MOGAI BHM- Belated Day 16!
happy BHM! today i’m going to be listing different important inventions by Black people!
Marie Van Brittan Brown invented modern home security systems.
Jane C. Wright invented several chemotherapy drugs still in use today.
Alan Emtage invented the first internet browser, which he called ‘Archie’.
George Carruthers invented the ultraviolet spectrograph, which eventually accompanied probes to the moon.
Mark Dean invented forms of processor chips and co-created the IBM computer in 1987.
Patricia Bath pioneered early laser cataract surgery.
Lonnie Johnson invented the popular Super Soaker.
Lewis Howard Latimer helped invent the telephone and invented carbon filaments which hugely improved incandescent light bulbs.
Garrett Morgan invented a form of a gas mask and the three-position traffic signal.
Dr. James West helped co-invent microphone technology.
Lisa Gelobter was crucial to inventing Shockwave, the internet’s first web animation technology.
Frederick McKinley Jones invented and innovated refrigeration technology, including refrigerated trucks which were crucial in WWII.
Alexander Miles invented automatic elevator doors.
Madame CJ Walker invented a huge hair and beauty line for African American hair.
Elijah McCoy invented the portable ironing board and Sarah Boone innovated it.
Alice Parker invented a heating furnace system still used by many today.
Charles Brooks invented the design and technology for modern trucks that clean and sweep city streets.
George Alcorn invented x-ray imaging spectroscopy.
Benjamin Banneker invented America’s first clock.
Otis Boykin invented improved electrical resistors that are used today in everything from TVs to computers to radios.
Dr. Charles Drew created innovations in blood plasma that led to the creation of blood banks.
Dr. Philip Emeagwali invented the world’s fastest computer.
James Parsons work led to the invention of stainless steel.
George Washington Carver invented many, many culinary products derived from peanuts.
There are many, many more. I can not list them all here. I highly recommend looking more into the history of Black inventors and innovators, especially in the field of STEM! There are some good resources below to get you started!
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https://www.black-inventor.com/
https://www.eduporium.com/blog/eduporium-weekly-celebrating-significant-stem-accomplishments-by-black-innovators/
https://sphero.com/blogs/news/black-leaders-in-stem
https://www.idtech.com/blog/black-stem-innovators-who-defined-modern-world
https://news.vmware.com/dei/10-black-technology-inventors-innovators
https://www.biography.com/inventors/madam-cj-walker-black-inventors
https://www.black-inventor.com/george-alcorn
https://www.black-inventor.com/benjamin-banneker
https://www.black-inventor.com/otis-boykin
https://www.black-inventor.com/dr-charles-drew
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/african-american-inventors-20th-and-21st-century/