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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