Lewis Latimer: Prolific African American Inventor
Lewis H. Latimer is considered one of the most important Black inventors of all time, not only for the sheer number of inventions created and...
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Otis Boykin: Inventor of a control unit for the artificial heart pacemaker
[dropcap size=small]O[/dropcap]tis Frank Boykin was an African-American inventor and engineer. Boykin is credited with patenting twenty-eight electronic devices and inventing an improved electrical resistor model...
Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr.: The African American physicist who helped develop solar telescopes
[dropcap size=small]A[/dropcap]rthur Bertram Cuthbert Walker, Jr. was an African American physicist and educator who helped develop solar telescopes used in 1987 to capture the first...
Herman Branson: Co-inventor of the alpha helix
[dropcap size=small]H[/dropcap]erman Russell Branson (August 14, 1914 – June 7, 1995) was an African-American physicist and chemist, who was co-inventor of the alpha helix and...
William Kamkwamba: “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind!”
William Kamkwamba (born 5 August 1987) is a Malawian inventor, engineer, and author. He gained renown in Malawi in 2001, when, at the age of...
Joseph Lee: The Bread Maker Inventor
Joseph Lee was an African American restaurateur and caterer who invented the use of breadcrumbs and the automatic bread maker. Joseph Lee was born on...
Andrew Jackson Beard
Andrew Jackson Beard was born on March 29, 1849. He was a farmer, carpenter, blacksmith, a railroad worker, a businessman and finally an inventor. He...