Contemporary Black Inventors
1
A.P. Abourne
Refining of coconut oil.
July 27, 1980
2
A. B. Blackburn
Spring seat for chairs. Patent#
380,420
April 3, 1888
3
A.C. Richardson
Casket-Lowering Device. Patent#
529,311
November 13,
1894
4
A.C. Richardson
Churn. Patent # 466,470
February 17, 1891
5
A.E. Long and A.A.
Jones--
Caps For Bottles And Jars
1898
6
A.L. Lewis
Window Cleaner
1892
7
A.L. Rickman
Galoshes
1898
8
Anna M. Mangin
Pastry fork
March 1, 1892
9
Alexander P. Ashbourne
Biscuit Cutter
November, 1875
10
Alexander Miles
Elevator and also safety device for
elevators. Patent No. 371,207
October11, 1887
11
Alfred L. Cralle
Ice Cream Scooper. Patent #
576,395
February 2,1897
12
Alice Parker
Heating Furnace
1918
13
Andrew Beard
Automatic Car Coupling Device
1897
14
Augustus Jackson
Ice cream
1832
15
B. F. Cargill
Invalid cot. Patent# 629,658
July 25, 1899
16
B.F. Jackson
Gas Burner
17
Benjamin Banneker
Clock, Prints for Wash. DC 1st
Almanac
18
Bessie V. Griffin
Portable Receptacle
1951
19
C.B. Brook
Street Sweeper
1896
20
C.V. Richey
Fire Escape Bracket. Patent #
596,427
December 28,
1897
21
C. W. Allen
Self Leveling table. Patent #
613,436
November 1, 1898
22
D. McCree
Portable Fire Escape. Patent #
440,322
23
Darryl Thomas
Cattle Roping Apparatus
24
Dr. Charles Drew
Invented Blood Banks And
November 11,
1890
1940
Established Them Around The
World
25
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Performed First Open Heart
Surgery
26
Edmond Berger
Spark Plug
27
Elbert R. Robinson
Electric Railway Trolley
28
Ellen Elgin
Clothes Wringer
1880s
29
Elijah Mccoy
Automatic Lubrication System (For
Railroad And Heavy Machinery)
1892
July 2, 1872
30
Folarin Sosan
Package-Park (Solves Package
Delivery Dilemma)
www.maita.com
1997
31
Frederick Jones
Ticket Dispensing Machine. Patent
# 2163754
June 27, 1939
32
Frederick Jones
Starter Generator. Patent # 2475842
July 12, 1949
33
Frederick Jones
Two-Cycle gasoline Engine. Patent
# 2523273
November 28,
1950
34
Frederick Jones
Air Condition. Patent # 2475841
July 12, 1949
35
Frederick Jones
Portable X-Ray Machine
36
G.W. Murray
Cultivator and Marker. Patent #
517,961
April 10, 1894
37
G.W. Murray
Combined Furrow Opener and
Stalk-Knocker. Patent # 517,960
April 10, 1894
38
G.W. Murray
Fertilizer Distributor. Patent#
520,889
June 5, 1894
39
G.W. Murray
Cotton Chopper. Patent # 520,888
June 5, 1894
40
G.W. Murray
Planter. Patent # 520,887
June 5, 1894
41
G. F. Grant
Golf Tee. Patent # 638,920
December 12,
1899
42
G.T. Sampson
Clothes Drier
1892
43
G.W. Kelley
Steam Table
1897
44
Garret A. Morgan
Gas Mask (Saved Many Lives
During WWI)
1914
45
George Alcorn
Fabrication of spectrometer. Patent
# 4,618,380
1893
October 21, 1986
46
George Tolivar
Ship's propeller
47
George Washington
Carver
Peanut Butter
1900
48
George Washington
Carver
300 products from peanuts, 118
products from the sweet potato and
75 from the pecan.
1900-1943
49
Garret A. Morgan
Automatic Traffic Signal
1923
50
Gertrude E. Downing and
William Desjardin
Corner Cleaner Attachment.
