1. African-American Inventors
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2. George Washington Carver
Lived
Former slave
Born in Missouri
Earned advanced degrees from Iowa Agricultural College
Developed hundreds of industrial uses for farm products
Outstanding researcher and educator

3. Norbert Rillieux Lived 1806-1894 New Orleans slave Educated in France
Developed evaporator for refining sugar
Patented in 1846

4. Elijah McCoy Lived 1844-1929 Son of escaped slaves from Kentucky
Invented lubricator for steam engines
Patented in 1872
Awarded 57 patents in his lifetime

5. Lewis Howard Latimer Lived 1848-1929 Worked for Boston patent attorney
Learned mechanical drawing
Invented electric lamp and carbon filament for light bulbs
Patented in
Only African American on Thomas Edison’s engineering team

6. Granville T. Woods Lived 1856-1910 Born in Ohio Self-educated
Invented telegraph for railway train communication
Awarded more than 60 patents for electrical/mechanical inventions

7. Madame C. J. Walker Lived 1867-1919 Born in Louisiana
Developed hair care system and other beauty products
One of the first self-made women millionaires
Successful businesswoman and generous benefactor

8. Garrett Augustus Morgan
Lived
Born in Kentucky
Invented gas mask for chlorine fumes during World War I
Patented 1914
Also invented automated STOP and GO traffic signal

9. Frederick McKinley Jones
Lived
Born in Ohio
Experienced mechanic
Invented self-starting gas engine
Invented first automatic refrigeration system for trucks
Awarded over 40 patents for refrigeration

10. David Crosthwait, Jr. Lived 1898-1976 Born in Tennessee
Earned degrees from Purdue University
Expert in heating, ventilation, air conditioning
Awarded 40 patents for HVAC systems

11. Patricia Bath Born 1949 in New York World-famous ophthalmologist
First African-American woman doctor to receive patent for medical inventions
Invented laser device to remove cataracts
Transformed eye surgery
Awarded four patents for eye surgery methods