Here are some of the inventions gifted to mankind by African Americans. advertisement. StarsInsider. Amazing inventions we have African Americans to thank for. Story by Stars Insider ...

In honor of Black History Month, this week's Big Fun pays homage with a list of other major inventions by African-Americans. GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER (1864-1943) ...

Thomas L. Jennings (1791–1859) was the first African American person to receive a patent in the U.S., paving the way for future inventors of color to gain exclusive rights to their inventions.

An African American, Otis Boykin, invented electronic control devices for guided missiles, IBM computers and the pacemaker. J. Standard invented the refrigerator and received the patent in 1889.

*The ABC’s of African American Inventions is a recently released children’s book by Kenneth R. McClelland. This fun and informative book can be used for home schooling; in traditional ...

According to Johnson’s research, owners often took credit for slave inventions. Here are a few examples of African American inventions during the time of slavery that Johnson cites: Henry Boyd ...

One thing the fire extinguisher, guitar, super soaker, and pressure cooker have in common? They were all invented by African Americans. Thanks to the students of the Ross Woodward School, those and ...

African-American innovators and visionaries have developed or contributed to many things that are commonplace today — some are well known such as the light bulb and others not so obvious ...

As a result, historians can identify only four African-American women who were granted patents for their inventions between 1865, the end of the Civil War, and the turn of the 19th century. Of ...