Hidden No More: Week 17 round-up
…$40,000. Onesimus, Medical Advisor Onesimus, an enslaved African in Boston, explained that being inoculated with smallpox gave protection from the disease. He had observed this in Africa. His information proved…
…$40,000. Onesimus, Medical Advisor Onesimus, an enslaved African in Boston, explained that being inoculated with smallpox gave protection from the disease. He had observed this in Africa. His information proved…
…her student at West Virginia State College’s laboratory high school, remembered her as “a wonderful teacher.” Flemmie Kittrell, Nutritionist & Educator In 1936, Kittrell became the first African American woman…
…is the first African American involved in discovering an element. Charles Harrison, Industrial Designer Harrison was responsible for designing 100s of products sold by Sears. The first plastic trash bin…
…as a research chemist in 1965, she may have been the first African American female chemist employed by Dow at that level. She invented ways to use latexes in products….
…in indoor climate control to design Radio City Music Hall’s heating system. Marie Daly, Chemist & Educator In 1947, Daly became the first African American woman to earn a chemistry…
…Yale in 1876, the first time any American university conferred a doctorate on an African American. He went on to teach at Philadelphia’s Institute for Colored Youth for 26 years….
George Washington Carver Carver joined Tuskegee Institute’s agriculture faculty in 1896. There he promoted the rotation of crops like peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes to nourish the soil and provide…
Thomas L. Jennings Jennings, a tailor, was the first African American known to receive a U.S. patent. In 1821, he was granted patent no. 3,306x for “dry scouring,” a precursor…
Henry E. Baker Baker was an examiner in the U.S. Patent Office. In the early 1900s, he conducted a national search to learn which patents had been granted to African Americans…
…Grade Science Correlations: 8.L.1 Biology Science Correlations: Bio.4.1.3 Code Red 7th Grade Science Correlations: 7.L.1 Biology Science Correlations: Bio.1.1, Bio.1.2.1 Deep Sea Detectives Biology Science Correlations: Bio.3.3 Hydroelectric 6th…