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BLACK INVENTORS AND THEIR INVENTIONS
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Air- Conditioning Unit
Almanac
Automatic Cut-off Switch
Automatic Fishing Device
Automatic Gear Shift
Blood Plasma
Biscuit Cutter
Bicycle Frame
Baby Buggy
Cellular Car Phone
Chamber Commode
Clothes Dryer
Curtain Rod
Curtain Rod Supporter
Door Knob
Door Stop
Dust Pan
Egg Beater
Elevator
Electric Lamp/Bulb
Eye Protector
Fire Escape Ladder
Fire Extinguisher
Folding Bed
Folding Chair
Fountain Pen
Furniture Caster
Gas Mask
Golf Tee
Guitar
Hair Brush
Hand Stamp
Horse Shoe
Frederick M. Jones
Benjamin Banneker
Granville T. Woods
G. Cook
Richard B. Spikes
Charles Drew
A. P. Ashbourne
I. R. Johnson
W. H. Richardson
Henry T. Sampson
T. Elkin
G. T. Sampson
S. R. Scratton
William S. Grant
O. Dorsey
O. Dorsey
Lawrence P. Ray
Willie Johnson
Alexander Miles
Lewis Latimer
P. Johnson
J. W. Winters
T. J. Marshall
L. C. Bailey
Brody & Surgwar
Walter B. Purvis
D. A. Fisher
Garret Morgan
G .F. Grant
Robert F. Flemming Jr.
Lydia D. Newman
Walter B. Purvis
O.E Brown
July 12, 1949
Approx. 1791
Jan. 1, 1889
May 30, 1899
Feb. 6, 1932
Approx. 1945
Nov. 30, 1875
Oct. 10, 1899
June 18, 1899
July 6, 1971
Jan. 8, 1897
June 6, 1892
Nov. 30, 1889
Aug. 4, 1896
Dec. 10, 1878
Dec. 10, 1878
Aug. 3, 1897
Feb. 5, 1884
Oct. 11, 1867
Mar. 21, 1882
Nov. 2, 1880
May 7, 1878
Oct. 26, 1872
July 18, 1899
June 11, 1889
Jan. 7, 1890
Mar. 14, 1876
Oct. 13, 1914
Dec. 12, 1899
Mar. 3, 1886
Nov. 15, 1898
Feb. 27, 1883
Aug. 23, 1892
Ice Cream Scoop
Insect-Destroyer Gun
Ironing Board
Key Chain
Lawn Mower
Lawn Sprinkler
Lemon Squeezer
Lock
Lantern
Lubricating Cup
Life-Preserver
Mail Box
Mop
Motor
Peanut Butter
Pencil Sharpener
Record Player Arm
Refrigerator
Riding Saddles
Rolling Pen
Shampoo Headrest
Spark Plug
Hot-Comb
Stethoscope
Street Sweeper
Stove
Sugar Making Machine
Telephone Transmitter
Thermostat Control
Traffic Light
Tricycle
Typewriter
Window Cleaner
A. I. Cralle
A. C. Richard
Sarah Boone
F. J. Loudin
J. A. Burr
J. W. Smith
J. Thomas White
W. A. Martin
Michael C. Harvey
Elijah McCoy
Samuel J. Hines
Paul B. Downing
Thomas W. Stewart
Frederick M. Jones
George Washington Carver
J. I. Love
Joseph Hunger Dickinson
J. Standard
W. D. Davis
John W. Reed
C. O. Bailiff
Edmond Berger
Walter H. Sammons
Imhotep
Charles B. Brooks
T. A. Carrington
Norbet Rillieux
Granville T. Woods
Frederick M. Jones
Garrett Morgan
M. A. Cherry
Burridge & Marshman
A. L. Lewis
Feb. 2, 1897
Feb. 28, 1899
Dec. 30, 1887
Jan. 9, 1894
May 19, 1889
May 4, 1897
Dec. 8, 1896
July 23, 1889
Aug. 19, 1884
Nov. 15, 1898
May 4, 1915
Oct. 27, 1891
June 11, 1893
June 27, 1939
1896
Nov. 23, 1897
Jan. 8, 1918
July 14, 1891
Oct. 6, 1896
1884
Oct. 11, 1898
Feb. 2, 1830
Dec. 21,1920
Ancient Egypt
Mar. 17, 1890
July 25, 1876
Dec. 10, 1846
Dec. 2, 1884
Feb. 23, 1960
Nov. 20, 1923
May 8, 1888
Apr. 7, 1885
Sep. 27, 1892