Henry Blair (c. 1807–1860) was the second African American inventor to receive a US patent (after Thomas L. Jennings). His first invention was a seed-planter,[4] patented October 14, 1834, which allowed farmers to plant more corn using less labor. #blackstem en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_B...

John Edward Hodge (October 12, 1914 – January 3, 1996) was an American chemist, born in Kansas City, Kansas, best known for establishing the mechanisms in the Maillard reaction pathway. #blackstem en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E....

They were able to do what others failed at: the 6888th quickly cleared years-long backlogs of undelivered mail to troops in the European Theater of Operations #blackstem #blackwomeninstem #womeninstem www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Thq...

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George Robert Carruthers (October 1, 1939 – December 26, 2020) was an American space physicist and engineer. Carruthers perfected a compact and very powerful ultraviolet camera/spectrograph for NASA to use when it launched Apollo 16 in 1972. #blackstem en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...

OTD in 1980, as member of the crew of Soyuz 38, he became first Cuban citizen, first Latin American, the first person of African descent, and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the United States to travel into Earth orbit. #blackstem en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnaldo...

Lena Frances Edwards (September 17, 1900 – December 3, 1986) was a New Jersey physician who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. #blackstem #blackwomeninstem #womeninstem en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Fr...

Miriam Elizabeth Benjamin (September 16, 1861 – 1947) was an American schoolteacher and inventor. In 1888, she obtained patent for Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels, becoming second African-American woman to receive a patent. #blackstem #blackwomeninstem #womeninstem en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_...

Jan Ernst Matzeliger (September 15, 1852 – August 24, 1889) was a Surinamese-American inventor whose automated lasting machine brought significant change to shoe manufacturing. The Consolidated Lasting Machine Company was founded to make his devices. #blackstem en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ern...

OTD In 1992, the crew of the Shuttle Endeavour included the first African-American woman in space, Mae C. Jemison, as a Science Mission Specialist aboard Endeavour. #blackstem #blackwomeninstem #womeninstem www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-...

Shirley M. Malcom currently serves as a Senior Advisor and Director of SEA Change at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). #blackstem #womeninstem #blackwomeninstem en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley...