Benjamin Montgomery
Benjamin Montgomery was born into slavery in 1819 in Loudon County, Virginia. He was sold to Joseph E. Davis, a Mississippi planter. Davis was the...
Category : Inventors
Norbert Rillieux
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Norbert Rillieux was a brilliant student of thermodynamics who became famous for devising evaporators for sugar cane, revolutionizing the sugar-refining industry, and easing the labor...
Jan Matzeliger
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Jan Matzeliger was born in Paramaribo (now Suriname) in 1852. Matzeliger settled in the United States in 1873 and trained as a shoemaker. In 1883,...
Frederick Jones
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Frederick Jones was born in Ohio in 1893. After a challenging childhood, he taught himself mechanical and electrical engineering, inventing a range of devices relating...
Benjamin Banneker
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Benjamin Banneker, an African American mathematician and amateur astronomer, made significant contributions to the fields of mathematics, astronomy, and literature during the late 18th century....
Granville Woods
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Granville T. Woods, also known as “Black Edison,” was a prominent African-American inventor who significantly contributed to the advancement of various technologies. Born on April...
Thomas L. Jennings
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Thomas Jennings (1791–Feb. 12, 1856), a free-born African American and New Yorker who became a leader of the abolitionist movement, made his fortune as the...
Percy Julian
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Percy Julian was a remarkable chemist and entrepreneur who made significant contributions to the field of chemistry during his lifetime. He was a pioneer in...
Sarah Boone
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Sarah Boone was a 19th century African American dressmaker who was awarded a patent for her improved ironing board. Sarah Boone was an African American...
Charles Richard Drew
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Charles Richard Drew was a prominent African American physician, surgeon, and medical researcher who made significant contributions to the field of medicine. Born on June...