Our Black history Bulletin Board by Ruth Romero https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in en-us 2023-01-16 18:49:13 UTC 2025-10-30 18:34:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f468-1f9b1.png dbati007 https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450215469 BENJAMIN BANNEKER

 Was an African-American naturalist, mathematician, astronomer and almanac author. He was a landowner who also worked as a surveyor and farmer]]> 2023-01-19 18:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450215469 SUPER SOAKER https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450215658 Lonnie George Johnson is an American inventor, aerospace engineer, and entrepreneur, whose work includes a U.S. Air Force-term of service and a twelve-year stint at NASA. He invented the super water soaker (a water gun).]]> 2023-01-19 18:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450215658 EUPHEMiIA LOFTON HAYNES https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450216980 First African American woman to earn a Ph. D. in mathematics. Her dissertation, Determination of Sets of Independent Conditions Characterizing Certain Special Cases of Symmetric Correspondence was advised by Aubrey Landry, a professor at Catholic University in Washington, D.C.]]> 2023-01-19 18:32:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450216980 ELBERT FRANK COX https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450218059 He was born in Evansville, Indiana in December 1895. He earned the baccalaureate degree from the University of Indiana in 1917 with a major in mathematics.]]> 2023-01-19 18:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450218059 FERN HUNT gsepu001 https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450218744 She is an American mathematician known for her work in applied mathematics and mathematical biology. She currently works as a researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, where she conducts research on the ergodic theory of dynamical systems.]]> 2023-01-19 18:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450218744 KATHERINE JOHNSON https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450218849  An American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights.]]> 2023-01-19 18:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450218849 MARK DEAN mdasi008 https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450219569 Mark E. Dean is an American inventor and computer engineer. He developed the ISA bus, and he led a design team for making a one-gigahertz computer ]]> 2023-01-19 18:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450219569 ice cream https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450220301 Augustus Jackson was an African-American ice cream maker and confectioner from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jackson served as a chef in the White House during the 1820s. Born: April 16, 1808 Died: January 11, 1852 Nationality: American]]> 2023-01-19 18:34:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450220301 Harriet Tubman https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450220982 Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and social activist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 slaves, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.]]> 2023-01-19 18:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450220982 THOMAS J. MARTIN https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450220989 On March 26 1872, Thomas J Martin, an African-American, was granted a patent for his version of the fire extinguisher. Martin's invention, listed in the U. S. Patent Office in Washington, DC under patent number 125,063, was an improvement upon an earlier model of the fire extinguisher.]]> 2023-01-19 18:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450220989 ANNIE EASLEY https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450224643 2023-01-19 18:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450224643 jbyrd003 https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450225843  Robert Francis Flemming Jr. (July 1839[1] – February 23, 1919) was an American inventor and was in the army. After that he subsequently returned to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Boston, Massachusetts,[4] where he went into business as a guitar manufacturer [4] and music teacher.]]> 2023-01-19 18:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450225843 ROSA PARKS msant057 https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450228050 Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement



]]> 2023-01-19 18:40:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450228050 Almanac Benjamin Banneker aswak001 https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450228170 This 1793 edition of Benjamin Banneker's Almanack and Ephemeris features an annual calendar, statistical information, phases of the moon, astronomical data, and tide tables. Banneker's almanacs were unique because they featured social commentary and politically oriented literature.]]> 2023-01-19 18:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450228170 GEORGE ALCORN https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450229457 While at NASA, Alcorn invented an imaging x-ray spectrometer using thermomigration of aluminium, for which he earned a patent in 1984, and two years later he devised an improved method of fabrication using laser drilling. His work on imaging x-ray spectrometers earned him the 1984 NASA/GSFC Inventor of the Year Award.]]> 2023-01-19 18:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450229457 Garrett Morgan Ellieily https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450229580 What was Garrett Morgan's gas mask used for?
Morgan invented a safety helmet to protect the wearer from smoke and ammonia, introducing his "Breathing Device" in 1912, patenting it in 1914, and using it to descend into the gas-filled tunnel beneath Lake Erie to rescue workers and retrieve bodies after the Cleveland Waterworks explosion (see WATERWORKS TUNNEL ...
]]> 2023-01-19 18:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450229580 VALERIE THOMAS cmoji002 https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450231302 She invented the illusion transmitter, for which she received a patent in 1980.]]> 2023-01-19 18:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450231302 SHARPENER 800jen008 https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450231864 John Lee Love was an African American inventor, most known for his invention of the hand-cranked pencil sharpener, the “Love Sharpener,” and an improved plasterer’s hawk. On November 23rd, 1897, he filed a patent application for the “Love Sharpener.” Prior to the Love Sharpener, the only available pencil sharpener was the rotary blade sharpener, a cumbersome device that utilizes the same rotary crank mechanism as wall-mounted pencil sharpeners.]]> 2023-01-19 18:43:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450231864 JOHN URSCHEL msala020 https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450233228 John Urschel was born in June 24, 1991 and he is now 32 turning 33. He's an mathematician his research was based on graph theory numerical. He finished his PhD in Math MIT in 2021.]]> 2023-01-19 18:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450233228 Mae Carol Jemison https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450234369 Mae Carol Jemison became the first African American woman in space. Mae Carol Jemison is also a trained medical doctor, served as a Medical Officer in the Peace Corps and currently runs Biosentient Crop, a medical technology company. Mae Carol was inspired to become an astronaut because of Star Trek. ]]> 2023-01-19 18:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450234369 FOUNTAIN PEN https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450235221 William Purvis of Philadelphia invented and patented improvements to the fountain pen in 1890. William Purvis made several improvements to the fountain pen in order to make a "more durable, inexpensive, and better pen to carry in the pocket.]]> 2023-01-19 18:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450235221 TRAFFIC LIGHTS https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450235733 Garrett Morgan was the inventor of traffic lights and also the inventor of many other things. Traffic lights are signals to take control of cars, etc. so they were invented to be safe and stay safe.

