An African American nurse and leader in healthcare from Nassau County Long Island, who was the first person to receive the U.S. COVID vaccine.
BHM-Famous African American Scientists

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Nadine Murrell
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is Sandra Bullock?
Who is Sandra Lindsay?
Who is Samantha Lindsay?
Who is Lindsay Lohan?
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An agricultural scientist and inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts, sweet potatoes and soybeans.
Who is George Washington?
Who is George W. Bush?
Who is George Washington Carver?
Who is King George?
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The first African American female astronaut who conducted experiments on weightlessness and motion sickness on the crew and herself.
Who is Mae Jemison?
Who is Sally Ride?
Who is Michelle Obama?
Who is Corretta Scott King?
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This African American mathematician was known for her work on developing the satellite geodesy models that were eventually incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS.)
Who is Mae Jemison?
Who is Albert Einstein?
Who is Gladys West?
Who is Gladys Knight?
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This person was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for being one the first African American mathematician to work at NASA. The movie Hidden Figures was named after her.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Who is Katherine Johnson?
Who is Taraji P. Henson?
Harriet Tubman?
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A physicist and educator and the first African American to earn a PHD at
Yale University in 1876.
Who is Edward Bouchet?
Who is Albert Einstein?
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Who is George Washington Carver?
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A computer scientist, mathematician, and rocket scientist. She was a leading member of the team which developed software for the Centaur rocket stage, and was one of the first African-Americans to work as a computer scientist at NASA.
Who is Mae Jemison?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Who is Annie Easley?
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