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Charles Drew Daniel Hale Elijah McCoy Fred Jones Garrett Morgan
Pioneer of the Modern Williams Inventor of the Developed Inventor of a Traffic
Blood Bank Pioneer of Open Heart Automatic Lubricator Refrigeration System Signal and Gas Mask
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George Jan Matzeliger Lewis Latimer Madam C.J. Percy Julian

Washington Invented an Automated Invented an Improved Walker Pioneer in the Field of
Carver Shoe Lasting Device Light Bulb Created a Black Hair Synthetic Chemistry
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Andre Reboucas Andrew Beard Benjamin Benjamin David Crosthwait

Invented an Early- Created the "Jenny Banneker Montgomery Designed Innovative
version Torpedo. Coupler." Astronomy who Developed a Special Heating Installations.

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Ernest Just George Alcorn George George Crum George Grant

Pioneer in Marine Semiconductor and Carruthers Invented the Potato Created an Improved
Biology and Zoology. Aerospace Innovator. Measuring and Chip Golf Tee.
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George Murray Granville Woods Jack Johnson James Forten James West
Created a Cotton- Telegraph and Railway Boxing Champion Revolutionized the Created the Affordable
chopping Device. Device Developer. Invented a Wrench. Sail-making Business. Electret Microphone.
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John Parker Joseph Dickinson Joseph Lee Lewis Temple Lloyd Hall
Created a Screw for a Developed Improved Created a Bread Created the "Temple's Revolutionized the

Tobacco Press. and Innovative Reed Making Machine. Iron" Harpoon. World of Food

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Lonnie Johnson Mark Dean Marjorie Joyner Meredith Miriam Benjamin

Invented the "Super Created innovative Invented the Gourdine Invented a "Gong and
Soaker" toy. Computer Devices. "Permanent Waving Created an Allergen- Signal" chair for hotels.
Read more Read more Machine." filtration Device. Read more
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Norbert Rillieux Otis Boykin Patricia Bath Philip Emeagwali Richard Spikes
Created Sugar-refining Invented Resistors for Created a Laser Created Processes to Invented an Automatic
Evaporation Pan Pacemakers. Surgical Device. Innovate Internet Apps. Gear Shift.
System. Read more Read more Read more Read more
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Robert Pelham Sarah Goode Shelby Davidson Thomas Elkins Thomas Mensah
Invented Tallying Invented the Folding Created Adding Created a Refrigerated Pioneered the Field of
Machine for the Cabinet Bed. Machine Add-ons. Apparatus. Fiber Optics.
Census. Read more Read more Read more Read more
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Valerie Thomas
Developed a 3-D
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Albert Benjamin Bradley Benjamin Charles Brooks Daniel McCree

Richardson Created a Steam Thornton Developed the Street- Created a Portable
Invented a Wooden Engine for Warships. Created an Answering sweeper. Home Fire Escape.
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David Fisher Edward Lewis Henry Blair Henry Brown Henry Faulkner
Creating the "Joiner's Invented a Spring Gun. Invented a Seed Created a Strongbox Created a Ventilated
Clamp." Read more Planter and Corn for Personal Valuables. Shoe to Minimize
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John Love Joseph Hawkins Lloyd Ray Matthew Cherry Philip Downing
Invented Early Pencil Improved Gridiron Created the Dust Pan. Created a Tricycle and Created a Street
Sharpener. Metal Oven Racks. Read more a Streetcar Fender. Postal Mailbox.
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Sarah Boone Thomas Jennings Thomas Stewart William Purvis Willis Johnson
Created a Version of Developed a "Dry- Invented a Version of Invented a Fountain Invented the Egg-
the Ironing Board. cleaning" process. the Mop. Pen. beater.
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A Rich Heritage Gives Way to Modern Ingenuity

Look for information about African-American inventors and you'll quickly find that American
innovation is rich with the contributions of famous black inventors like Elijah McCoy, Lewis
Howard Latimer, George Washington Carver and Madame C.J. Walker (Sarah Breedlove).

In fact, many modern conveniences and necessities are directly related to, or derivative of, the
inventions of black inventors: blood banks, the refrigerator, the electric trolley, the dust pan,
George Alcorn comb, mop, brush, clothes dryer, refrigerator, lawn mower, traffic signals, the pen and the
pencil sharpener.
Benjamin Banneker
But what of the present-day counterparts to these historical figures? Did African-Americans
Dr. Patricia Bath just up and stop inventing? The answer, conclusively, is no.

From colonial times through today, Americans of African and Caribbean descent have
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contributed to the advancement of medicine, physics, industrialization and plain old fun.
Famous Black Inventors is pleased to present an introduction to just a few of the many
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modern-day African-American inventors, as well as biographies of their predecessors
throughout American history. Select an inventor from the list on the left to read more about the
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inventions he or she created.

