What are some African American Scientists?
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Benjamin Banneker was a brilliant self taught astronomer in the days of the US. Everyone knows George Washington Carver, of course. There are lots more in the links below. And lots more on the web. Current and former scientists.
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the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemical engineering
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Scientists Who Give Their Minds to Study, Can Give Names.
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Aristotle, Archimedes, Galileo. Other scientists, who came before him.
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why are sctions like these so neglected...\nDID YOU KNOW... that an African American man named Lewis Latimer who worked with Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell drew up the plans for Bell's first telephone?\nIf you did, you are probably among the fortunate few who possess such knowledge. It is a fact that has not been well publicized. There are countless inventions by African Americans and they cover everything from food processing to electrical technology. The inventions by African Americans point out the contributions that African Americans have made to the comfort and advancement of mankind. The following are some inventions by African Americans.\nAmerica's Hi-Tech "Invisible Man"\n\nPatricia E. Bath was the inventor of the laser eye surgery technique now widely used. In fact, she is the only African American woman doctor to ever receive a medical patent.\n\nFrederick Jones invented the air conditioner unit and the automatic refrigeration system for long-haul trucks.\n\nJ.W. Smith invented the lawn sprinkler.\n\nSarah Boone invented the ironing board.\n\nJan Matzeliger invented the shoe-lasting machine (for attaching \nsoles on shoes in Lynn, Mass. His invention revolutionized the shoe industry.\n\nLydia Newman invented the hair brush.\n\nL.P. Ray invented the dust mop.\n\nThomas W. Stewart invented the mop.\n\nJohn Love invented the pencil sharpener.\n\nLee Burridge invented the typewriter.\n\nJohn Burr invented the lawnmower.\n\nGarrett Morgan invented the traffic light.\n\nJohn Standard took out a patent on an improved refrigerating device... the refrigerator.\n\nAlice Parker invented the heating furnace.\n\nAlexander Miles invented major improvements to the elevator.\n\nDr. Charles Drew invented a way to store blood and then created the first blood bank.\n\nM.A. Cherry invented the tricycle.\n\nMajor Robert H. Lawrence was the first African American astronaut chosen \nto make a journey to the moon. He had a doctoral degree in Chemistry \nand would have made one of the first lunar trips, but he died in the crash \nof an Air Force F-104 jet at Edwards Air Force Base, CA in 1968.\nErnest E. Just was the first biologist to receive the Springarn Medal. He received distinction in his field through his research on egg fertilization and the functioning of cells.\n\nHarold D. West was the first person to synthesize the amino acid threonine in the laboratory.\n\nDr. William Hinton devised a test to determine syphilis.\n\nAndrew Bryan was the first African American pastor, ordained in 1788.\n\nConstance B. Motley was the first African American female appointed as a Federal Judge in 1966.\n\nBarbara Watson Federal was the first African American and first female to serve as Asst. Secretary of State.\nShe held her post in 1974.\n\nBernice Gaines Hughes was the first African American female to obtain the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Armed Forces.\n\nAlonzo Pietro (known as "il Negro") was one of Columbus' navigators on his first voyage to America in 1492.\n\nalso look into:\n\nMore Inventors\n\n1st Lt Stephen Swails \nA. Philip Randolph\nAdam Clayton  Powell Jr.\nAhmed Baba\nAhmos\nAlaine Locke\nAlexander Dumas\nAlexander Pushkin\nArthur A. Schomburg\nBenjamin Oliver Davis, Jr.\nBishop Richard Allen\nBlack Reconstruction Congress\nCapt. Erwin B. Lawrence\nCarol Mosley\nCharles Clinton Spaulding\nClarence Harris\nCleopatra\nColin L. Powell\nColonel Charles A. Young\nColonel Guion Bluford\nDaniel Hale Williams\nDr. Benjamin S. Carson\nDr. Carter G. Woodson\nDr. George R. Carruthers\nDr. Katherine G. Johnson\nDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\nDr. W. E. B. Dubois\nDuke Ellington\nElijah McCoy\nEthel Waters\nFanny M. Coppin\nFrancois Louveture\nFredrick Douglas\nGranville T. Woods\nGwendolyn Brooks\nHarriet R. Tubman\nIda B. Wells\nIMHOTEP\nJackie Robinson\nJames Baldwin\nJames Forten\nJames Weldon Johnson\nJesse Owens\nJohn B. Russwurm\nJohn H. Johnson\nJohn Henry Lawson\nJoseph Barrow Louis\nJosep
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check out this link \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_biology#Notable_cell_biologists
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I suggest you read Black Athena by Martin Bernal ..this gives a great description of how Africans influenced the Greeks. Another great author is Howard Zinn. Hey and would you guess that these men are white speaking of the greatness of Africans!!!
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Stanford, Harvard, Madison-WI.\n\nBut you should look through the scientific literature for scientists who are doing what you think is interesting, RECENT work. And apply to work with them. \n\nDon't worry, you have plenty of time, as you are too late to get into a decent program this fall. See you in 2007!
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In 1823, Alexander Lucius Twilight became the first African-American man to receive a B.A.  He was graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont.\n\nIn 1862, Mary Jane Patterson became the first African-American woman to receive a B.A.; she studied at Oberlin College in Ohio.
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Famous African American Cowboy
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#1) Garrett Morgan of the United States realized the need to control the flow of traffic.  A gifted inventor and reportedly the first African American to own an automobile in Cleveland, Ohio, he invented the electric automatic traffic light.\n\n#2) Dr. Charles Richard Drew (1904-1950) was an American medical doctor and surgeon who started the idea of a blood bank and a system for the long-term preservation of blood plasma (he found that plasma kept longer than whole blood). His ideas revolutionized the medical profession and have saved many, many lives.
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Probably Rocket scientist, and balistics expert.  Other ones would be physicist or physical scientist.  Oh and if your talking equations, well anything with force.
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Ida B Wells was a crusader to stop lynchings and bring civil rights.\n\nCarl Rowan was a black journalist and worked hard at getting blacks to go to college.
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Ede Teller, a Hungarian scientist who immigrated to the US. He died recently. I have almost forgotten to mention that he was awarded a Nobel Prize for peace.
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He was the second African American to recieve a PhD in science: specifically, in Bioscience at Illinois Wesleyan Univsersity in 1889.
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It is a lecture given by prominent African-American Mathematicians  more can be found at
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Have you conducted research on this? May we have the research paper reporting your results? Or a reference to your sources? Personal experience with all black men?