As a kid, I loved learning about some of our Black inventors. It was fascinating for me to learn that some of the things we take for granted—things all around us—were the creations of Black inventors. #BHM
As a dressmaker, Sarah Boone's sleek edits to a horizontal wooden block turned into what we now call the ironing board.
Mary Van Brittan Brown was a nurse in Queens, New York when she designed a system of cameras and monitors to help her feel safe from unwanted guests.
With just an elementary school education, Garrett Morgan improved the traffic light by adding a yield component to reduce accidents.
Frederick McKinley Jones devised a cooling system to preserve goods and critical supplies which came in handy particularly during WWII.
Realizing that his daughter could fall down elevator shafts, Alexander Miles designed a way to automatically open and close elevator doors.
Dr. James E. West answered the call when tasked by Bell Labs to create a sensitive, compact microphone.
The son of enslaved parents, Lewis Latimer used a carbon filament to create longer-lasting light bulbs.
Mark Dean is an engineer who helped develop the color monitor and the first gigahertz chip making PCs run more efficiently.
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