American History is Black History!
Where would this great country be without the contributions of great American people, like those listed here?

• Alexander Mils, invented the elevator
• Richard Spikes invented the automatic gear shift
• Joseph Gammell invented the Super Charge System for Internal Combustion Engines
• Garrett A. Morgan invented the traffic signal
• Elbert R. Robinson invented the rapid transit system
• Charles Brooks invented the street sweeper
• John Love invented the pencil sharpener
• William Purvis invented the fountain pen
• Lee Burridge invented the Type Writing Machine
• W. A. Lovette invented the Advanced Printing Press
• William Barry invented the Postmarking and Canceling Machine
• William Purvis invented the Hand Stamp
• Phillip Downing invented the Letter Drop
• Joseph Smith invented the Lawn Sprinkler
• John Burr invented the Lawn Mower
• Frederick Jones invented the Air Conditioner
• Alice Parker invented the Heating Furnace
• Lewis Latimer invented the Electric Lamp
• Michael Harvey invented the Lantern
• Granville T. Woods invented the Automatic Cut off Switch
• Thomas W. Steward invented the Mop
• Lloyd P. Ray, the Dust Pan.
• Jan E. Matzelinger invented the Shoe Lasting Machine
• Walter Sammons invented the Comb
• Sarah Boone invented the Ironing Board
• George T. Samon invented the Clothes Dryer
• John Standard invented the refrigerator

What would this world be like without the contributions of Black folks?
Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "that by the time we leave for work we have been dependent on half the world - modern America is created by dependencies on the inventions from the minds of Black folks". Black History is American History.
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Submitted by Gregory Brown

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