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Black History
2002
A N A M E R IC A N S T O R Y
February 06, 2002
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R e c o g n iz in g B la c k H is to r y M a k e rs
In the 1920’s, the first black woman aviator takes flight
Muck History Month
w as established as a
tribute to the many
A frica n A m ericans
who have g rea tly
infhtenced others with
llieir stru g g le for
freedom and equality.
l.earn about these
brave innovators and
lest vour know ledge of
their place in history
by guessing the name
o f the in dividuals
profiled. The answ ers
are
b lo cked-out,
u p sid e down, for
vour reference with
In th e f ie ld o f a v ia tio n ,
can yo u g u e ss w ho w as
A m e r ic a ’s f ir s t b la ck wom an
p ilo t in th e f o llo w in g p e r
s o n a l a c co u n t?
I have alw ays had a natural
love o f flying. A lth o u g h very
few w om en in m y tim e b e
cam e pilo ts, my d ream w as to
d ro p being a m an icu rist and
open a flying school for blacks
and w om en.
A fter h earing th at w om en
in F ran ce flew plan es, 1 e n
ro lle d in F ra n c e ’s C o n d rau
S chool o f A viation. A t tw enty-
nine y ears o ld, I earn ed an
in tern atio n al p ilo t’s license.
T h ey c e le b ra te d m e in the
U n ited S tates fo r being the
firs t b la c k w o m an a v ia to r.
H o w e v e r, I c o u ld not fin d
e m p lo y m e n t in c o m m e rc ia l
av iatio n . B ecause o f this, I
h ead ed back to E urope and
llie ir photos.
train ed under fam ous G erm an
pilo ts and flew a 220 h o rse
p o w er B enz m otoring plane -
the larg est plane e v e r flow n
by a w om an.
In 1 9 2 6 ,1 w as in v ited to fly
fo r the M ay D ay h o lid ay in
Jack so n v ille, F lorida. T he day
before the event, I took a prac
tice run w ith my m echanic.
T o my ho rro r, the p lan e sp i
raled o u t o f co n tro l. W ithout
my seatb elt on, I fell five hun
dred feet to the ground.
D uring m y funeral, m any
black m en and w om en pilots
paid th e ir resp ects by flying
o v e r the L in co ln C em etery in
C h icag o to dro p flow ers on
m y grave.
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Answer:
UBLU3I0J a is s d g
The essence of blues music was
legendary with this artist
N o t o n ly have ta le n te d Blacks sold
b illio n s o f tickets. They even in ve n te d th e
m achine th a t dispenses th e tickets.
The ticket dispaning machine, was invented by Frederick ¡odes, lane 27, 1939, US Patent 2,163,7 } i? $ Dry cleaning process
forclothes, Thomas lennings, ( First African American to receive a US Patent) March 3, 1821, US£o(g)la306)( • Folding cabi-
net bed, Sarah Goode, ( First African American woman to receive a US Patent)
.188^l\,fatenl 322,117 •
Urinalysis
machine, Dewey Sanderson, ¡nly 28, 1970, US Patent 3,522,011 • Keyword stand, ¡¡Harding & 8. Hirschenson, Feb. 23, 1993,
US Patent 5,188,321 •
Steam boiler turnace, Granville Wrxxis, lane’ 3,1884, US Pgtent 299,894 • Laser surgery process for
cataracts, Patricia Bath, MD, fitly 6, 1999, US Patent 5,919, F $ rTtre esum&dder, jfoeph Winters, May 7, 1878, US Patent
203,517 •
Wrench, ¡ohn ¡ohnson, April 18, 1922, US Pafggt T, 4 1 ^ . Disposable syringe, Phil Brooks, Apr. 9, 1974, US
In the fie ld o f music,
can you guess who is
this legen dary blues
m usician a n d sin ger
fro m M ississippi du r
ing the 1930’s, in the
fo llo w in g p e r s o n a l
account?
T hey ca ll me the
“ K ing o f th e D e lta
B lues” because o f the
moody way I play gui
tar and sing lyrics that
have more agony than
a R ic h a rd W rig h t
novel. Living in M is
sissippi most o f my life,
I m arried young. My
first wife died at the age
o f sixteen during child
birth. M usic helped me
d e a l w ith h e r lo s s ,
where I played guitar in
jook joints and roadhouses.
Just to survive. I’ve had to do blues gigs
everyw here I can and rom anced many women
along the way. My reputation as a m usician
and ladies' man was legendary.
During the early 1930s, I m ade a pact with
the Devil: he can have my soul in return for
musical talent. W ithin a year and a half, I
became a m aster guitarist with no previous
skill.
Some o f the records I’ve made are “C ross
Road B lues” and “T erraplane B lues.”
Many years after my death, I’ve influenced
rock bands like Rolling Stones, Cream, Captain
Beefheart and Jimi Hendrix, to return to classic
blues m aterial.
N o one really know s the ca u se o f my
d eath. M any say it w as from stry c h n in e
poisoning by a m an, because I fooled around
w ith his w ife.
Patent 3,802,434 • Home security with IVsurveillance, (Aprie V^frown, Dei . 2, 1969, US Patent 3,482,037 • Automatic
safety break system, l&banfcukits, ¡air.'Z 1962, US Patent!,015,522 •
Street sweeper, Charles Brooks, Mar. 17, 1896, US
Patent 556,7(1 • M tifclho^9ew ad,/iine 13, 1893 US Patent 499,402 • Flectric heater, I bed Stallworth, Oct. 16, 1928,
US Patent 1 687,521 •
Fitted
ttf sheet, Bedha Benngn. Odf.6, 1959, US Patent 2,907,055
• Oil stove, /ohn Standard, Oct
29. 1889, US Pr&nt 413,6$, • Stair-climbing wheelchair. Julies War.ei Nos. 19, 1968, US Patent 3,411,598 • Automatic
pressure cooker lu n c iitt Maurice ftg Sejpfc.^9, 1959, US Patent
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191 • Vehicular restraint system, Leslie ¡ones, Sept. 12,
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From Inventions like the ticket dispensing machine to the many other unknown African American
achievements, Black history has touched our lives in many ways.
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This inventive scientist saved
lives with his blood research
In the fie ld o f Medicine, who was the fam ous black
scientist that fo u n d innovate ways to store blood fo r
medical emergencies, in the follow ing personal ac
count?
During my early years of research in the 1940s on blood,
I focused on how to administer blood to patients during
an emergency. Generally, blood could only be stored for
seven days before it begins to spoil. I experimented with
plasma, or blood without red blood cells, and discovered
that plasma could substitute for whole blood. Some of the
techniques that I have created were for processing and
preserving plasma so that it could be stored and shipped
great distances, including the development o f dehydrated
plasma that could be reconstituted by adding water.
During W orld War II, England was suffering badly
against Hitler’sGer-
many. There were
thousands of casu
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alties, and the be
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leaguered Royal Au-
Force could not maintain banked blood near the battlefront. They
turned to the United States for help. I was selected to be the
medical supervisor of the Blood for Britain program.
Through my successful work with blood preservation and
transfusion efforts in Europe, I was enlisted by the American Red
Cross in 1941 to establish a blood bank program in the United
States. I initiated the use of refrigerated bloodmobiles, which the
Red Cross continues to use to this day.
In 1941, the U.S. War Department ordered that blood be
segregated by race. This made me real angry and upset that I
resigned my position as director of the Red Cross Blood Bank
Program. It w asn’t until 1949 that the U.S. military stopped
segregating blood.
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