It ALL started from Black hands....

Black inventions and inventors....

• air conditioning unit Frederick M. Jones July 12, 1949
• almanac Benjamin Banneker Approx 1791
• auto cut-off switch Granville T. Woods January 1, 1839
• auto fishing devise G. Cook May 30, 1899
• automatic gear shift Richard Spikes February 28, 1932
• baby buggy W.H. Richardson June 18, 1899
• bicycle frame L.R. Johnson October 10, 1899
• biscuit cutter A.P. Ashbourne November 30, 1875
• blood plasma bag Charles Drew Approx. 1945
• cellular phone Henry T. Sampson July 6, 1971
• chamber commode T. Elkins January 3, 1897
• clothes dryer G. T. Sampson June 6, 1862
• curtain rod S. R. Scratton November 30, 1889
• curtain rod support William S. Grant August 4, 1896
• door knob O. Dorsey December 10, 1878
• door stop O. Dorsey December 10, 1878
• dust pan Lawrence P. Ray August 3, 1897
• egg beater Willie Johnson February 5, 1884
• electric lampbulb Lewis Latimer March 21, 1882
• elevator Alexander Miles October 11, 1867
• eye protector P. Johnson November 2, 1880
• fire escape ladder J. W. Winters May 7, 1878
• fire extinguisher T. Marshall October 26, 1872
• folding bed L. C. Bailey July 18, 1899
• folding chair Brody & Surgwar June 11, 1889
• fountain pen W. B. Purvis January 7, 1890
• furniture caster O. A. Fisher 1878
• gas mask Garrett Morgan October 13, 1914
• golf tee T. Grant December 12, 1899
• guitar Robert F. Flemming, Jr. March 3, 1886
• hair brush Lydia O. Newman November 15, 18--
• hand stamp Walter B. Purvis February 27 1883
• horse shoe J. Ricks March 30, 1885
• ice cream scooper A. L. Cralle February 2, 1897
• improv. sugar making Norbet Rillieux December 10, 1846
• insect-destroyer gun A. C. Richard February 28, 1899
• ironing board Sarah Boone December 30, 1887
• key chain F. J. Loudin January 9, 1894

• lawn sprinkler J. W. Smith May 4, 1897
• lemon squeezer J. Thomas White December 8, 1893
• lock W. A. Martin July 23, 18--
• lubricating cup Ellijah McCoy November 15, 1895
• lunch pail James Robinson 1887
• mail box Paul L. Downing October 27, 1891
• mop Thomas W. Stewart June 11, 1893
• motor Frederick M. Jones June 27, 1939
• peanut butter George Washington Carver1896
• pencil sharpener J. L. Love November 23, 1897
• phone transmitter Granville T. Woods December 2, 1884
• record player arm Joseph Hunger Dickenson January 8, 1819
• refrigerator J. Standard June 14, 1891
• riding saddles W. D. Davis October 6, 1895
• rolling pin John W. Reed 1864
• shampoo headrest C. O. Bailiff October 11, 1898
• spark plug Edmond Berger February 2, 1839
• stethoscope Imhotep Ancient Egypt
• stove T. A. Carrington July 25, 1876
• straightening comb Madam C. J. Walker Approx 1905
• street sweeper Charles B. Brooks March 17, 1890
• thermostat control Frederick M. Jones February 23, 1960
• traffic light Garrett Morgan November 20, 1923
• tricycle M. A. Cherry May 6, 1886
• typewriter Burridge & Marshman April 7, 1885

and the list goes on and on and on....

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