Movements and Debates

George Washington Carver

Lewis Latimer

Garrett Morgan

Otis Boykin

By inventing the cotton gin

By developing methods to prevent soil depletion

By pioneering irrigation techniques

By creating synthetic fertilizers

It led to increased agricultural productivity.

It improved urban traffic flow and reduced accidents.

It enhanced home lighting and reduced fire hazards.

It advanced computer technology and healthcare.

Katherine Johnson

Mary Jackson

Mae Jemison

Christine Darden

Limited access to computational resources and recognition due to her race and gender.

Lack of educational opportunities in mathematics.

Inability to work on Apollo missions.

Exclusion from social events.

By creating new educational programs specifically for women and minorities.

By breaking racial and gender barriers, inspiring more women and minorities to pursue STEM careers.

By establishing laws that mandated equal representation in STEM fields.

By funding scholarships for women and minorities in STEM.

Developing the polio vaccine.

Inventing the first artificial heart.

Founding Provident Hospital and performing the world's first successful heart surgery.

Leading the Tuskegee Syphilis Study.

To replace existing government-run hospitals.

To provide specialized care for wealthy patients.

To address healthcare disparities and provide care to underserved communities.

To promote segregation in healthcare.

Segregation led to better funding for Black hospitals.

Discrimination prevented African Americans from accessing quality healthcare in mainstream facilities.

Segregation encouraged collaboration between Black and white doctors.

Discrimination increased the number of white doctors willing to treat Black patients.

To promote genetic diversity.

To improve the human race through selective breeding and sterilization.

To provide better healthcare for people with disabilities.

To advocate for civil rights for marginalized groups.