Black History Month

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  1. 3. Co-founded the U.S. Thermo Control Company, later known as Thermo King. Winner of the National Metal of Technology.
  2. 4. Born an enslaved person in the 1860s in Missouri, As a child Neighbors called him “the plant doctor” because he knew how to nurse sick plants back to life.
  3. 5. One of the top engineering minds at the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation. Co-invented the first personal computer.
  4. 10. First African-American woman to serve in the United States Congress in 1968.
  5. 11. Journalist, activist, and suffragist in the late 19th and early 20th century. She shed light on the injustices African Americans were facing during her lifetime.
  6. 12. Conductor of the Underground Railroad
  7. 14. Known as a “human computer” Was part of a team that did mathematical calculations to help launch satellites—and later humans—into space.
  8. 15. Commanded the first all-Black unit of military pilots, called the Tuskegee Airmen, who fought during World War II
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  1. 1. Was an inventor, businesswoman, and one of the largest employers of African-American women of her time. She manufactured beauty products made specifically for African-American women.
  2. 2. He delivered the historic "I Have a Dream" speech.
  3. 6. Most influential inventions was the improved traffic light. Also, improved the sewing machine and gas masks.
  4. 7. The first African-American woman to obtain an international pilot’s license. “the air is the only place free from prejudice."
  5. 8. Took out a patent for a mechanism that automatically opens and closes elevator shaft doors and his designs are largely reflected in elevators used today.
  6. 9. Best known case was Brown vs. Board of Education. First African American appointed to the US Supreme Court.
  7. 13. Her eight-day space flight aboard the space shuttle Endeavour in 1992 established her as the United States' first female African-American space traveler.