The stethoscope was created by Imhotep. Tweet
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Black History Fact Of The Day: Janet Emerson Bashen
In 2006, Janet Emerson Bashen became the first African American female to hold a patent for a software invention. Her software, LinkLine, is a web-based application for used for document intake, tracking, and management. Tweet
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Curt Roberts began his professional baseball career with the Negro Leagues team the Kansas City Monarchs. He played with this team for 4 seasons. His teammates on The Monarchs included Satchel Paige and Buck O’Neil. Curt Roberts also signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates. According to Wikipedia: “He paved the way for other black players to […]
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In 1971, the Pittsburg Pirates fielded the first all-Black and all-Latino lineup in major league baseball history. Tweet
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Euphemia Hayes was a mathematician and educator. She was the first African-American woman to gain a PhD in mathematics. She earned her doctorate in 1943 from the Catholic University of America. Euphemia Hayes also established the math department at Miners Teacher’s College. Tweet
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Nathan Hare was the first director of a Black Studies program at a university. He implemented this program at San Francisco State University in 1968. During his tenure as an educator, he also taught at Howard University. His students included Stokely Carmichael and Claude Brown, the author of “Manchild In The Promised Land.” Tweet
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Theoretical Physicist, Sylvester James Gates Jr. Talks about his interest in physics and supersymmetry, and how to be a success. He seems like he could talk about science for days. It’s always inspirational to see someone love what they do. Tweet
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Marie Maynard Daly, the first African American woman in America to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry. Tweet
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Marie Maynard Daly was the first African American woman in America to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry. She received her doctorate degree from Columbia University in 1947. In 1988, she established a scholarship for African American chemistry and physics majors at Queens College in New York. Tweet
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