https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u Celebrating Black Excellence includes influential Sports, Entrepreneurs & Inventors in the Black and African-American Community, feel free to contribute to this Padlet. en-us 2021-02-19 19:11:33 UTC 2026-03-16 12:28:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/270a.png ksantisteban https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220105606 2021-02-19 19:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220105606 ksantisteban https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220113910 2021-02-19 19:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220113910 ksantisteban https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220124427 George Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was the most prominent black scientist of *Wikipedia, Feb 2021]]> 2021-02-19 19:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220124427 ksantisteban https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220129456 Madam C.J. Walker was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records. *Wikipedia, Feb 2021]]> 2021-02-19 19:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220129456 ksantisteban https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220134859 Lewis Howard Latimer was an American inventor and patent draftsman for the patents of the incandescent light bulb, among other inventions. His house is located near the Latimer Projects in Flushing, Queens. 
*Wikipedia, Feb 2021]]> 2021-02-19 19:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220134859 ksantisteban https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220151574 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 on April 15, 1947.]]> 2021-02-19 19:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220151574 ksantisteban https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220153769 Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer, activist, entertainer and philanthropist. Nicknamed The Greatest, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated figures of the 20th century and as one of the greatest boxers of all time. Ali was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky]]> 2021-02-19 19:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220153769 ksantisteban https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220156460 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American former professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers.]]> 2021-02-19 19:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220156460 ksantisteban https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220158402 Shawn Corey Carter, known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, songwriter, record executive, businessman, and record producer. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop artists in history, and often cited as one of the greatest rappers of all time.]]> 2021-02-19 19:31:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220158402 ksantisteban https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220159472 Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child.]]> 2021-02-19 19:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220159472 ksantisteban https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220162607 Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, planetary scientist, author, and science communicator. Since 1996, he has been the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City.]]> 2021-02-19 19:32:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220162607 ksantisteban https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220173176 2021-02-19 19:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220173176 ksantisteban https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220175437 Patricia Era Bath was an American ophthalmologist, inventor, humanitarian, and academic. She was the inventor of laser cataract surgery.Her invention was called Lazerphaco Probe. ]]> 2021-02-19 19:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220175437 ksantisteban https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220179009 Marie Van Brittan Brown was an inventor. She was the inventor of the home security system in 1966, along with her husband Albert Brown. In the same year, they jointly applied for a patent, which was granted in 1969. Brown was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York; she died there too at the age of 76.]]> 2021-02-19 19:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220179009 ksantisteban https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220182554 Daymond Garfield John is an American businessman, investor, television personality, author, and motivational speaker. He is best known as the founder, president, and CEO of FUBU, and appears as an investor on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank. Based in New York City, John is the founder of The Shark Group.]]> 2021-02-19 19:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220182554 ksantisteban https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220240274 Creola Katherine Johnson was 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.]]> 2021-02-19 19:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1220240274 https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1221743254 2021-02-20 17:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ksantisteban/zua2i09rt7lwu28u/wish/1221743254