Patent # 3,715,772
February 13, 1973
51
Granville Woods
Telephone (His Telephone Was Far
Superior To Alexander Graham
Bell's)
Dec. 2,1884
52
Granville Woods
Trolley Car
1888
53
Granville Woods
Multiplex Telegraph System
(Allowed Messages To Be Sent
And Received From Moving
Trains)
1887
54
Granville Woods
Railway Air Brakes (The First Safe
Method Of Stopping Trains) 1903
55
Granville Woods
Steam Boiler/Radiator
56
Granville Woods--
Third Rail (Subway)
57
H. Grenon
58
H.H. Reynolds
Window Ventilator for Railroad
Cars.
Patent No.275,271
59
H.A. Jackson
Kitchen Table
60
Henry Blair
Mechanical Seed Planter
61
Henry Blair
Mechanical Corn Harvester
62
Henry Single
Patented an Improved Fish Hook.
He sold it later for $625.
1854
63
Henry Sampson
Cellular Phone
July 6th, 1971
64
I.O. Carter
Nursery Chair
1960
65
Issac R. Johnson
Bicycle Frame
66
J. A. Joyce
Ore Bucket. Patent # 603,143
April 26, 1898
67
J. Hawkins
Patented the Gridiron
March 3, 1845
Razor Stropping Device. Patent #
554,867
1884
February 18, 1896
April 3, 1883
1830
68
J. Gregory
Motor
69
J.A. Sweeting
Cigarette Roller
70
J.B. Winters
Fire Escape Ladder
71
J. H. Hunter
72
J.F. Pickering
73
J. H. Robinson
74
J. Robinson
75
J. W. Reed
76
J. Ross
Bailing Press. Patent # 632,539
Sept 05, 1899
77
J.H. White
Convertible Sette (A Large Sofa)
1892
78
J.H. White
Lemon Squeezer
1896
79
J.L. Love
Pencil Sharpener. Patent # 594,114
23 November
1897
80
J.S. Smith
Lawn Sprinkler. Patent # 581,785
May 4, 1897
81
James Forten
Sailing Apparatus
1850
82
James S. Adams
Airplane Propelling
83
Jan Matzelinger
Automatic Shoe Making Machine
1883
84
Joan Clark
Medicine Tray
1987
85
John A. Johnson
Wrench
86
John Burr
Lawn Mower
87
John Parker
88
John Standard
Refrigerator. Patent# 304,552
89
Joseph Gammel
Supercharge System for Internal
Combustion Engine
90
Joseph N. Jackson
Programmable Remote Control
91
L.C. Bailey
Folding Bed
1899
92
L. Bell
Locomotive smoke stack. Patent#
115,153
May 23, 1871
93
L. F. Brown
Bridle bit. Patent # 484,994
October 25, 1892
1897
Portable Weighing Scales. Patent #
November 3, 1896
570,533
Air Ship
Lifesaving guards for Street Cars.
Patent# 623,929
Dinner Pail. Patent# 356,852
Dough Kneader and Roller.
Patents# 304,552
1892
April 25, 1899
February 1, 1887
September 2, 1884
"Parker Pulverizer" Follower-Screw
for Tobacco Presses. Patent#
September 2, 1884
304,552
Jul 14,1894
94
L.S. Burridge And N.R.
Marsham
Typewriter
95
Lewis Howard Latimer
Light Bulb Filament
96
Lewis Temple
Toggle Harpoon (Revolutionized
The Whaling Industry)
97
Lloyd A. Hall
Chemical compound to preserve
meat
98
Lloyd P. Ray
Dust Pan
99
Lydia Holmes
Wood Toys. Patent # 2,529,692
100
Lydia O. Newman
Hair brush
101
M.C. Harney
Lantern/Lamp
Aug.19, 1884
102
Madam. C. Walker
Hair Care Products
1905
103
Majorie Joyner
104
Madeline M. Turner
The Fruit Press
1916
105
Marie V. Brittan Brown
Security System. Patent #
3,482,037
December 2,
1969
106
Manley West
Discovered compound in canibis to
cure glaucoma.
