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Black Inventors
The following African Americans are responsible for either inventing, or improving on the invention of,
a wide variety of items. From Dr. Charles Drew to Garrett A. Morgan, the inventions of African Americans
have played a large role in American history. Some of the major inventions by the black community are listed below:
Andrew Beard - Automatic Car Coupling Device (1897)
Henry Blair - Mechanical Seed Planter (1834) and Mechanical Corn Harvester (1836)
C. B. Brooks - Street Sweeper (1896)
Mark Dean - Microcomputer system with bus control means for peripheral processing devices (1984)
Dr. Charles Drew - Established Blood Banks all over the world (1940)
W. Johnson - Egg Beater (1884)
Frederick Jones- Refrigeration for transport trucks (1938) and Refrigeration for railroad cars (1945)
J. L. Love - Pencil Sharpener (1897)
Elijah McCoy - Automatic Lubrication System for railroads and heavy machinery (1892)
Jan Matzeliger - Automatic Shoe Making Machine that revolutionized the making of shoes (1883)
Alexander Miles - Elevator (1888)
Garrett A. Morgan - Gas Mask that saved many lives during WWI (1914) and Automatic Traffic Signal (1923)
Norbett Rillieux - Sugar Refining System that revolutionized the making of sugar (1846)
W. H. Sammons - Hot Comb (1920)
Lewis Temple - Toggle Harpoon (1848)
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams - First Open Heart Surgery (1893)
Granville Woods - Multiplex Telegraph system, allowing messages to be sent/received from moving trains (1887),
Railway Air Brakes that provided the first safe method of stopping trains (1903),
Steam-boiler/radiator (1884),
Third Rail [subway] (1893).
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