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1 African-American Inventors
[Student Name] [Date]

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


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