Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr. was the first African American astronaut to travel to space. In 1978, Guion Stewart Bluford was selected as an astronaut candidate.
Katherine Johnson officially began working as mathematician in 1953 alongside other women like Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan in the NACA West Computing department. After
In 1951, Mary Jackson was recruited by NACA and worked as a human computer. In 1953, Mary began working for a NASA engineer named Kazimierz
Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove) was America’s first African American millionaire businesswoman. Mixing one concoction of oils after another in a washtub, she
Dr. Mae C. Jemison is an engineer, physician and former astronaut. She graduated from Stanford University with a degree in chemical engineering and later earned
George Washington Carver was born in 1860. Born of slave parents in Diamond Grove, Missouri, Carver was rescued from Confederate kidnappers as an infant. At
Dr. Patricia Bath invented the Laserphaco Probe, a tool that corrects cataracts during eye surgery. Cataracts are an eye condition that can lead to blindness,
Miriam Benjamin, a teacher and attorney, became the second African American woman to be awarded a patent. In 1888, she invented a special type of
Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African American registered nurse in the United States. She enrolled in the New England Hospital for Women and Children
Physicist Ronald E. McNair became the second African American to enter space. He was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978. He
