Important individual in history---10 POINTS!!!!!?

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African American Scientists

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Lewis Latimer worked with Alexander Graham Bell (the inventor of the telephone) and Thomas Edison (the inventor of electric light). He supervised the installation of the electric lights in New York, Philadelphia, Montreal, and London. Mr. Latimer is famous for inventing a toilet system for railroad cars.

http://inventors.about.com/od/blackinventors/a/black_historyB.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/black.shtml

http://www.msu.edu/~ouelle18/Black%20Inventors/Latimer.htm

http://www.fultonschools.org/teacher/stratton/latimer.html

http://www.angelfire.com/nj/PflommScience/AfroAmerScientists.htm

Ernest Just.

Ernest Just was born on August 14, 1883 in Charleston, South Carolina. His mother worked as a school teacher and his father, a dock worker, died when Ernest was only four years old, forcing him to have to work in the fields after school each day. Because high schools in the South provided such poor education at that time, Ernest's mother decided to send him North to receive better schooling. Through hard work, Ernest was able to earn enough money to attend the Kimball Academy in New Hampshire. The Kimball Academy was an exclusive school and Just proved himself worthy by excelling in his classes. As the editor of the school newspaper and President of the debating team, Ernest completed the four year program in only three, graduating with honors as the valedictorian of his class.

http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/ernestjust.html

http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/Museum/ernest.html

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At only six years old, Buffett purchased 6-packs of Coca Cola from his grandfather's grocery store for twenty five cents and resold each of the bottles for a nickel, pocketing a five cent profit. While other children his age were playing hopscotch and jacks, Warren was making money. Five years later, Buffett took his step into the world of high financeAt eleven years old, he purchased three shares of Cities Service Preferred at $38 per share for both himself and his older sister, Doris. Shortly after buying the stock, it fell to just over $27 per share. A frightened but resilient Warren held his shares until they rebounded to $40. He promptly sold them - a mistake he would soon come to regret. Cities Service shot up to $200. The experience taught him one of the basic lessons of investing: patience is a virtue.

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Lessee, an uncommon American who affected history, so he had to be the string puller, rather than the puppet on the stage. My guess would be Hanna (last name), from Cleveland, who mostly dictated which Republican won the presidency after the Civil War....Show more

Martin Luther King.
I just did a project on him last week and there is a ton of information on him...Show more