Minority Inventors by Melvin Garcia Sanchez https://padlet.com/mg9915/4s99i64bq9sk3766 Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2021-03-09 12:24:21 UTC 2026-02-28 23:16:16 UTC hello@padlet.com Alice Ball mg9915 https://padlet.com/mg9915/4s99i64bq9sk3766/wish/1287294155 Alice Ball was born in the year 1892, he was an African American Chemist. She is important because she developed the first successful treatment against leprosy. ]]> 2021-03-09 13:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mg9915/4s99i64bq9sk3766/wish/1287294155 Guion Bluford mg9915 https://padlet.com/mg9915/4s99i64bq9sk3766/wish/1287294711 Guion Bluford was born in the year 1942, he was a pilot in the Vietnam war before joining NASA. He attended Pennsylvania State University. He is important because he was the first black astronaut to travel in space in the year 1983. ]]> 2021-03-09 13:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mg9915/4s99i64bq9sk3766/wish/1287294711 Mark Dean mg9915 https://padlet.com/mg9915/4s99i64bq9sk3766/wish/1287815082 Mark Dean is a computer scientist and engineer, he was born in the year 1957. He is important because he aided in evolving computers. At an early age, he showed an interest in building things. . This includes the color PC monitor and the first gigahertz chip. ]]> 2021-03-09 14:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mg9915/4s99i64bq9sk3766/wish/1287815082 George Washington Carver mg9915 https://padlet.com/mg9915/4s99i64bq9sk3766/wish/1287816521 George Washington Carver was an Agricultural Scientist who was born in the year 1864. He had lost his parents in an accident and was raised and taught by Moses Carver. George Washington Carver was important because he discovered through his work that growing peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes; they would restore the soil increase yield dramatically. ]]> 2021-03-09 14:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mg9915/4s99i64bq9sk3766/wish/1287816521 Mae Jemison mg9915 https://padlet.com/mg9915/4s99i64bq9sk3766/wish/1287818574 Mae Jemison is an American physician and astronaut who was born in the year 1956. I think she is  important because she was the first African American astronaut to become an astronaut. In the year 1992, she spent more than a week orbiting Earth .]]> 2021-03-09 14:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mg9915/4s99i64bq9sk3766/wish/1287818574 Sources mg9915 https://padlet.com/mg9915/4s99i64bq9sk3766/wish/1287821586 https://www.famousscientists.org/15-famous-black-scientists-in-history/
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/black-history-month-scientists?from=Newsletter
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mae-Jemison
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/george-washington-carver
https://www.biography.com/inventor/mark-dean
https://www.biography.com/astronaut/guion-s-bluford
https://www.biography.com/scientist/alice-ball





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