Memorable African Americans by Lisa Nakama https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2 en-us 2021-02-03 04:36:06 UTC 2021-02-06 00:50:39 UTC hello@padlet.com MEMORABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS lnakama https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1156908988 2021-02-03 04:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1156908988 Philip Emeagwali 201122148 https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1164974623 Philip Emeagwali is an Igbo Nigerian-born engineer and computer scientist and geologist who was one of two winners of the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize, a prize from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, for his use of a Connection Machine supercomputer to help analyze petroleum fields.]]> 2021-02-04 17:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1164974623 Justin https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1164975645 Philip Emeagwail He went two different colleges to get a degree on mathematics ]]> 2021-02-04 17:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1164975645 Lonnie G. Johnson. 201106877 https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1164978301  He was the first one to invent a water gun.]]> 2021-02-04 17:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1164978301 Lisa Gelobter 201107837 https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1164988675 LIsa Gelobter is a computer scientist and technology executive.]]> 2021-02-04 17:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1164988675 Davin 201147461 https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1164994235 Marie van brown made cams to help homes]]> 2021-02-04 17:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1164994235 Philp Emeagwail 201123414 https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1164994441 Philip Emeagwali designed the program and formula for the fastest computer on earth, the Connection Machine. He designed the system of parallel computers that are used by all search engines.]]> 2021-02-04 17:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1164994441 201122579 https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1164997159 Elijah McCoy lubricator that was used on trains who was notable for his 57 US patents, most having to do with the lubrication of steam engines. ]]> 2021-02-04 17:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1164997159 the guy who made the super soaker the water gun 201115435 https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1164997175  Lonnie Jonson ]]> 2021-02-04 17:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1164997175 As a doctor, engineer, and NASA astronaut, Mae Jemison has always reached for the stars. In 1992, Jemison became the first African American woman to travel in space. 201122161 https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1169299872 2021-02-05 17:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1169299872 Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. 201122161 https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1169313918 2021-02-05 17:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1169313918 201147461 https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1169320412 Madam C.J. Walker Sarah Breedlove was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first black female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records.]]> 2021-02-05 17:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1169320412 201122161 https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1169321973 2021-02-05 17:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1169321973 Karrington https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1169329541 Augustus Jackson was an african-american ice cream maker  and an confectioner from philadelphia,Pennsylvania jackson was served as a chef in the white house in the 1820s.]]> 2021-02-05 17:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1169329541 201122579 https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1169341239 2021-02-05 17:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1169341239 201122579 https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1169341480 George Edward Alcorn Jr. is an American physicist and inventor who worked primarily for IBM and NASA]]> 2021-02-05 17:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lnakama/v8lvsb44wbiz2fu2/wish/1169341480