INVENTIONS IN BLACK, Did you know?

Here is a listing of Black inventors and their inventions.


1. Alexander Mils: invented the elevator.

2. Richard Spikes: invented the automatic gear shift.

3. Joseph Gammell: invented the super charge system for internal combustion engines.

4. Garrett A. Morgan: invented the traffic signals.

5. Elbert R. Robinson: invented the electric trolley.

6. Charles Brooks: invented the street sweeper.

7. John Love: invented the pencil sharpener.

8. William Purvis: invented the fountain pen.

9. Lee Burridge: invented the type writing machine.

10. W. A. Lovette: invented the advanced printing press.

11. William Barry: invented the postmarking and canceling machine.

12. William Purvis: invented the hand stamp.

13. Phillip Downing: invented the letter drop.

14. Joseph Smith: invented the lawn sprinkler.

15. John Burr: invented the lawn mower.

16. Frederick Jones: invented the air conditioner.

17. Alice Parker: invented the heating furnace.

18. Lewis Latimer: invented the electric lamp.

19. Michael Harvey: invented the lantern.

20. Granville T. Woods: invented the automatic cut off switch.

21. Thomas W. Steward: invented the mop.

22. Lloyd P. Ray: invented the dust pan.

23. Jan E. Matzelinger: invented the shoe lasting machine.

24. Walter Sammons: invented the comb.

25. Sarah Boone: invented the ironing board.

26. George T. Samon: invented the clothes dryer.

27. John Standard: invented the refrigerator.