Lewis Howard Latimer
Inventor and engineer Lewis Howard Latimer was born to parents who had fled slavery. Latimer learned the art of mechanical drawing while working at a...
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Evelyn Granville Boyd
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Mathematician Evelyn Granville Boyd was born on May 1, 1924, in Washington, D.C. Her father, William, mainly worked as a custodian and separated from the...
Madam C.J. Walker
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Madam C.J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove, was an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and social activist. She is best known for creating a line of hair...
William Hall
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William Hall (baptized William Neilson), sailor and farmer; b. 25 April 1829 in Nova Scotia, possibly in Horton Bluff (Lockhartville), one of several children of...
John Scobell
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The story of John Scobell is an extraordinary one that not too many people have heard. Scobell, so many people thought, was just another illiterate...
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson
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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, a theoretical physicist and famous black inventor has been credited with making many advances in science. She first developed an interest...
Mary and Mildred Davidson
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Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner is an inventor of numerous products we use today and has the most patents of any African American woman. Kenner was...
Garrett Morgan
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Garrett Morgan blazed a trail for African-American inventors with his patents, including those for a hair-straightening product, a breathing device, a revamped sewing machine, and...
Jesse Ernest Wilkins, Jr
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J. Ernest Wilkins Jr. (1923-2011) was a prominent African American mathematician and physicist who worked at the University of Chicago Met Lab during the Manhattan...
Philip Emeagwali
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Philip Emeagwali (born August 23, 1954) is a Nigerian American computer scientist. He achieved computing breakthroughs that helped lead to the development of the internet....