriff" (Recorded by Eric Clapton.) He rose to fame to the person he was today by writing and singing songs about religion, politics, and life on the streets. Bob Marley was a global superstar who had risen to fame so much when he, unfortunately, died of cancer at only 36 years old. In 1984, a "greatest hits" compilation was released in his honor. Titled "Legend",  it became known as the album owned by people that only owned one reggae album. His legacy, however, has passed on, for it will live forever in the songs written by Bob Marley.

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Born 1892-1926. Her main occupation is a aviator. Bessie was famous for being the world's first licensed African american pilot. She was accepted to aviation school. On June 15, 1921

she received her pilot’s license from the Federation Aeronautique Internationale.  She died while testing an open-cockpit plane ; her co-pilot lost control of the aircraft and in the ensuing dive Coleman was tossed from the plane and plunged to her death.

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Name
Phillis Wheatley

Birth and Death
1753-1784

Occupation
Phillis was probably 7 or 8 years old at the time, she was purchased by John Wheatley for his wife, Susannah. She was named Phillis and given her master’s lastname. She was a Slave.

What this person was famous for

While on a visit to England in 1773, she was called “the sable muse,” and her first collection, Poems on Various Subjects, was published. It was such that the book came with sworn assurances that this teenage African girl had, in fact, written the poems.

Three interesting facts/
contributions made by this person

After Susannah Wheatley died, Phillis Wheatley was freed. She married John Peters in 1778 and spent the rest of her life in obscurity and hiding, dying at the age of 31.

Two books of her writings were published posthumously: The Memoirs and Poems of Phillis Wheatley (1834) and The Letters of Phillis Wheatley (1864).

Two books of her writings were published: The Memoirs and Poems of Phillis Wheatley (1834) and The Letters of Phillis Wheatley (1864).

She quickly mastered English, and the Wheatleys saw to it that she learned literature, mythology, Latin and Greek. By the time she was 13 she was writing her own poems, influenced especially by the poetry by Alexander pope and John Milton.

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http://www.who2.com/bio/phillis-wheatley/

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By Emma Wilson

Mae Carol Jemison

Date of birth:  October 17, 1956

She practiced medicine as a general practitioner in Los Angeles and served in the Peace Corps in Africa before being approved for astronaut training with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1987. She was the first African-American in space.

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By Meadow Carpenter

Name
Mark E. Dean

Birth and Death

1957- Now

Occupation

Makes computers

What this person is famous for

One of the first Inventors of the computer, Invented gigahertz chip, ISA Bus which lets devices like printers, and keyboards to be plugged into a computer, and  helped invent the PC color monitor.

Three interesting facts/ contributions made by this person

His grandfather was a high school principal and his father was a supervisor for the Tennessee Valley Authority Dam, Mark was a straight A student and he was an amazing athlete, and he has three of the company's first nine patents, and more than 20 overall.

Please list the source(s) used for your research.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/86923/11-african-american-inventors-who-changed-world

http://blackinventor.com/mark-dean/

https://www.biography.com/people/mark-dean-604036

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Garrett Morgan was an inventor that made  the traffic light and gas mask.Garret Morgan also made the hair straightener.Garret was born in 1877 in Paris, Kentucky on March 4.In 1908 he married Anne Hassek. Garret ended up dieing in 1963 July 27 In Cleveland Ohio.

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http://www.nlbemuseum.com/history/players/aaron.html




https://www.biography.com/search?query=Hank%20Aaron

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Person’s Full Name:

Name they are known by (if applicable)

Madam C.J  Walker

Birth and Death dates

1867, Dec 3. 1919

Occupation

Black hair product: multi millionaire

What this person is famous for

Selling hair products for black women.

Please list three interesting facts/contributions made by this person

Fact/Contribution 1

At that time there were almost NO hair products for black women

Fact/Contribution 2

She was disliked by other hair products for her ambitious idea turning the hair world upside down.

Fact/Contribution 3

Her child was named a’leai walker

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Please list the source(s) used for your research. Copy the web address(es) and paste them here.

http://www.who2.com/list/black-history-month-biogrphies/

11 African American Inventors who changed the world

African American Biographies on Fact Monster

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When Jesse was in high school he set a world record of 9.4 seconds in the 100-meter dash.

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 Harriet Tubman fled from Maryland to freedom in Philadelphia in 1849. For the next 10 years she made repeated secret trips back to Maryland, leading over 300 escaped slaves north to freedom in Canada.

