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Do You Know Your Black History?
By Dianne Pidgeon
Who Was the First African American Woman Astronaut?
Mae Jemison
• Physician• Scientist• Astronaut• Educator
NASA
NASA
Who Discovered Fire Fighting Chemical Foam That Puts Out Gasoline Fires and a Treatment for Glaucoma?
Percy Julian
New York Public LibrarySchaumburg Center for Research inBlack Culture
Born: April 11, 1899
•Montgomery Alabama
•DePauw University
•Harvard University
Created an inexpensive drug to treat glaucoma
Who Made 300 Products From Peanuts?
George Washington Carver
Soap
PaintLotion
Plastics
300 products from peanuts
Who Invented the Globe Supporter for Electric Lamps?
Lewis Howard Latimer
Black Scientist A to Z
Inventor and Engineer
Works Cited List
“Jemison, Mae.” NASA. African-American History & Culture. Fact on File, Inc., 1991. 30 May 2003.
www.factsonfile.com.
“Lewis Howard Latimer.” What You Need To Know About Inventors, 2003. 30 May 2003.
http://inventors.about.com
“Microsoft Office Clip Art and Media.” Microsoft Corporation. 30 May 2003. http://officeMicrosoft.com.
Sullivan, Ortha Richard. African American Inventors. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998.
