Transcript black scientists and mathematicians

Do You Know Your Black
History?
By Dianne Pidgeon
Who Was the First African
American Woman Astronaut?
Mae Jemison
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Physician
Scientist
Astronaut
Educator
NASA
NASA
Who Discovered Fire Fighting
Chemical Foam That Puts Out
Gasoline Fires and a Treatment for
Glaucoma?
Percy Julian
•DePauw University
•Harvard University
Born: April 11, 1899
•Montgomery Alabama
New York Public Library
Schaumburg Center for Research in
Black Culture
Created an inexpensive
drug to treat glaucoma
Who Made 300 Products From
Peanuts?
George Washington Carver
Plastics
Soap
300 products from peanuts
Paint
Lotion
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.