1980-1987
107
Norbett Rillieux
Sugar Refining System
1846
108
O.B. Clare
Rail Tresle. Patent# 390,753
October 9, 1888
109
O. E. Brown
Horse Shoe
8/23/1892
110
Onesimus
Small Pox Inoculation (He Brought
This Method From Africa Where
Advance Medical Practices Were In
Use Long Before Europeans Had
Any Medical Knowledge)
1721
111
Otis F. Boykin
Wire Type Precision Resistor.
Patent # U.S. 2,891,227
112
Paul E Williams
Helicopter
113
Peter Walker
Machine for Cleaning Seed Cotton
114
Phillip Downing
Letter Drop Mailbox. Patent #
462,096
October 27, 1891
115
Philip Emeagwali
Accurate Weather Forecasting
1990
116
Philip Emeagwali
Hyperball Computer
April 1996
Permanent hair wave machine.
Patent # 1693515
1885
1848
November 14,
1950
November 27,
1928
June 16, 1959
117
Philip Emeagwali
Improved Petroleum Recovery
1990
118
Philip Emeagwali
World's Fastest Computer
1989
119
R.A. Butler
Train alarm. Patent #157,370
June 15, 1897
120
R.P. Scott
Corn Silker
1894
121
Richard Spikes
Automatic Gear Shift
122
Robert Flemming Jr.
Guitar
123
S. H. Love
Improvement to military guns.
Patent # 1301143.
22 April 1919
124
S. H. Love
Improve Vending Machine. Patent
# 1936515
November 21,
1933
125
Sara E. Goode
Cabinet Bed
1885
126
Rufus Stokes Patent
#3,378,241
Exhaust Purifier
April 16, 1968
127
Sarah Boone
Ironing Board
April 26, 1892
128
T. Elkins
Toilet
1897
129
T. J. Byrd
130
Thomas Carrington
Range Oven
1876
131
Thomas J.Martin
Patented the Fire Extinguisher
March 26, 1872
132
Thomas W. Stewart
Mop
1893
133
Virgie M. Ammons
Fireplace Damper Actuating Tool.
Patent # 3,908,633
September 30,
1975
134
W. A. Lovette
The Advance Printing Press
135
W. F. Burr
Railway Switching device . Patent #
636,197
Oct.31,1899
136
W. H. Ballow
Combined hatrack and table. Patent
# 601,422
March 29, 1898
137
W.S. Campbell
Self-setting animal trap. Patent#
246,369
August 30, 1881
138
W. Johnson
Egg Beater
1884
139
W.B. Purvis
The Fountain Pen Patent# 419,065
Jan 7,1890
140
W.D. Davis
Riding Saddles
October 6, 1895
141
W.H. Sammons
Hot Comb
1920
142
W.S. Grant
Curtain Rod Support
1896
143
William Barry
Postmarking and Canceling
March 3, 1886
Rail car coupling . Patent# 157,370 December 1, 1874
machine
144
Attachment for shuttle arm; device
used to capture satellites
Wm. Harwell
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Ancient Black Inventors
INVENTOR
INVENTIONS
DATES
10 000
BC or
Earlier
Africans
Civilization
Africans
Democracy
Africans
Chess
Africans
Alphabet
Africans
Petroleum:- petroleum was used by Kemetians(Africans) as
bitume and combustile. Petroleum was found in the
3000mummies.The extraction and production of oil required a
4000 BC
high knownledge of geology,mathematiques,chimistry...
