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Joseph Lee

Lee patented two machines for the food service industry.

John Lee Love

The "Love Sharpener" was designed by African American John Lee Love. Love's invention is the very simple and portable pencil sharpener that many artists use today.

Jan Ernst Matzeliger

Black inventor, Jan Matzeliger invented an automatic method for lasting shoes, which made the mass production of affordable shoes possible.

Elijah McCoy

Black inventor, Elijah McCoy is best known for having invented the automatic oil cup. During his life, McCoy invented and sold 57 different kinds of devices and machine parts, including an ironing board and a lawn sprinkler. His first patent was for a lubricator for steam engines ( US #129,843), which was issued on July 12th, 1872.

Alexander Miles

Invented an improved elevator.

Garrett Morgan

Morgan invented a gas mask, a traffic signal, and several other inventions.

Lyda Newman

African American, Lyda Newman patented a new and improved brush.

Alice Parker

Alice Parker invented a new and improved gas heating furnace.

Traverse Benjamin Pinn

Traverse Benjamin Pinn invented an improved file holder.

Willam Purvis

Invented several inventions including an improved fountain pen.

Lloyd P Ray

African American, Lloyd Ray patented a new and useful improvement in dust pans.

Cordell Reed

Cordell Reed improved nuclear electric power.

Louis Roberts

Black inventor, Louis Roberts' research interests focused on microwave and optical techniques and components, plasma research, solid state component and circuit development.

Norbert Rillieux

Rillieux invented the sugar processing evaporator.

Walter Sammons

Invented an improved comb.

Henry Sampson

Invented a gamma-electrical cell.

Jerry Shelby

NASA engineer Jerry Shelby invented an engine protection system for a recoverable rocket booster.

Richard Spikes

Patented or developed many inventions.

John Standard

An improved refrigerator design was patented by African American inventor John Standard

Thomas Stewart

Stewart invented an improved mop, metal bender, and railroad crossing indicator.

Rufus Stokes

Rufus Stokes invented a exhaust purifier and an air pollution control device.

Lewis Temple

The toggle iron harpoon was designed in 1848 by Lewis Temple, an African American blacksmith, this was the standard harpoon in American whaling from the mid-19th through the early 20th centuries.

Valerie Thomas

Received a patent in 1980 for inventing an illusion transmitter.

John Henry Thompson

Invented lingo programming used in Macromedia Director and Shockwave.

Patrick Usoro

African American inventor and GM engineer Patrick Usoro is a prolific patent holder

Madame Walker

Madame Walker was a St. Louis washerwoman-turned-entrepreneur. Walker invented a method to soften and smooth African American hair in 1905.

James Edward West

Black inventor, James West holds 47 U.S. and more than 200 foreign patents on microphones and techniques for making polymer foil-electrets.

John Thomas White

African American inventor John Thomas White patented a lemon squeezer in 1896.

Doctor Daniel Hale Williams

Doctor Daniel Hale Williams was a pioneer in open heart surgery.

Joseph Winters

Patented the fire escape ladder.

Granville Woods

African American, Granville Woods invented improvements to electric railways, air brakes, the telephone and the telegraph. He invented a chicken egg incubator and an apparatus for an amusement park ride.

Granville Woods - Patents

Photos of the inventions of Granville Woods.

Kevin Woolfolk

Invented the "The Hamster Workout Wheel", a small animal exercise wheel that records your pet's mileage or wheel revolutions.

African American Inventors Of Our Times

Several black inventors are discussed in this Invention Dimension article.

African American Women Inventors of the Early 20th Century

Socially significant personal care items invented by African American female inventors are discussed in this Invention Dimension article.

African American History Facts

This is a great place to search for all kinds of facts about African American history including black inventors.

African American in Technology: Past and Present

Five black inventors are profiled in this article: Granville Woods, Lewis Latimer, Elijah McCoy, Garrett Morgan, Frederick Jones, and Jan Ernst Matzeliger.

Great African Americans You Should Know

From the Black Collegian Online, this article highlights several noteworthy African American inventors.

George Carruthers

George Carruthers first major contribution to science was to lead the team that invented the far ultraviolet camera spectrograph used for the Apollo 16 mission to the moon.

Tom Bray

Inventor Tom Bray's inventions are used in the passenger rail mass transit industry.

DeWayne McCulley

Inventor DeWayne McCulley led the research to create DocuTech software for Xerox, however, it is his research into Diabetes and how his job at Xerox encouraged him that is the amazing story.

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