]]> 2023-01-19 18:46:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450235733 HOMEMADE HAIR CARE PRODUCTS https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450236234 Madam C. J. Walker (1867-1919) was “the first Black woman millionaire in America” and made her fortune thanks to her homemade line of hair care products for Black women]]> 2023-01-19 18:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450236234 CELLULAR CAR PHONE https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450239803 Born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1934, Henry Thomas Sampson, Jr. was a prolific inventor and pioneer in the field of nuclear engineering. Sampson was also a pioneer in the technology that is used in modern cell phones, but contrary to a widely held belief but he did not make cell phones.]]> 2023-01-19 18:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450239803 Jackie Robinson https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450244758 Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers]]> 2023-01-19 18:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450244758 POTATO CHIPS https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450246703 The potato chip was invented in Saratoga Lake, NY. Its inventor was George Speck—the son of an African American father and Native American mother. Later he professionally adopted the last name Crum. He was a gifted, although surly, cook working as the chef of the Moon Lake Lodge Resort in 1853.]]> 2023-01-19 18:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450246703 Rosa Parks https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450247081 Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement".]]> 2023-01-19 18:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450247081 GAS MASK Ellieily https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450247988 Black Inventor Garrett Morgan Saved Countless Lives with Gas Mask and Improved Traffic Lights · Safely through the smoke and fumes. He designed his device to draw air through a long tube that hung near the ground like a tail. A gas mask is a mask used to protect the wearer from inhaling airborne pollutants and toxic gases. The mask forms a sealed cover over the nose and mouth, but may also cover the eyes and other vulnerable soft tissues of the face. ]]> 2023-01-19 18:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450247988 DUST PAN drodr138 https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450254886 The dust pan was invented in 1785 by Lloyd Ray. He invented it as a metal collection plate with a wood stick and he swept it. In 1785 it was called “utensil for collecting and dust brushed on the floor” but they changed the name to “dust pan”. ]]> 2023-01-19 19:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450254886 ELEVATOR https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450258474 Alexander Miles was born on May 18, 1838.He was  a successful african  american creator of the elevators. He made elevator safer then they were before. He was a barber before he created and make elevators more safe.]]> 2023-01-19 19:03:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450258474 Baby Buggy https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450346269 Richardson patented an improvement to the baby carriage in the United States on June 18, 1889. It is U.S. patent number 405,600. His design ditched the shell shape for a basket-shaped carriage that was more symmetrical. The bassinet could be positioned to face either out or in and rotated on a central joint.]]> 2023-01-19 20:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450346269 FIRE EXTINGUISHER rromero103 https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450350513 On March 26 1872, Thomas J Martin, an African-American, was granted a patent for his version of the fire extinguisher. Martin's invention, listed in the U. S. Patent Office in Washington, DC under patent number 125,063, was an improvement upon an earlier model of the fire extinguisher.]]> 2023-01-19 20:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450350513 GERALD ANDERSON LAWSON rromero103 https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450463768 He was an American electronic engineer. He is known for his work in designing the Fairchild Channel F video game console as well as leading the team that pioneered the commercial video game cartridge.]]> 2023-01-19 22:55:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rromero103/lzdh5avbas6yx3in/wish/2450463768