Africans
Writing(hieroglyphics) Mdw Ntr
26132494 BC
Africans
Maths and Engineering
26132494 BC
Africans
Paper (made from Papyrus)
Africans
Boats (made from Papyrus)
Africans
Pyramids
Africans
Calendars: Solar, Lunar, Astrological, ect. (360 days/12
months
Africans
Domestication of Animals
Africans
Art and Literature, Philosophy and Spiritual Sytems
Africans
Mining (Gold, Tin, Copper, Iron and other metals)
Imhotep
Father of Scientific Medecine
800 BC
and
Earlier
26132494 BC
Akhenaten
Belief in one God
Africans
Stone Achitecture
26132494 BC
Africans
Sytem of Higher Education :Universities (Timbuktu)
2 - 6 AD
Africans
Agriculture
Africans
Labor and Economics
Kemetic
(African)
Scholars
Established such principles and concepts as the
Mind/Soul/Spirit, spiritual transformation, life and death,
resurrection and after-life, Ancestralhood, immortality,
creation, universal order, ideas, will, thought, speech,
memory, learning, human development, justice, morality,
human nature, self-consciousness, unconscious or
subconscious, and many others, long before the Greeks were
known to exist in human history
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or hidden or even pass off as white inventions. This small test is designed mainly to
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Question 1
Who first introduced the concept of One God?
Moses
Roman Catholics
Akhenaten
The Pope.
Question 2
Where was the art of writing invented?
Europe
America
China
Africa-Kemet(Ancient Egypt)
Question 3
Who is the true father of Medicine?
Imhotep
Hypocrates
Newton
Sacrotes
Question 4
The first calender known to man was found in Africa. In that calender how
many days are in 12 months?
365 days
200 days
400 days
360 days
Question 5
Africans in Ancient Kemet, now known as Egypt first invented paper. What
is the name of the material that this paper was made from?
Papyrus
Wood
Stone
Cotton
Question 6
Which of the following is true?
The first known organized civilizations appeared in Africa in about 10 000 BC
The Ancient Greeks were the first civilizations
Africans did not contribute to world civilization
China is the origin of man.
Question 7
Which best describes Africa?
A backward place.
A continent that is poor in natural resources.
A place that only has exotic wild animals but no significant human
achievements.
The original home of humanity, the cradle of civilization and intellect.
Question 8
Africans were the first known miners. Three metals that they mined were?
Uranium, Aluminum and Platinum
Silicon, Picth and Bauxite
Gold, Tin and Copper
None of the above
Question 9
Where in Africa were the world's first known Universities established?
South Africa
Kenya
Congo
Timbuktu
Question 10
Around what dates were the world's first Universities introduced
2-6 AD.
1880-1890.
1200-1300
6-8 AD.
Question 11
Who created the concept of Art and Literature, Philosophy and Spiritual
Sytems?
Greeks
Africans
Chinese
Mayans
Question 12
Where were the first domestication of animals done?
Asia.
South America.
Africa.
Arabia.
Question 12
Where were the first domestication of animals done?
Asia.
South America.
Africa.
Arabia.
Question 14
Is it true to say Africans were the inventors of gun powder?
Yes.
No the Greeks invented it.
No the Vikings invented it.
No the Chinese invented
Question 15
The first people to use stones in building structures were?
Americans.
Africans.
Europeans.
Australians.
Question 16
Who invented Blood Banks and established them around the World?
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Marcus Garvey
Dr. Charles Drew
Newton
Question 17
What is the name of the black man that invented the Mechanical Seed
Planter?
Andrew Beard.
Michael Jordon.
Henry Blair.
Tony martin.
Question 18
Norbett Rillieux invented the:
Sugar Refining System.
Boats.
Computers.
Refrigerators.
Question 19
He invented the Mechanical Corn Harvester. Who is he?
John Daily
Andrew Beard
Manley
Henry Blair
Question 20
Which Black Person invented the Elevator?
Michael Jackson
Alexander Miles
Granville Woods
Henry Blair
Question 21
What did J.S. Smith invent?
Parachute
Lawn Sprinkler
Cars
Lawn Mower
Question 22
This household machinery was invented in 1892 by G.T. Sampson:?