George Crum

Dr. Mark Dean

Dr. Charles Drew Dr. Mark Dean Dr. James West

Computer Inventions Electret Microphone

Kenneth J. Dunkley As a child, Mark Dean excelled in math. In
elementary school, he took advanced level math
Dr. Philip Emeagwali courses and, in high school, Dean even built his
own computer, radio, and amplifier. Dean
continued his interests and went on to obtain a
Dr. Betty Harris
bachelors...
Ninety percent of microphones used today are
based on the ingenuity of James Edward West,
an African-American inventor born in 1931 in
Prince Edwards County, VA. If you've ever talked
on the telephone, you've probably used his
invention...

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Garrett Morgan

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Welcome to Great Black Heroes. This site looks as many of the Black heroes in
the course of history, pioneers and ground breakers in different fields. Many
have gone unrecognized for their contributions, but their significance is now
being rediscovered. Join us in recognizing these Great Black Heroes.

Bayard Rustin Frederick Douglass Matthew Henson Jesse Owens

Bayard Rustin spent years in the Frederick Douglass was the most Though ignored at the time, history More than just a celebrated athlete,

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background of the shadows of the
great civil rights leader of the 1960s,
despite
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Johnny Bright was one of the
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football and Canadian Football
League history but he is
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Percy Julian
Percy Julian should be a name
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Wendell Smith
Wendell Smith was a pioneer in the
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well-known Black person in America
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Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. loomed as
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Rosa Parks
Many remember Rosa Parks simply
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has discovered the true contributions
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One of the foremost figures of the
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Hank Aaron is acknowledged as one
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many
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Oprah Winfrey has lived the
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Jesse Owens took his country on his
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Nina Simone was one of the
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Sam Lacy was a pioneer in the field
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Satchel Paige
Satchel Paige is remembered with
fondness as one of the greatest
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life was
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Josephine Baker
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Marian Anderson was one of the
greatest singers of the 20th Century,
but it was her dignity in the face
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Doris Miller
The story of Doris Miller has been
glamorized in motion pictures, but
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cook who became a hero during the
attack on Pearl Harbor.
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was one of the
most celebrated and respected
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Renaissance and was a fore bearer
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Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. is
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military establishment in advancing
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ability of a Black man to preserver
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Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall is known as the
first Black Justice of the United
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Jackie Robinson
Bass Reeves is a legend of the
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Joe Louis
Joe Louis, as much as anyone from
his era, carried the hopes and
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William Hastie
William Hastie had one of the most
distinguished careers as an earlier
Black political pioneer but today
remains unknown to most
Americans. As a politician, an
educator and a jurist, Hastie made
inroads and left a legacy that is hard
to match in history.
Elijah McCoy
Josephine Baker is a name that is
synonymous with the 1920s cultural
high life. She lived in a time of
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Larry Doby
Larry Doby is forever viewed as
number two, the second Black
player and the second Black
manager in modern Major League
Baseball but this should not obscure
his Hall of Fame career nor the
struggles he endured.
Wilt Chamberlain
Wilt Chamberlain is universally
recognized as one of the greatest
basketball players in history, but he
may well be the most under-rated
players in history.
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not only in African American culture
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Lewis Latimer
Lewis Latimer is considered one of
the ten most important Black
inventors of all time, not only for the
sheer
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George Washington
Carver
George Washington Carver was
born in 1860 in Diamond Grove,
Missouri and in spite of earlier
issues would advance to
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Jackie Robinson is known as the
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Fred McKinley Jones is certainly one
of the most significant Black
inventors ever based on the sheer
number of inventions
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Although the name Elijah McCoy
may be a mystery to most people,
the scale of his ingenuity and the
quality of his creations have created
a level of distinction which bears his
name.
Lloyd Hall
Lloyd Hall made significant
contributions to society by
developing new methods of food
preservation and sterilization which
eliminated spoilage and health
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Often the greatest inventions are
those which simplify necessary
tasks. Such is the case with Jan
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Charles Drew
Charles Drew was one of those
exceptional individuals who seemed
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would go on
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Great Female Inventors... words that to some might prompt a puzzled look. In our everyday
lives, the creativity of the often overlooked and vastly underappreciated female inventors of the last
three hundred years have touched our lives and the way that we do business in ways that few
comprehend. While many today decry the lack of encouragement that young females are given to
pursue careers in math and science, the women of yesterday tackled the problems that needed Bath, Patricia
solution and cleared the way for inventors in the future.
Benjamin, Miriam
Bath, Patricia - Created a laser-based device to perform Benjamin, Miriam - Invented a "Gong and
cataracts surgery. Signal" chair for hotels.
Coston, Martha

Joyner, Marjorie

Coston, Martha - Joyner, Marjorie - Invented the Pinckney, Eliza

"Permanent Waving Machine."
Thomas, Valerie

Walker, Madam
C. J.
Pinckney, Eliza - Developed a succesful strain of the Thomas, Valerie - Developed a
Indigo plant, which revolutionized the production of dye. device to produce 3-Dimensional
optical illusions and effect.

Walker, Madam C. J. - Created and marketed Black

Hair Care products and became so successful that she
was the first Black female millionaire.

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