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First Clock
Invented by: Benjamin Banneker -
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Contributions of the African-American
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First Almanac
Invented by: Benjamin Banneker -
Automatic Oil/Lubricator Cup
Invented by: Elijah McCoy -
The Potato Chip
Invented by: George Crum -
Carbon-Filament Light Bulb
Invented by: Lewis Latimer -
Corn Husker & Sheller
Invented by: Martha Jones -
Steam Cooker
Invented by: Mary Jones De Leon -
Dough Kneader & Roller
Invented by: Judy W. Reed -
1885 Folding Cabinet Bed
Invented by: Sarah Goode -
Strongbox (Lockbox)
Invented by: Henry Brown -
Multiplex Telegraph
Invented by: Granville T. Woods -
Mechanical Clothes Wringer
Invented by: Ellen Eglin -
Shoe Lasting Machine
Invented by: Jan Ernst Matzeliger -
Protective Mailbox
Invented by: Phillip B. Downing -
The Iron Board
Invented by: Sarah Boon -
Thousands of Uses for the Peanut
Invented by: George Washington Carver -
Folding Bed
Invented by: Leonard C. Bailey -
Archie Alphonso Alexander
First Black Engineer -
Gas Mask
Invented by: Garrett Morgan -
Elmo Brady
First African-American to obtain a Doctorate of Chemistry -
Traffic Light
Invented by: Garrett Morgan -
Blood Bank
Invented by: Charles Richard Drew -
Refrigerated Trucks
Invented by: Frederick McKinley Jones -
Harold Amos
First African-American Microbiologist -
Control Unit for Pacemaker
Invented by: Otis Boykin -
Electroacoustic Transducer Electric Microphone (ETEM)
Invented by: James Edward Maceo -
Home Surveillance System
Invented by: Marie Van Brittain Brown -
Shirley Ann Jackson
First African American Woman to obtain a Doctorate of Physics -
Optical Illusion Transmitter
Invented by: Valerie Thomas -
IBM PC Monitor
Invented by: Mark Dean -
TATB Spot Test
Invented by: Betty Wright Harris -
Laserphaco Probe
Invented by: Patricia Era Bath -
Gigahertz Chip
Invented by: Mark Dean -
Database Software Program
Invented by: Janet Emerson Bashen
