Black Inventors

Michael Jackson’s invention and patented a special shoe

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 06:03:23 +0000

Michael Jackson co-designed and patented a special shoe meant to provide anti-gravity illusions by nailing down dancers when necessary.

Author Margot Lee Shetterly About NASA's 'Hidden Figures'

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 06:03:23 +0000

The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race, is about African-American women mathematicians working at NASA who were instrumental to the success of the United States space program

Marjorie Stewart-Joyner

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 06:03:23 +0000

In 1939, she started looking for an easier way for women to curl their hair, taking her inspiration from a pot roast cooking with paper pins to quicken preparation time. Joyner experimented initially with these paper rods and soon designed a table that could be used to curl or straighten hair by wrapping hair.

Miriam Benjamin

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 06:03:23 +0000

On July 17, 1888 Miriam Benjamin obtained a patent for her invention, the Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels. The chair would reduce the expenses of hotels by decreasing the number of waiters and attendants.

Marie Van Brittan Brown

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 06:03:23 +0000

Inspired by how long it would take the police to arrive in her neighborhood, Brown invented the first form of a home security system.

Lyda D. Newman

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 06:03:23 +0000

She invented a hairbrush that could be taken apart easily for cleaning.

Garrett Augustus Morgan Sr

Sat, 02 Jun 2018 17:48:29 +0000

Black inventor Garrett Morgan patented the traffic light, a safety hood and smoke protector

Black Scientists and Inventors (Animated)

Sat, 19 May 2018 16:11:38 +0000

A kid-friendly, animated video on the lives and legacies of Black Scientists and Inventors

First African American Patent Holders

Sat, 19 May 2018 15:44:06 +0000

Innovators were never properly recognized for transforming the world we live in

Masters of Invention

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 21:38:58 +0000

Black men and women whose inventions have contributed to society from the time of slavery to today.

20th and 21st Century

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 21:38:58 +0000

Famous black men and women inventors of the 20th and the 21st century.

Inventions and Discoveries

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 21:38:58 +0000

Great African American inventors concealed by History