Black History Month

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 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

This person worked as a “computer” at NASA

• Dr. Mae Jemison

• Katherine Johnson

• Benjamin Banneker

• Mark Dean

This person invented the traffic light and breathing machine

• Benjamin Banneker

• Dr. Charles Drew

• Garret Morgan

• George Washington Carver

Dr. Gladys West's math lead to the creation of​ (a)_____

• GPS

• Maps

• Navigator

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Mark Dean helped develop the

• First traffic light

• First clock

• First personal computer

• Blood plasma

This person was the second African American astronaut and he died in his 3rd challenger launch to space

• Mark Dean

• Garrett Morgan

• Ronald McNair

• Leland Melvin

One of the first African-Americans computer scientists at NASA. Leading member of the team that developed the software for the Centaur rocket stage.

• Annie Easley

• Dr. Mae Jemison

• Katherine Johnson

First African-American to earn a Ph.D. in Computer Science. A pioneer in groupware and technology that enables real-time collaborative editing of documents.

• Mark Dean

• Garret Morgan

• Benjamin Banneker

• Clarence “Skip” Ellis