Before Atari, this Black man invented the first video game console with changeable cartridges
In an era where it was deemed impossible to develop a video gaming console that could afford the luxury of swapping cartridges let alone have...
Category : Inventors
Joseph Jackson; the inventor who created the TV remote to enhance your TV viewing experience
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His device is widely used at homes to improve the television viewing experience and while many may not know Dr. Joseph N. Jackson, he is...
John Albert Burr
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If you have a manual push mower today, it likely uses design elements from 19th Century black American inventor John Albert Burr’s patented rotary blade...
Dr. Thomas Mensah
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Dr. Thomas Mensah is a world-renowned Ghanaian-American inventor and chemical engineer. Mensah is most well-known for his pioneering innovations in fiber optics and nanotechnology, though he has found success in other fields...
Leonard Bailey
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Leonard Bailey was an African American inventor and businessman in Washington, D.C., in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in 1825 to an impoverished free black family, Bailey rose...
Bessie Blount Griffin
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Bessie Virginia Blount, pioneer physical therapist, inventor, and scientist, was born in Hickory (today Chesapeake), Virginia, on November 24, 1914. In the sixth grade, she had to discontinue...
Alexander P. Ashbourne
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Alexander P. Ashbourne was an early inventor. He was born into slavery in Philadelphia around 1820. There are very few documented facts about his personal...
Samuel Lee Kountz Jr
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Samuel Lee Kountz Jr. was a physician and pioneer in organ transplantation, particularly renal transplant research and surgery. An Arkansas success story, he overcame the...
Dr. Marian Rogers Croak
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The story of Dr. Marian Rogers Croak is very heart-warming for our team, because we have experienced first hand, the positive effects of her creation...
Did You Know This Black Man, Isaac R. Johnson, Created and Patented the Bicycle Frame?
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For an African American, it was a challenge to patent an invention, especially in the late 1800s. However, Isaac R. Johnson succeeded in this challenge...