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African-American Inventors

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• IDEAS
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• Reality!

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Heres what youre going to learn about

• 8 African-American Inventors
• Their inventions
• The purpose of the inventions
• A fact about each person

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Elijah McCoy

• Oil-Dripping Cup for trains
• It aided in self-regulating the lubricants in the
  cylinders and pistons of a steam engine train
• Fact Other inventors tried to copy McCoys
  invention, so customers started asking for the
  real McCoy the birth of an expression

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Lewis Latimer

• The Carbon Filament
• Important part of the light bulb
• Fact He worked in the laboratories of both
  Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell

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George Washington Carver

• Peanut Butter and over 300 plant products
• Besides it tasting good he discovered how soil
  could be replenished by planting legumes
• Fact He was born a slave and didnt go to
  college until he was 30 (Iowa State University)

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Madam C.J. Walker

• Hair Growing Tonic other Beauty Products
• Beauty products for black women to use
• Fact Americas first self-made woman millionaire

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Garrett Morgan

• Gas Mask
• To help protect firemen and soldiers
• Fact Designed the first traffic signal he
  wanted to make the world safer

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Otis Boykin

• Electronic Control Devices
• To aid in consumer needs
• Fact He invented over 28 electronic devices
  (guided missiles, IBM computers, the pacemaker
  and more)

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Dr. Patricia E. Bath

• Cataract Laserphacoprobe
• Medical instrument to remove cataracts from the
  eye
• Fun Fact Dr. Bath has been nominated to the
  National Inventors Hall of Fame

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Lonnie G. Johnson

• Super Soaker Water Gun
• Have fun and soak your friends and family
• Fun Fact Lonnie holds over 80 patents for his
  inventions

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Which Inventor?

• Which inventor also worked with pecan and corn
  products?
• Which inventor created a Nerf Ball gun?
• Who developed the first human-hair straightening
  cream?
• Who devoted themselves to the prevention of
  blindness?
• Who had a position as a fireman\oilman on the
  railroad?
• Who was hired to draw new inventions by another
  famous inventor?
• Who donated money for scholarship for black
  students?
• Which inventor died due to heart failure?

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• How many inventions can you recall?
• What do you think our world would be like without
  these inventions?
• What kind of obstacles do you think the inventors
  may have faced personally and professionally?

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Summary Slide In Review

• Elijah McCoy Oil-Dripping Can
• Lewis Latimer Carbon filament
• George W. Carver Peanut Products
• Madam C.J. Walker Beauty Products
• Garret Morgan Gas Mask
• Otis Boykin Electronic Control Devices
• Dr. Patricia E. Bath Cataracts Instrument
• Lonnie G. Johnson Super Soaker Water Gun