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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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

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

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

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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.

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.

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Mae carol Jemison was born 

October 17, 1956 she is 61 years old

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. 
 

 

  

 

 

Person’s Full Name:

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Birth and Death dates

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

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

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. 

 Latimer was directly involved with the making of the telephone 

He worked for Hiram Maxim and Thomas Edison.

 

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


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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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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

 

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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.

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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 

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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 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. 

 

 

 

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: 

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.

 

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. 

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
 

 

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 

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