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1 In 1976, African American, Gerald A. Lawson Invented the first interchangeable game console in 1976.

2 On May 13 1862 Robert Smalls an enslaved African American who, during the American Civil War, gained freedom, by commandeering a Confederate transport ship. Robert Smalls used the ship to free his family and crew. Then sailed through Confederate waters to a Union Blockade in the north.

3 Marc Hannah 3D graphic

technology used in hollywood films in 1982

4 Mary McLeod Bethune founded her own school for black children in 1904.

5 In 1881 African American Lewis Latimer Invented the Carbon Filament for the light bulb.

6 In 1998 African American Patricia Bath invented cataract laser for cataract lense.

7 African American Otis boykin invented the control unit for (pacemaker) in 1959.

8 Nabta Playa, located in the African Nubian Desert, is the world's oldest and most accurate astronomical observatory.

9 . Both Condoleezza Rice and Martin Luther King, Jr. started college when they were just 15 years old. She studied political science at the University of Denver; he majored in sociology at Morehouse College in Atlanta.

10 African American Scientist, Mathematician Mary Jackson is one of a small group of African American women who worked as aeronautical engineers, called "human computers," at NASA to help propel America through the Space Age.

11 Elijah McCoy invented a railroad lubrication machine in 1872.

12 Did you know dry cleaning was invented by an African American named Thomas Jennings? He was the first African Americanto be granted a patent.

13 African American Henry Brown invented the 1st fireproof safe in 1886.

14 Located in Benin West Africa, the Great Benin City with its mathematical layout and earthworks longer than the Great Wall of China, was one of the best planned cities in the Medieval world

15 African American Granville T. Woods invented the Multiplex telegraph for railroads

16 Bessie Coleman the 1st Black woman with an international licensed pilot June 15, 1921

17 Garrett Morgan Invented the modern day gas mask in 1916.

18 Phil brooks invented the Disposable Siringe in 1974.

19 Jan Matzeliger invented the Shoe Lasting Machine it made shoes faster with automation.

20 George E. Alcorn created the Imaging spectrometer X-ray in 1984 for NASA.

21 Sara E. Goode was the first black women to earn a US patent for her Cabinet Bed in 1885.

22 Fredrick M. jones invented a truck refrigerator for deliveries.

23 Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman to be elected to congress in 1968.

24 Charles Richard Drew created the modern day Blood Bank system in the 1940's.

25 Make some money but don't let money make you. ~ Tanzania

27 Richard Allen founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1793

28 Lonnie johnson invented the Super Soaker in 1982. It is still one the most popular selling toys.

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