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 Harriet Tubman fled from Maryland to freedom in Philadelphia in 1849. For the next 10 years she made repeated secret trips back to Maryland, leading over 300 escaped slaves north to freedom in Canada.

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Born on April 15, 1957 she is still living (now 60 years old.)
1.  In 1992, Evelyn became the oldest woman to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field.
2.  At the 1984 summer games, she established the world record in the 100-meter dash
3. She won the 100 and 200-meter dash at the 1981 world cup
4.  she is famous because she is a four-time olympic gold medalist

SOURCES:  https://www.biography.com/people/evelyn-ashford-39444

https://www.factmonster.com/people/c/evelyn-ashford

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By Lillian Smith

Jesse Owens real name was James Cleveland Owens. He was born on  September 12, 1913  and he died on  March 13, 1980. He was a famous sprinter.  Jesse Owens is remembered for one stunning week in 1936, when he won four track and field gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Berlin.  When Jesse was in high school he set a world record of 9.4 seconds in the 100-meter dash.  The Summer Games of 1936 were held in Berlin, where 🤬 leader Alford Hitler seemed determined to display the superiority of the German “Aryan” race. Owens, an African-American, put that notion to rest by winning many medals.  In 1976, President Gerald Ford awarded Owens with the Medal of freedom.

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Person’s Full Name:

Mamie Johnson

Name known by:

Peanut

Birth and Death dates

September 27, 1932, Died: December 19, 2017

Occupation

After baseball, she worked 30 years as a nurse. She also coached little league baseball and continue to do so.

What this person is famous for

At baseball

Please list three interesting facts/contributions made by this person

Fact/Contribution 1

Bats: RightThrows: Right

Fact/Contribution 2

Height: 5' 4''   Weight: 120

Fact/Contribution 3

Career: 1953-1955Positions: p, utTeam: Indianapolis Clowns

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Ella Josephine Baker

Ella Baker

Born- 1903 Death- 1986

Activist, Civil Rights Activist

Being a civil rights activist

One of Baker's early influences was her grandmother, who had been a slave. Baker's grandmother told her stories of slave revolts and related her own sad tale of being whipped for refusing to agree to an arranged marriage.

Baker was married for about 21 years to her college sweetheart, T.J. "Bob" Roberts. Their busy lives made marriage difficult, and they divorced in 1958.

In 1957, Baker attended the inaugural conference of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).Once the organization became official, Baker was the first staff member hired, working as a community organizer.

http://www.legacy.com/news/explore-history/article/ella-baker-10-facts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxjI5kTzkMk

https://www.biography.com/people/ella-baker-9195848

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Araminta Ross was born 1820. She changed her name to Harriet in 1849 after her mother.
Harriet Tubman helped hundreds of American slaves escape along the secret route to freedom known as the Underground Railroad in the years before the Civil War.Although she was born a slave herself Harriet Tubman fled from Maryland to freedom in Philadelphia in 1849. For the next 10 years she made repeated secret trips back to Maryland, leading over 300 escaped slaves north to freedom in Canada.

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Person’s Full Name:

misty copeland

Birth date:September 10, 1982

Occupation: American ballet dancer

misty copeland is famos for a lot of things some of them are. She is the first African-American performer to be appointed as a principal dancer for American Ballet Theatre she wrote Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina, Ballerina Body: Dancing and Eating Your Way to a Lighter, Stronger, and More Graceful You and Firebird

interesting facts and or contributions made by this person

She was the first African-American performer to be appointed as a principal dancer for American Ballet Theatre,  She inperd young colored girls to put themselves out there and she felt left out when she first joined

American Ballet Theatre.

http://mistycopeland.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD1SWt8-GhA

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a14055/misty-copeland-degas-0316/

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Abolitionist
she saved over 300 slaves
lived till 91 years of age
she had 9 siblings
11 people in her famly
she was maried 2 times and had one kid gertie ross

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Born in the 1820's  died in 1913 age 91. The jobs that she had was freeing slaves ,spi and cook.

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Mae carol Jemison was born

October 17, 1956 she is 61 years old

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By Ryan Goodburn

Hank Aaron was born on February 5, 1934. People know Hank Aaron by the "Home Run King." Hank Aaron is still alive. Aaron is known for his amazing baseball playing, and the amount of home runs he hit during his career.

During Aaron's career, he hit 755 home runs. Aaron started his career with the Milwaukee Braves; the team moved to Georgia in 1966, becoming the Atlanta Braves. Aaron played for a new Milwaukee franchise, the Brewers, in 1975 and 1976. Aaron started playing baseball at the age of nine.

