He was an American inventor and patent draftsman for the patents of the incandescent light bulb
Lewis Latimer
She was an early pioneer of laser cataract surgery.
Patricia Bath
Name something Garrett Morgan invented.
traffic light, sewing machine, hair-straightening product, breathing device
What is Shawn Carter's stage name?
Jay Z
Born in 1956, she was an engineer, doctor and NASA astronaut! She was the first African-American woman to travel to space
Mae Jemison
He grew up as Shawn Carter in the projects of Brooklyn, New York. He's one of the greatest rappers of all time, he's worth 610 Million Dollars. He's married to Beyonce
Jay Z
He was an American artist with Haitian and Puerto Rican roots.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America.
Madam C.J. Walker
What was Louis Armstrong known for?
Jazz Music
Why is Mae Jemison important?
She was an engineer, doctor and NASA astronaut! She was the first African-American woman to travel to space
Name a movie Will Smith was in.
Men in Black, Bad Boys, Independence Day, Spy, Shark Tales, Hancock, I am Lengend
He was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion.
George Washington Carver
This famous doctor opened the first hospital with an integrated staff (which means both black and white nurses and doctors worked there)
Daniel Hale Williams
Born in 1845 she was the first African-American in the US to earn a professional nursing license
Mary Eliza Mahoney
What is Jean-Michel Basquiat famous for?
art
One of the most influential Jazz musicicans of all time, he helped to make Jazz music popular across the U.S. and the world
Louis Armstrong
What is Mary Eliza Mahoney known for?
She was the first African-American in the US to earn a professional nursing license
Born in 1918 she was a mathematician who worked for NASA. Her calculations of orbital mechanics helped early U.S. crewed spaceflights
Katherine Johnson
What is Patricia Bath known for?
Laser cataract surgery
Name one thing Madam C.J. Walker invented.
Black hair products, shampoo, pomade,
He is an American painter whose work reconfigures and regenerates art history to include the African-American subject
Titus Kaphar
He is the only actor to gross $100 million domestically with eight movies in a row
Will Smith
What did Lewis Latimer have patents for?
He was an American inventor and patent draftsman for the patents of the incandescent light bulb
He is an American astrophysicist, planetary scientist, author, and science communicator.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Name one song by Beyonce.
Single Ladies, Crazy in Love, Irreplaceable, Si yo fuera un Chico, etc.
She's won 24 Grammys, dabbled in acting, producing, and directing, and launched an activewear collection.
Beyonce
Born in 1877 and only having an elementary education, he invented the traffic light and a hair-straightening product
Garrett Morgan
What did George Washington Carver discover?
He was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion.
Is Titus Kaphar an inventor, doctor, artist or scientist?
artist
What did Daniel Hale Williams accomplish?
This famous doctor opened the first hospital with an integrated staff and The first African American cardiologist who performed the first successful open heart
Who did Katherine Johnson work for?
NASA
Who is Neil DeGrasse Tyson?
He is an American astrophysicist, planetary scientist, author, and science communicator.