Michael Jackson co-designed and patented a special shoe meant to provide anti-gravity illusions by nailing down dancers when necessary. Three...

Margot Lee Shetterly is an American non-fiction writer who has also worked in investment banking and media startups. Her first book, Hidden...

In 1939, she started looking for an easier way for women to curl their hair, taking her inspiration from a pot roast cooking with paper pins to...

On July 17, 1888 she obtained a patent for her invention, the Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels. The chair would "reduce the expenses of hotels by...

Inspired by how long it would take the police to arrive in her neighborhood, Brown invented the first form of a home security system.

She invented a hairbrush that could be taken apart easily for cleaning. The hairbrush she invented is described in her patent as "simple and...

Garrett Morgan patented a safety hood and smoke protector after seeing firefighters struggling from the smoke they encountered in the line of duty...

Innovators were never properly recognized for transforming the world we live in

Actor Glynn Turman introduces black men and women whose inventions have contributed to society from the time of slavery to today.

A video presentation about famous black men and women inventors of the 20th and the 21st century.

Dr. Benjamin Carson: Great African American inventors concealed by History - Newscast Media