Black Inventions

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  1. 3. As the first Black undergraduate student at Iowa State, George Washington Carver studied _____ fungi and developed new means of crop rotation.
  2. 4. Inventor Lonnie Johnson holds more than ___ U.S. patents, but it's his invention of the Super Soaker toy that is perhaps his most endearing claim to fame.
  3. 5. According to popular legend, the _____ was invented by George Crum when a picky customer repeatedly sent back an order of french fries, complaining that they were too thick.
  4. 6. This was Madame C.J. Walker’s name given at birth.
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  1. 1. Kimberly Bryant decided to create ______, a nonprofit that empowers girls from underrepresented communities by introducing them to programming.
  2. 2. If your _____ has any produce from your local grocery store, then you can credit African American inventor Frederick McKinley Jones. He took out more than 60 patents throughout his life, including a patent for the roof-mounted cooling system that was used on trucks during extended transportation in the mid-1930s.
  3. 5. Thomas Jennings holds the distinction of being the first Black American to be granted a _____.