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    This document provides brief biographies of four influential African Americans: 1) Mae Jemison, the first African American woman astronaut who was a physician, scientist, and educator. 2) Percy Julian, an inventor who discovered a firefighting chemical foam and a treatment for glaucoma. He attended DePauw University and Harvard University. 3) George Washington Carver, who invented over 300 products from peanuts, including plastics, paint, and soap. 4) Lewis Howard Latimer, an inventor and engineer best known for inventing the globe supporter used in electric lamps.

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    This document provides brief biographies of four influential African Americans: 1) Mae Jemison, the first African American woman astronaut who was a physician, scientist, and educator. 2) Percy Julian, an inventor who discovered a firefighting chemical foam and a treatment for glaucoma. He attended DePauw University and Harvard University. 3) George Washington Carver, who invented over 300 products from peanuts, including plastics, paint, and soap. 4) Lewis Howard Latimer, an inventor and engineer best known for inventing the globe supporter used in electric lamps.

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    Do You Know Your Black History?: by Dianne Pidgeon

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    This document provides brief biographies of four influential African Americans: 1) Mae Jemison, the first African American woman astronaut who was a physician, scientist, and educator. 2) Percy Julian, an inventor who discovered a firefighting chemical foam and a treatment for glaucoma. He attended DePauw University and Harvard University. 3) George Washington Carver, who invented over 300 products from peanuts, including plastics, paint, and soap. 4) Lewis Howard Latimer, an inventor and engineer best known for inventing the globe supporter used in electric lamps.

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    Do You Know Your Black

    History?

    By Dianne Pidgeon
    Who Was the First African
    American Woman Astronaut?
    Mae Jemison
    Physician
    Scientist
    Astronaut
    Educator

    NASA

    NASA
    Who Discovered Fire Fighting
    Chemical Foam That Puts Out
    Gasoline Fires and a Treatment for
    Glaucoma?
    Percy Julian
    DePauw University

    Harvard University

    Born: April 11, 1899

    Montgomery Alabama

    New York Public Library


    Schaumburg Center for Research in
    Black Culture

    Created an inexpensive
    drug to treat glaucoma
    Who Made 300 Products From
    Peanuts?
    George Washington Carver

    Plastics

    Soap

    300 products from peanuts

    Paint
    Lotion
    Who Invented the Globe
    Supporter for Electric Lamps?
    Lewis Howard Latimer

    Black Scientist A to Z

    Inventor and Engineer


    Works Cited List
    Jemison, Mae. NASA. African-American History & Culture.
    Fact on File, Inc., 1991. 30 May 2003.
    www.factsonfile.com.

    Lewis Howard Latimer. What You Need To Know About


    Inventors, 2003. 30 May 2003.
    http://inventors.about.com

    Microsoft Office Clip Art and Media. Microsoft Corporation. 30


    May 2003. http://officeMicrosoft.com.

    Sullivan, Ortha Richard. African American Inventors. New York:


    John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998.

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