Black Inventors

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

A kid-friendly, animated video on the lives and legacies of Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, George Washington Carver, Madam C.J. Walker, Garrett A....

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