Alexander P. Ashbourne
Alexander P. Ashbourne was an early investor. He was born into slavery in Philadelphia around 1820. There are very few documented facts about his personal...
Category : Inventors
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 firsthand, the positive effects of her creation on...
Isaac R. Johnson Created & 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...
Anna M. Mangin
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Anna M. Mangin was an African-American inventor and women’s rights campaigner. She invented a kitchen tool she called a pastry fork in 1891. This was...
Walter Lincoln Hawkins
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Walter Lincoln Hawkins was born on March 21, 1911. He was orphaned as a young child and was raised by his sister. He faced a...
Alexander Ashbourne
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There is very little known about the inventor Alexander Ashbourne (c. 1820-1915). Aspects of his early life are unknown and undocumented. Ashbourne was born into...
Sangulani Chikumbutso
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Inventor Sangulani Chikumbutso has one-upped Tesla Motors by inventing an electric car that does not need to be charged. He has become the first Zimbabwean...
Lyda Newman
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African-American hairdresser and inventor Lyda Newman patented an improved hairbrush design in New York City in 1898. Lyda Newman, born in Ohio circa 1885, was...
George T. Sampson
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George T. Sampson was an African-American inventor best known for his early patent of the automatic clothes dryer in 1892. He also invented a sled...