Madam C.J. Walker became one of America's first self-made female millionaires by developing and marketing what?

Hair care products for Black women

In addition to an early gas mask, Garrett Morgan is credited with patenting an improved version of what common device?

The three-position traffic signal

The development of the atomic bomb

The design of the first computer

The mapping of the human genome

Automatically lubricating steam engines

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Test your knowledge of groundbreaking Black inventors and scientists who shaped history with their innovations and discoveries.

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01Dr. Charles Drew revolutionized medicine with his groundbreaking work on developing improved techniques for what?
02Madam C.J. Walker became one of America's first self-made female millionaires by developing and marketing what?
03Agricultural scientist George Washington Carver is most famous for developing over 300 uses for which crop?
04In addition to an early gas mask, Garrett Morgan is credited with patenting an improved version of what common device?
05Ophthalmologist Dr. Patricia Bath invented the Laserphaco Probe, a device used for the treatment of what eye condition?
06In 1992, Dr. Mae C. Jemison made history by becoming the first African American woman to do what?
07Katherine Johnson, a key figure in the movie "Hidden Figures," was a NASA mathematician whose calculations were critical for what achievement?
08Inventor Lewis Howard Latimer played a crucial role in the development of the light bulb by patenting a more durable version of what component?
09In 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams achieved a medical milestone by performing one of the world's first successful surgeries on what organ?
10Marie Van Brittan Brown's concern for her personal safety led her to co-invent the first-ever version of what common system?
11Aerospace engineer and inventor Lonnie G. Johnson created which wildly popular toy?
12The phrase "the real McCoy" is often attributed to the quality of an invention by Elijah McCoy, which was a device for what purpose?