Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove) was America’s first African American millionaire businesswoman. Mixing one concoction of oils after another in a washtub, she
George Washington Carver was born in 1860. Born of slave parents in Diamond Grove, Missouri, Carver was rescued from Confederate kidnappers as an infant. At
Dr. Patricia Bath invented the Laserphaco Probe, a tool that corrects cataracts during eye surgery. Cataracts are an eye condition that can lead to blindness,
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Miriam Benjamin, a teacher and attorney, became the second African American woman to be awarded a patent. In 1888, she invented a special type of
Sarah Boone, a dressmaker, made a change to the ironing board to make it easier to iron sleeves and the bodies of women’s clothes without
Born in Maryland on November 9, 1731, Benjamin Banneker is often known as the “First African American Scientist.” He built a wooden clock that kept
You may use Google as a search engine. Marian Rogers Croak is currently the Vice President of Engineering at Google. Before she worked there, she
Marie Van Brittan Brown lived in Queens, New York, where at the time, the crime rate was pretty high. Afraid for her safety, Marie became
In 1856, Granville T. Woods was born to free African American parents in Columbus, Ohio. After the Civil War, Granville became the first African American
Garrett Augustus Morgan was born in Paris, Kentucky. Garrett went to Cincinnati, Ohio to look for work during his teenage years. He didn’t have a
On this page, find MLA citations for the African American Inventors & Scientists Books and Inventors & Scientists section on the Kulture Kidz. We do
Lewis Howard Latimer wasn’t able to get an education. The lack of schooling didn’t stop him from learning. He taught himself to make mechanical drawings
Sarah Goode became the second African American woman to receive a patent after she invented the Folding Cabinet Bed (a predecessor of the sofa bed).
Elijah McCoy was born May 2, 1844 in Colchester, Ontario. His parents, George and Mildred, were former slaves who escaped from Kentucky with help from
