Black History Month STEM

I invented an injection that helped to treat Hansen's disease, otherwise known as leprosy.

• Alice Ball

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jesse Owens

• Ben Carson

I helped invent the first personal computer, as well as the computer mouse.

• Dorothy Vaughn

• Katherine Johnson

• Mark Dean

• Ben Carson

My work in microbiology helped me to discover and understand blood plasma. This helped establish the American Red Cross which has blood banks and takes donation across the country.

• Charles Richard

• Mark Dean

• Katherine Johnson

• Gladys West

I worked at a US naval base and studied satellites and radar. I helped invent Global Positioning Systems.

• Mark Dean

• Gladys West

• Frederick Douglass

• Mary Jackson

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I was an educator that first started the idea of learning about black history in order to educate young people about the contributions of African Americans in history.

• Gerald Ford

• Carter Woodsen

• Abraham Lincoln

• Mark Dean

Which president made Black History Month a national observation?

• Barack Obama

• Gerald Ford

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

As a child I was creative and adventurous. I later worked for NASA, engineering for the missions to Jupiter and Saturn.

• Frederick Douglass

• Gladys West

• Lonnie Johnson

• Katherine Johnson

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Why is February the specific month to celebrate black history?

• January was already taken

• It is the month that includes the birthday of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

• The president picked a random month

I was born in New York in the late 1950's. I am a teacher, professor, TV host, presidential advisor, and published writer. I continue to impact the lives of young people by explaining the complicated topics of astronomy in a very understandable way.

• Lonnie Johnson

• Martin Luther King, Jr

• Neil DeGrasse Tyson

I became an astronaut in 1978 when I joined NASA, after graduating from MIT. I was the second african american to fly in space. I was part of the Challenger crew.

• Mark Dean

• Ronald McNair

• Neil DeGrasse Tyson