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| Black History Celebration |
Theme: Black History Month- February 2020
Note:
Did you know that we
once were called Colored, Negro, Black, and now we are called
Afro-American?
***Several Black
Historical People You May Not know About***
1. Dr. Mae Jemison
October 17, 1956
Did you know that
Dr. Mae Jemison was the first African American woman in space along
with six other astronauts on September 12, 1992. Biography.comnews further
adds that her eight-day mission included experiments on
weightlessness and motion sickness.
2. Dr. Alex Canady
November 7, 1950
Dr. Alex Canady was
a cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan’s medical school
and the first African American woman to be certified by the American
Board of Neurological Surgery. Biography.com further added that at
the age of 36-years-old she was the chief of Neurosurgery at
Children’s Hospital of Michigan, specializing in congenital spinal
abnormalities, and much more.
3. Morrie Turner
December 11, 1923-January 25,2014
He was one of the
first African American’s to question why there were no minorities
in cartoons. In the 1960’s he created Wee Pals which had a diverse
and integrated cast of characters.
4. Lonnie G.
Johnson October 6, 1949
Do your kids love
water-guns? Well guess who created that water gun? Lonnie G.
Johnson is one of NASA’s Aerospace Engineers who not only created the
water gun, but created various systems for implementation in NASA
rockets. In addition according to Black Excellence he holds 80
patents and has two technology development companies as well.
5. Arthur Zang
November 26, 1987
Arthur Zang created
the CardioPad. This is a touch screen medical tablet that allows the
performance of heart examinations like ECG in remote locations.
Although Arthur Zang did not create the first EKG machine, the next
time you have an EKG and the doctor or nurse rolls in a machine you might think about Arthur Zang the
creator or of CardioPad.
6. Christina
Jenkins
There may be times
that you have received a sew in hair weave. Did you ever think
about who it was that created that hair weave? An African American
Lady named Christina Jenkins created the sew in hair weave and
patented it in 1951. Thirstyroots.com further adds that before
creating the sew-in weaves hair was put on hair bobby pins and placed on
the scalp. So ladies the next time you go to your beautician for a hair weave remember Christina Jenkins.
7. Dr. Ben Carson
born September 18, 1951
Did you know that
Dr. Ben Carson liked to listen to classical music while operating?
According to pbs.org., he was the first African American surgeon to
successfully separate twins conjoined at the head. They further added he grew up in Detroit, the son of a single mother, and before
retiring performed over 300 surgeries a year, which was almost three
times the average of any neurosurgeon.
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5 comments:
Very informative! Your post on Ben Carson just reminded me that my son has not yet seen the movie Gifted Hands, which is so inspirational. Love that man! He is so humble and does so much good.
Thanks for sharing about these important people. I knew some of them but not all. I do know about Dr. Mae Jemison because she was born near my town! We have a high school named after her! Lots of heroes in this post.
We were called a lot worse as well...
Great information about the contributions of these people! All amazing accomplishments!
I really like Dr Ben Carson, his story is remarkable. Thanks so much for linking up with us at the GATHERING OF FRIENDS LINK PARTY 12. PINNED
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