Inventors
This black woman created her own hair growth product and eventually started her own hair care company to become a multi-millionaire.
1. Susan B. Anthony
2. Madam C.J. Walker
3. Betsy Ross
Madam C.J. Walker was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records.
In 1885, she created a "folding cabinet bed.". She moved to Chicago and opened a furniture store.
1. Jennifer Hudson
2. Sarah Goode
3. Whitney Houston
Sarah Goode became the first Black woman to receive a US patent.
This black man created the lawnmower.
1. John Salley
2. John Thompson
3. John Albert Burr
John Albert Burr fully made over the lawnmower, bringing better traction, rotary blades, and allowed cutting closer to buildings.
This person proved how creative you could be using LOGO's. We call it Logomania!
1. Dapper Dan
2. Rapper 2 Chainz
3. Stephen Curry
Dapper Dan took the logos of designer brands and used them for apparel, furniture, and more.
This black man created the Electric Railway System for city Trains.
1. William Murphy
2. William B. Purvis
3. Glenn "Doc" Rivers
William B. Purvis was an African-American inventor and businessman who received multiple patents in the late 1800s. His inventions included improvements on paper bags, an updated fountain pen design; along with the Fountain Pen, which was originally used for calligraphy and cursive handwriting. improvement to the hand stamp, and a close-conduit electric railway system
Although the light bulb itself was perfected by Thomas Edison, this black man invented the Carbon Light Bulb Filament which actually provided the light in 1881.
1. Thomas Edison
2. Lewis Howard Latimer
3. Sarah Breedlove
Lewis Howard Latimer was a black Inventor and engineer. He was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
This man created the Potato Chip.
1. Allen Iverson
2. George Crum
3. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
George Crum - It happened that he was working as a chef at a resort in New York. A customer sent his dish of french fries back to the kitchen, claiming that they weren’t good. In an irritated fit, Crum cut the potatoes as thinly as possible, fried them until they were burnt crisps, and threw a generous handful of salt on top. Thus, the chip was born.
This black man pioneered the world's first lawn sprinkling system. We call it the "Lawn Sprinkler."
1. Joseph "Butch" Morris
2. Joseph A. Smith
3. Stephen A. Smith
This invention by Joseph A. Smith helped dads everywhere keep their grass green while allowing kids a fun toy to jump around in.
This black woman was referred to as "Black Moses" because of her involvement in the Underground Railroad used to free many slaves in America.
1. Harriet Moore
2. Harriet Johnson
3. Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and social activist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue slaves, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
In 1971, The Cellular Phone, aka Mobile phone, was upgraded and improved by this black man who attended Morehouse College.
1.Henry Ford
2. Henry Kissinger
3. Dr. Henry T. Sampson
Henry Sampson was a pioneer in the technology now used in cell phones. In 1971, Dr. Henry T. Sampson co-invented the Gamma-Electric cell with George H. Miley. The Gamma-Electric cell converts high radiation energy (gamma rays) to electricity.
This man was responsible for the invention of peanut butter.
1. John McEnroe
2. Albert Einstein
3. George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion.
This black man developed what he called the safety hood after noticing how many firefighters were killed by smoke on the job.
1. Garrett Morgan
2. Doug Williams
3. Sammy Davis, Jr.
Garrett Morgan developed what he called the safety hood after noticing how many firefighters were killed by smoke on the job. The hood, which went over the head, featured tubes connected to wet sponges that filtered out smoke and provided fresh oxygen.
What we call the modern-day toilet was developed and configured by this man to provide comfort during rest-room breaks.
1. Isaiah Thomas
2. John Elway
3. Thomas Elkins
Thank Thomas Elkins for your porcelain throne. Without Elkins, your bathroom breaks certainly wouldn’t be as comfortable.
This black woman grew tired of having unmanageable hair and created the hair brush, which could also be taken apart for cleaning.
1. Lyda D. Newman
2. Lizzie the Singer
3. Queen Latifa
Lyda D. Newman was a patented African-American inventor and involved activist for women's suffrage. She is known for the invention of a durable hairbrush with synthetic bristles
This black man invented the Air Conditioning Unit, Two-cycle Gas Engine, Internal Combustion Engines, the Starter Generator, and Refrigeration Controls.
1. Frederick McKinley Jones
2. Devin Haney
3. Dr. Fred Price
Frederick McKinley Jones was an American inventor, entrepreneur, engineer, winner of the National Medal of Technology, and an inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Jones innovated mobile refrigeration technology. He received 61 patents, 40 for refrigeration technology.
With only an elementary school education, this Black inventor created the Three-Light Traffic Signal in 1923.
1. Sylvester Stallone
2. Garrett Morgan
3. John D. Rockefeller
Garrett Morgan, the son of an enslaved parent, invented the Red, Yellow, and Green traffic signal.
This black man created a "protective mailbox" that featured that prevented your mail from being stolen
1. Phillip D. Sousa
2. Philip B. Downing
3. Phillip Rivers
Philip B. Downing created a mailbox design that featured an outer door and an inner safety door to avoid parcels being stolen. This safety device allowed mailboxes to be set up everywhere.
This black man helped resolve many people's back pain by producing the modern-day mop for cleaning floors.
1. Jack Black
2. "Iron" Mike Tyson
3. Thomas W. Stewart
Thomas W. Stewart created the mop, which helps to ease the backbreaking labor of bending over or getting on our knees to mop floors.
Among MANY other things, this black inventor is responsible for Paints, Color Stains, Lotions, Soaps, and also the PEANUT.
1. George Bush
2. George Washington
3. George W. Carver
George W. Carver was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century.
This intellectual created a refrigerated machine that could be electric or stand-alone without any electricity. We now call the Refrigerator.
1. John McKinney
2. John McEnroe
3. John Standard
John Standard was saying that he had found a way to improve the design of refrigerators a non-electrical and unpowered design, Standard's refrigerator made in 1891 used a manually filled ice chamber for chilling and was granted a patent on June 14, 1891
In 1754, this Black Astronomer made the 1st clock in America. Who was he?
1. Benjamin Banneker
2. George Washington
3. Adolph Hitler
Benjamin Banneker
This black doctor graduated from Columbia University. He discovered a method of separating red blood cells from plasma and then storing the two components separately, which resulted in the evolution of Blood Banks.
1. Charles Manson
2. Charles Barkley
3. Charles Richard Drew
Charles Richard Drew perfected the preservation of blood when he created a new process allowing blood to be stored for more than a week, which was the maximum at that time.
This black man created the 1st Reversible Baby Stroller.
1. Michael Jackson
2. William Richardson
3. Dale Carnegie
William Richardson created the first reversible baby stroller with independent wheels.
There are 4 things created by Black Inventors that we may or may not know about because of FAKE NEWS!
1. Paper, The game of Chess, The Alphabet, and Medicine.
2. Hog-pens, sneakers, computers, and airplanes
3. Desktop PC's, slippers, socks, and Coca-cola
Paper, The game of Chess, The Alphabet, and Medicine were all created by Black Inventors!
One black man produced all of these things: Telephone Transmitter, Electric cut-Off Switch, Relay Instrument, Telephone System, Electro Mech Brake. Galvanic Battery, Roller Coaster, and the Auto Air Brake for automobiles.
1. Warren Moon
2. Dizzy Gillespie
3. Granville T. Woods
Granville Tailer Woods was an American inventor who held more than 50 patents in the U.S. He was the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. Self-taught, he concentrated most of his work on trains and streetcars.