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1855–1905. Inventor. Folding "cabinet-bed", forerunner of the Murphy bed; first African-American woman to receive a patent in the United States. [ 81][ 82][ 83] Grant, George F. 1846–1910. Dentist, professor. The first African-American professor at Harvard, Boston dentist, and inventor of a wooden golf tee .
Granville Tailer Woods (April 23, 1856 – January 30, 1910) was an American inventor who held more than 50 patents in the United States. [1] He was the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. [2] Self-taught, he concentrated most of his work on trains and streetcars.
Lonnie George Johnson (born October 6, 1949) is an American inventor, aerospace engineer, and entrepreneur, best known for inventing the bestselling Super Soaker water gun in 1989. He was formerly employed at the U.S. Air Force and NASA, where he worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. [2]
Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at the March on Washington. From trailblazers to inventors, Olympians, and politicians, numerous Black historical figures have left their marks on American history ...
Mark E. Dean (born March 2, 1957) [1] is an American inventor and computer engineer. He developed the ISA bus, and he led a design team for making a one- gigahertz computer processor chip. [2] He holds three of nine PC patents for being the co-creator of the IBM personal computer released in 1981. [3] In 1995, Dean was named the first ever ...
George Edward Alcorn Jr. George Edward Alcorn Jr. (born March 22, 1940) is an American physicist, engineer, inventor, and professor. He taught at Howard University and the University of the District of Columbia, and worked primarily for IBM and NASA. He has over 30 inventions and 8 patents resulting in his induction into the National Inventors ...
Miriam Benjamin. Henry Blair (inventor) Bessie Blount Griffin. Sarah Boone. Otis Boykin. Benjamin Bradley (inventor) Charles B. Brooks. Henry Brown (inventor) Marie Van Brittan Brown.
Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner (May 17, 1912 – January 13, 2006) was an American inventor most noted for her development of the adjustable sanitary belt. [ 1] Kenner received five patents, which includes a carrier attachment for invalid walker and bathroom tissue dispenser. [ 2]
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