Contemporary Black Inventors
1 / A.P. Abourne / Refining of coconut oil. / July 27, 19802 / 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 / November 11, 1890
23 / Darryl Thomas / Cattle Roping Apparatus
24 / Dr. Charles Drew / Invented Blood Banks And Established Them Around The World / 1940
25 / Dr. Daniel Hale Williams / Performed First Open Heart Surgery / 1893
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 / 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 / 1884
56 / Granville Woods-- / Third Rail (Subway)
57 / H. Grenon / Razor Stropping Device. Patent # 554,867 / February 18, 1896
58 / H.H. Reynolds / Window Ventilator for Railroad Cars.
Patent No.275,271 / April 3, 1883
59 / H.A. Jackson / Kitchen Table
60 / Henry Blair / Mechanical Seed Planter / 1830
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
68 / J. Gregory / Motor
69 / J.A. Sweeting / Cigarette Roller / 1897
70 / J.B. Winters / Fire Escape Ladder
71 / J. H. Hunter / Portable Weighing Scales. Patent # 570,533 / November 3, 1896
72 / J.F. Pickering / Air Ship / 1892
73 / J. H. Robinson / Lifesaving guards for Street Cars. Patent# 623,929 / April 25, 1899
74 / J. Robinson / Dinner Pail. Patent# 356,852 / February 1, 1887
75 / J. W. Reed / Dough Kneader and Roller. Patents# 304,552 / September 2, 1884
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 / "Parker Pulverizer" Follower-Screw for Tobacco Presses. Patent# 304,552 / September 2, 1884
88 / John Standard / Refrigerator. Patent# 304,552 / Jul 14,1894
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
94 / L.S. Burridge And N.R. Marsham / Typewriter / 1885
95 / Lewis Howard Latimer / Light Bulb Filament
96 / Lewis Temple / Toggle Harpoon (Revolutionized The Whaling Industry) / 1848
97 / Lloyd A. Hall / Chemical compound to preserve meat
98 / Lloyd P. Ray / Dust Pan
99 / Lydia Holmes / Wood Toys. Patent # 2,529,692 / November 14, 1950
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 / Permanent hair wave machine. Patent # 1693515 / November 27, 1928
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 / June 16, 1959
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
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 / March 3, 1886
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 / Rail car coupling . Patent# 157,370 / December 1, 1874
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 PenPatent# 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 machine
144 / Wm. Harwell / Attachment for shuttle arm; device used to capture satellites
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Ancient Black Inventors
INVENTOR / INVENTIONS / DATESAfricans / Civilization / 10 000 BC or Earlier
Africans / Democracy
Africans / Chess
Africans / Alphabet
Africans / Petroleum:- petroleum was used by Kemetians(Africans) as bitume and combustile. Petroleum was found in the mummies.The extraction and production of oil required a high knownledge of geology,mathematiques,chimistry... / 3000-4000 BC
Africans / Writing(hieroglyphics) Mdw Ntr / 2613-2494 BC
Africans / Maths and Engineering / 2613-2494 BC
Africans / Paper (made from Papyrus)
Africans / Boats (made from Papyrus)
Africans / Pyramids / 800 BC and Earlier
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 / 2613-2494 BC
Akhenaten / Belief in one God
Africans / Stone Achitecture / 2613-2494 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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Question 1
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Who first introduced the concept of One God?
Moses
Roman Catholics
Akhenaten
The Pope.
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Question 2
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Where was the art of writing invented?
Europe
America
China
Africa-Kemet(Ancient Egypt)
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Question 3
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Who is the true father of Medicine?
Imhotep
Hypocrates
Newton
Sacrotes