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My project will be based on Garrett Morgan, the inventor of the Smoke Hood and the 3-way traffic light. Garrett was born in 1877 in Claysville, bourbon county, Kentucky but sadly died July 27, 1963 due to failing health in his later years probably because of him testing his smoke hood .

These 2 inventions that were created by Garrett Morgan still impact our world today.

Garrett invented  The Breathing Device or The “Safety Hood.” One day in 1916 the city of Cleveland was drilling a new tunnel under Lake Erie for a fresh water supply.

Workers hit a pocket of natural gas which resulted in a huge explosion and trapped workers underground amidst suffocating noxious fumes and dust. When Morgan heard about the explosion, he and his brother put on breathing devices, made their way to the tunnel and entered as quickly as possible. The brothers managed to save two lives and recover four bodies before the rescue effort was shut down. Morgan only made $40,000 off of this invention but I feel as though that was a lot of money back then.

Fun fact Garret Morgan was the first black man in Cleveland with a car. Morgan worked on his mechanical skills and developed a friction drive clutch. He then created a new kind of traffic signal in 1923, one with a warning light to alert drivers that they would need to stop, after witnessing a carriage accident at a particularly problematic intersection in the city. He quickly received the patent for his traffic signal. He then sold the rights to General Electric for $40,000.

Morgan began developing glaucoma in 1943 and lost most of his sight as a result. The accomplished inventor died in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 27, 1963, shortly before the celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation centennial, an event he had been awaiting. Just before his death, Morgan was honored by the U.S. government for his traffic signal invention, and he was eventually restored to his place in history as a hero of the Lake Erie rescue.

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Alice H. Parker born in the year 1895, raised in Morristown New Jersey she had attended school at Howard University academy in Washington DC. Her invention was a patented system of central heating utilizing natural gas to power the heating furnace. which is what we now call radiator/heaters in the past few years. her invention was filed on December 23, 2019 this invention allowed cool air to drawn into the furnace allowing the heat to be warmed. Her invention also preceded both the civil rights movement and women's liberation movement that removed many of the barriers that women of the current generation has been facing making it a very unusual and outstanding achievement. - Amy Soto

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Guion Stewart bluford jr. was born November 22, 1942 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania guion was an American aerospace enineer retired US Air Force officer and fighter poilit and former nasa astronaut who is the first African American and the second person of African descent to go to space before becoming an astronaut he was an officer in the US Air Force where he remained while assigned to nasa raising of colonel be participated in four space shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992. Bluford graduated from overbrook hight school in 1960 he received a bachelor of science degrees on aerospace engineering from Pennsylvania state university in 1964 and also go a masters of science degree in aerospace engineering with minor in laser physics. He ha many hobbies he loves to read swim jog and etc. bluford would go on to complete three NASA missions completing 688 hours in space by the time of his and he retired in 1993.

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Born on June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950 Charles Richard Drew 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. This allowed medics to save thousands of lives of the Allied forces. He attended Amherst college with a sports scholarship in 1992, he had to face one challenge - racism. He and several black team mates were sometimes targeted for rough treatment by opposing teams, and refused service at restaurants when they traveled to games; and he was passed over for football captain in his senior year, though as the team's top performer he deserved that rank.

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February 1943—Dec 6,1991
Maryland is her birth place. Contributions
Valerie helped put a blueprint in space history and history in African American history. By becoming the first African American woman to go into space. She helped discovered and develop computer program designs that supported research on Halley's Comet. She also helped with the research of the ozone layer, and satellite technology. She managed to become to inventor who patented the illusion transmitter in 1980.

A phrase she is known for is her famous:“Hobbies  are for whimps who don’t have the guts to follow their dreams’’.
-Valerie Thomas

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Chike Obi (First Nigerian To Have A PhD in Mathematics)

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Chike Obi (First Nigerian To Have A PhD in Mathematics)

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April 17, 1921- March 13, 2008
Chike Obi was a man who loved mathematics. During his time the only thing Nigerians could study was a Teaching diploma. If anyone wanted a higher education then they had to study other courses in London. Chike Obi on the other was determined to learn more than what was provided in Nigeria. So he went to London to learn other courses. The most intriguing thing to him was learning existence of different equations such as periodic solutions of non-linear. Furthermore, Chike Obi made a contribution to the world by being the first Nigerian to get a PhD in mathematics and be involved in politics. One of the obstacles Chike Obi faced was being in prison for accusations others made of him.

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Daniel Hale Williams “first open heart surgeon”

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Daniel Hale Williams “first open heart surgeon”

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Daniel Hale Williams

Born: January 18, 1856, Hollidaysburg, PA
Died: August 4, 1931, Idlewild, MI

Daniel Hale Williams was an American general surgeon, was the first African American cardiologist who performed the first successful open heart surgery and also founded the first interracial hospital, Provident Hospital and Training School. A key phase he was known for was that Dr. Williams's work and advocacy for African Americans presence in medicine is honored by educational institutions worldwide.

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Daniel Hale Williams

Born: January 18, 1856, Hollidaysburg, PA
Died: August 4, 1931, Idlewild, MI

Daniel Hale Williams was an American general surgeon, was the first African American cardiologist who performed the first successful open heart surgery and also founded the first interracial hospital, Provident Hospital and Training School. A key phase he was known for was that Dr. Williams's work and advocacy for African Americans presence in medicine is honored by educational institutions worldwide.

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Katherine Dunham  "dancer Katherine the Great"

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Katherine Dunham  "dancer Katherine the Great"

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Born:
June 22, 1909
Chicago, Illinois, U.S
Died:May 21, 2006
She was an African-American dancer, choreographer, author, educator, anthropologist, and social activist. She went to the Caribbean to study dance. Dunham was an innovator in African-American modern dance as well as a leader in the field of dance anthropology. She also opened her own dance company, for almost 30 years she maintained the Katherine Dunham Dance Company The Washington Post called her "dancer Katherine the Great"  also she developed the Dunham Technique, a method of movement to support her dance works. In 1945 Katherine opened and directed  Katherine Dunham School of Dance and Theatre near Times Square in New York City. Where she helped and taught students how to dance and develop certain dance techniques.

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Granville T. Woods, called "the Black Edison":

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Granville T. Woods, called "the Black Edison":

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Born April 23, 1856-January 30, 1910
Granville proved & won his case in court against Thomas Edison's claims to his inventions.  Zerbe, later stole one of Granville's inventions, (after hiring Granville at the American Engineering Company of New York City) who patented the design in Europe and the design was valued at $1 million. Woods patented the invention in 1893 and in 1901, he sold it to General Electric.
Granville created: the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph, steam boiler, telephone transmitter, electro-mechanical brake, phone system & apparatus, railway signal, induction telegraph system, overhead conducting system for trains, galvanic battery, automatic safety cutout for electric circuit, electric railway system, electric translating devices, automatic air brake along with 50+ Patents.   https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2014/02/03/the-black-edison-granville-t-woods/id=47764/

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Instructions:                             Share by posting your findings for your inventor and how they are an inspiration.                                      1) Please post a brief summary of your inventor’s major contribution(s).                              2) Include their name, time period they lived with birth date to present or death,                                                       3) Any obstacles they endured, if you cannot find that, share a key phrase they are known for, or words of advice/lessons learned from their story?                                                       4) A picture of the inventor or product if there is no photo of them.                                                5) Lastly, browse class findings and post a response to at least one inventor by commenting/sharing your thoughts, inspiration, or affect they may have.             