Computer
Clothes Dryer
Table
Microwave
Question 23
Who invented the Fountain Pen in 1890?
G.T. Sampson
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
W.B. Purvis
Chinese
Question 24
Garret A. Morgan is credited for inventing the?
Gun
Gas Mask (Saved Many Lives During WWI)
Harpoon
Poison Gas
Question 26
Who Invented the Toggle Harpoon which revolutionized the Whaling
Industry?
Lewis Temple
Colin Jones
Sammuel Jim
Steve Smith
Question 27
John Burr is a Black man who invented the
Lawn Mower
Fork
Cutlass
Lawn Spinkler
Question 28
The automatic gear shift revolutionized the way we drive. Who invented it?
W. Lovette.
Richard Spikes
James Cameron.
Jim Burger.
Question 29
The Small Pox Inoculation was brought from Africa by who?
Mandela
Clayton
Jan Kelly
Onesimus
Question 30
Who performed the first open heart surgery?
Andrew Beard
Daniel Steel
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Dr. Charles Drew
Question 31
In what year did L.S. Burridge And N.R. Marsham invent the typewriter?
1885
1880
1990
1500
Question 32
The Automatic Shoe Making Machine was invented in 1883 by?
G.W. Kelley
Onesimus
Jan Matzelinger
Lovette
Question 34
The Air Condition invention was done by ?
Joseph Gammel
Frederick Jones
Semore Wilson
Richard Spikes
Question 35
The Refrigerator was invented by?
William Barry
John Standard
Lloyd P. Ray
Jones Spikes
Question 36
The Light Bulb Filament was invented by?
Phillip Downing
Barry Sanders
Lewis Howard Latimer
Lloyd P. Ray
Question 37
Robert Flemming Jr. invented this musical instrument?
Piano
Drum
Trumpet
Guitar
Question 38
Bicycle Frames came into use since it was invented by?
T. Elkins
Issac R. Johnson
Paul E Williams
Michael Jordan
Question 39
The great invention of the Helicopter was done by this black man. Who was
he?
Paul E Williams
Henry Sampson
Joseph N. Jackson
Longston Hughes
Question 40
The Cellular Phone which tremedously improved communication, was
invented by?
Isaac Newton
Jim Johnston
Sammy Sosa
Henry Sampson
Question 41
B.F. Jackson created the?
Gas Burner
Ice Cream
Bicycle Frame
Computer
Question 42
James S. Adams invented?
Muffler
Aeroplane Propelling
Jets
Spoons
Question 43
The toilet (commode) was invented by
T. Elkins
B.F. Jackson
James Adams
WM. Harwell
Question 44
Augustus Jackson invented this great food product?
Bread
Ice cream
Cakes
Milk
Question 45
J. Gregory invented the?
motor
steering wheel
bulbs
car seat
Question 46
The Fire Escape Ladder was invented by?
J.Gregory
Henry Sampson
J.B. Winters
Jay Norman
Question 47
The cattle roping apparatus was created by?
Darryl Thomas
Griffin Jones
J.Winters
Sara E. Goode
Question 48
Choose the popular school or office equipment that was invented by J.L.
Love
Table
computer
Pen
Pencil Sharpener
Question 49
C.B. Brook invented the?
The tractor
broom
street sweeper
stove
Question 50
Who was well known for her hair products invention
Madam C.J. Walker
Marry Blackman
Jilly James
Harriet Tudman
Question 51
The Portable X-Ray Machine was created by
Frederick Jones
Granville Woods
James Jones
Jimmy
Question 52
The Egg Beater was invented by
W. Johnson
W.H. Sammons
J.H.White
Steve Johns
Question 53
Caps for Bottles and Jars were invented by
Stokely Carmichael
Andrew Long
Wilbert Johnson
A.E. Long and A.A. Jones
Question 54
Choose the object that was invented by W.H. Sammons:
Hot Comb
Shampoo
Hair Clip
Soap
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