W.E.B Du Bois & The Niagara Movement W.E.B Du Bois was a teacher, a historian and a sociologist. He was also the first Black man to earn...

This booth displays the representations of African Americans in different industries within the following categories: BUILT BY US...

Gladys May West (1930 - ) is an American mathematician known for her contributions to the mathematical modelling of the shape of the...

Marie Van Brittan Brown (October 30, 1922 - February 2, 1999) was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. In 1966 she had the idea for a...

Lisa Gelobter (1971 - ) is a computer scientist, technologist and chief executive. She is the Chief Digital Service Officer for the...

Lonnie Johnson (October 6, 1949 - ) was an African-American engineer and inventor. He earned his master's degree in nuclear engineering...

Charles Drew (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950) was an American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood...

Patricia Bath (November 4, 1942 – May 30, 2019) was an American ophthalmologist, inventor, humanitarian, and academic. She was an early...

James West (February 10, 1931- Present) is an African American inventor and acoustician. He holds over 250 foreign and U.S. patents for...

Garret Morgan (March 4, 1877 – July 27, 1963) was an African American inventor and businessman as well as an influential political...

Mark Dean (March 2, 1957- Present) is an American inventor and computer engineer. He was part of the team that developed the ISA bus, and...

Lewis Latimer (September 4, 1848–December 11, 1928) is considered one of the most important African-American inventors, for the number of...

George Crum (July 15, 1824 – July 22, 1914) was an American chef. He worked as a hunter, guide, and cook in the Adirondack mountains, and...

Miriam Benjamin (September 16, 1861–1947) was a Washington, D.C. school teacher and the second black woman to receive a patent in the...

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana (The Life of Reason, 1905) By: C. D. Ford November is...