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Black History
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Benjamin Banneker
Mr. Banneker invented the wooden pocket watch -
George "Speck" Crum
Born in 1822, Mr. Crum invented potato chips -
Dr. Daniel H. Williams
Born January 18, 1856, Mr. Daniel Hale Williams was an African-American physician who made history by performing the first successful open heart surgery. -
Granville T. Woods
Born April 23, 1857, Mr. Woods invented more than a dozen devices to improve electric railway cars and many more for controlling the flow of electricity. -
Alfred L. Cralle
Born September 4, 1866, Mr. Cralle invented the ice cream scooper. -
Madame C. J. Walker
Born Sarah Breedlove on December 23, 1867, Madame C.J. Walker invented hair products for African-American women. -
Bessie Coleman
Born January 26, 1892, Ms. Coleman was the first female pilot of African-American desent and the first to hold an international pilot license. -
Bessie Blount
Born in 1914, Ms. Blount invented an eletrical device that would allow amputees to feed themselves. The device allowed a tube to deliver one mouthful of food at a time to a patient in a wheelchair or in a bed. -
Wallace "Wally" Amos Jr.
Born July 1, 1936, Wallace Amos Jr. invented the well-known cookies "Famous Amos Cookies". Mr. Amos' first cookie shop opened in Los Angeles, California in 1975. -
Lonnie Johnson
Mr. Johnson invented the super soaker water gun, which of course gave children endless amounts of fun! -
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