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Lewis Latimer was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1848. Latimer set out to make a longer lasting bulb. Latimer devised a way of encasing the filament within an cardboard envelope which prevented the carbon from breaking and thereby provided a much longer life to the bulb and hence made the bulbs less expensive and more efficient.
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Garrett Morgan was an inventor and businessman from Cleveland who invented a device called the Morgan safety hood and smoke protector in 1914. On July 25, 1916, Garrett Morgan made national news for using his gas mask to rescue 32 men trapped during an explosion in an underground tunnel 250 feet beneath Lake Erie. Morgan and a team of volunteers donned the new “gas masks” and went to the rescue.
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The exact day and year of his birth are unknown; he is believed to have been born into slavery in Missouri in January 1864. Carver's reputation is based on his research into and promotion of alternative crops to cotton, such as peanuts, soybeans and sweet potatoes, which also aided nutrition for farm families.
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Dr. José Hernández- Rebollar is a native of the Mexican state of Puebla. He arrived in the United States in 1998. A graduate of a Bachelors and Master's degrees in the University of Puebla, he is the inventor of an electronic glove, [2] known as the AcceleGlove, which translates hand movements from the American Sign Language into spoken and written words [2]
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Carlos Juan Finlay (December 3, 1833 – August 20, 1915) was a Cuban physician and scientist recognized as a pioneer in yellow fever research.
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Ellen Ochoa (born May 10, 1958) is a former astronaut and engineer, and current Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center.
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Roger Arliner Young (1899 - November 9, 1964) was an American scientist of z oology, biology, and marine biology. She was the first African American woman to receive a doctorate degree in zoology
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Bessie Virginia Blount (November 24, 1914 – December 30, 2009) was a physical therapist, inventor, and forensic scientist also known by her married name, Bessie Blount Griffin.
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Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American physician an d NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992.
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Madam C.J. Walker (December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919), born Sarah Breedlove, was an African- American businessw oman, hair care entrepreneur and philanthropist.
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