Thread by @Noahpinion

Did you know that one of the inventors of the GPS was a Black woman? Well, if you didn't, now you do!

geoawesomeness.com/who-invented-t…

Other random things you might not have known were invented by Black Americans include the traffic light, the ironing board, the automatic elevator door, the color monitor, and the carbon light bulb filament.

history.com/news/8-black-i…

There are so many forgotten Black American inventors. Here are a couple hundred:

interestingengineering.com/the-a-z-list-o…

And this doesn't even count scientists who did the basic research that made various other inventions possible! For example, Shirley Jackson.

black-inventor.com/dr-shirley-jac…

And doctors who pioneered important procedures, like Vivien Thomas.

msm.edu/Prospective_St…

I feel like America doesn't revere inventors and scientists as much as it used to, but teaching more about these folks in schools would help give the public a fuller picture of all the many ways Black Americans have contributed to our great nation...

Happy Black History Month!