Showing posts with label Black History Facts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black History Facts. Show all posts

Friday, April 25, 2025

Black History Fact


Celebrating Dasia Taylor who at age 17 invented stitches that change color if the wound becomes infected...

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Black History Fact


Celebrating computer scientist Dr. Mark Dean who developed the technology for the first personal computer while working for IBM...

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Black History Fact


Celebrating deputy marshal, Bass Reeves, the real life inspiration for the Lone Ranger...

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Monday, April 21, 2025

Black History Fact


Celebrating Philip B. Downing inventor of the mail box and street railway switch...

Sunday, April 20, 2025

Black History Fact


Celebrating electrical engineer Jesse Russell who invented cellular communication...

Saturday, April 19, 2025

Black History Fact


Celebrating molecular physicist, Dr. Elmer Imes, who demonstrated for the first time that Quantum Theory could be applied to the rotational energy states of molecules...

Friday, April 18, 2025

Black History Fact


Celebrating mechanical and electrical engineer David N. Crosthwait Jr., who invented an improved boiler system, a new thermostat control, a new differential vacuum pump, and other items in an effort to improve ventilation system efficiency in large buildings....

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Black History Fact


Celebrating computer scientist Lisa Gelboter who developed the animation technology used to create GIFs and Shockwave, a multimedia platform that laid the foundation for the modern web....

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Black History Fact


Celebrating astrophysicist Dr. George Carruthers who invented the ultraviolet camera that was used on the Apollo 16 mission to capture the first UV images of Earth from the Moon...

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Black History Fact


Celebrating Sarah E. Goode inventor of the cabinet bed and one of the first Black women to receive a patent in the United States...

Monday, April 14, 2025

Black History Fact


Celebrating Joshua Suddith who has been accepted into Morehouse College at age 13, breaking the record for youngest student accepted to Morehouse set by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1944 who was accepted to at age 15....

Sunday, April 13, 2025

Black History Fact


Celebrating inventor John Albert Burr who patented an improved lawnmower with traction wheels and a rotary blade that was designed to not get easily clogged up with lawn clippings...

Saturday, April 12, 2025

Black History Fact


Celebrating the late pioneering oncologist, Dr. Jane Cooke Wright, whose cancer research laid the foundation for treating tumors with chemotherapy...

Friday, April 11, 2025

Black History Month Fact


Celebrating hairdresser and women's suffragist, Lyda A. Newman, who patented the first hairbrush designed specifically for Black hair...

Thursday, April 10, 2025

Black History Fact


Celebrating inventor Thomas W. Stewart creator of the wringing mop and removable mop head and an oscillating metal bending machine...

Wednesday, April 09, 2025

Black History Fact


Celebrating architect Paul Revere Williams who designed more than 3,000 homes and buildings in Los Angeles and was the first Black architect to become certified and a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

Part of the Beverly Hills Hotel redesign group, his handwriting was used for the famous Beverly Hills Hotel logo....

Tuesday, April 08, 2025

Black History Fact


Celebrating inventor Charles S. L. Baker who patented the first friction heater...

Monday, April 07, 2025

Black History Fact


Celebrating dress maker Sarah Boone who's innovation led to the modern ironing board...

Sunday, April 06, 2025

Black History Fact


Celebrating cyclist Marshall "Major" Taylor the first Black American man to win a world championship in any sport...