Aaron was an excellent baseball player. Hank Aaron made a wonderful history, and inspired many baseball players.

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By Madison Donnelly
Dr Shirley Ann Jackson was born August 5, 1946. She is currently still alive. Her occupation is an inventor.She  helped invent portable fax, touch-tone telephone, solar cells, fiber optic cables, and the technology enabling caller ID and call waiting. She was the first black woman to graduate with a Phd from M.I.T.She was also the first black woman to be named chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. President Barack Obama presented Dr Shirley Jackson with the National Medal of Science in May 2016.
Below is Dr Shirley Jackson being awarded the National Medal of Science in May 2016.

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Movement, whom the United States Congress called "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement"

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Person’s Full Name:  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Birth and Death dates    Born april 16, 1947

Occupation    Basketball player, author, actor

What this person is famous for     NBA pro Basketball

Fact/Contribution 1

He is a six time NBA champion in his 20 year career

Fact/Contribution 2

Kareem abdul jabbar was born in New york

Fact/Contribution 3

He played basketball for UCLA

African American Biographies on Fact Monster

http://www.who2.com/list/black-history-month-biographies/

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Known as:

Lewis Latimer
Birth and death dates:   September 4, 1848  and

December 11, 1928
Occupation:
Office Boy, Draftsman, inventor, engineer, In Navy
What he was famous for:

In 1890, Latimer published a book called Incandescent Electric Lighting: A Practical Description of the Edison System.

Help to invent the light bulb and improve it. He also,  improved the railroad car bathroom and an early air conditioning unit.

Fact/Contribution 1

Latimer was directly involved with the making of the telephone

Fact/Contribution 2

He worked for Hiram Maxim and Thomas Edison.

Fact/Contribution 3

In 1890, Latimer published a book called Incandescent Electric Lighting: A Practical Description of the Edison System.

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Charles Richard Drew    Was an American physician, surgeon, and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II.

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By Eric McInteer

Charles Richard Drew

AKA Charles Drew

He was born on June 3, 1904 and died on April 1, 1950

His occupation is being a surgeon and inventor

He is famous for developing bloodmobiles

Fact 1: Charles was the first African American to be chosen as a member of the American Board of Surgery.

Fact 2: Drew is also famous for making bloodmobile (refrigerated trucks that transport blood).

Fact 3: Charles Drew also showed ways to collect, process, and store plasma.

Sources:

Charles Richard Drew - ACS Chemistry for Life

11 African American Inventors who changed the world

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Person’s Full Name:

Garrett Morgan

Name they are known by (if applicable)

NOPE

Birth and Death dates

1877-2012

Occupation

Inventor

What this person is famous for

Making the Gas Mask, Traffic lights and hair straghtiner.

Please list three interesting facts/contributions made by this person

Fact/Contribution 1

He made the Traffic Light

Fact/Contribution 2

He married Mary Anne Hassek in 1908

Fact/Contribution 3

He was born in paris, Kentucky

Find a link to, or copy, an image to be used in your padlet box.

Please list the source(s) used for your research. Copy the web address(es) and paste them here.

http://blackinventor.com/garrett-morgan/

https://www.biography.com/people/garrett-morgan-9414691

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Morgan

Suggested Sources for your Research:

Comprehensive Lists of Movers, Shakers, Inventors, Celebrities

http://www.who2.com/list/black-history-month-biographies/

11 African American Inventors who changed the world

African American Biographies on Fact Monster

Black Inventors online

Biography.com

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Black Baseball:  The Negro Leagues

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1.Mary Winston Jackson she is known by Mary Jackson  She was born in Virginia in 1921 She died in february 2005     2.Occupation teaching and engineering What this person is famous for In the time of rasistem. Her math and science skills got her a position as a "human computer" for NACA, and she later became NASA's first black female engineer. Along with serving a important role in the development of the space program, she helped other women and minorities do better in their careers.

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1.Mary Winston Jackson she is known by Mary Jackson  She was born in Virginia in 1921 She died in february 2005     2.Occupation teaching and engineering What this person is famous for In the time of rasistem. Her math and science skills got her a position as a "human computer" for NACA, and she later became NASA's first black female engineer. Along with serving a important role in the development of the space program, she helped other women and minorities do better in their careers.

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She died when she was only 83  born on April 9, 1921 She was a teacher, bookkeeper and receptionist. Mary Jackson served on many organizations’ boards and committees, including the Girl Scouts of America

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