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| This inventor patented more than sixty inventions | Fredrick McKinley Jones |
| A grandson of slaves, this Graphic Artist worked for 35 years at the famed Chicago design firm of Morton Goldsholl Associates | Thomas Miller |
| This inventor created a complex computer code whereby ordinary people can now surf the web or have e-mails without having to study computer science | Emmitt McHenry |
| This inventor is responsible for the electronic control devices for guided missiles,IBM computers, and the pacemaker | Otis Boykin |
| This female inventor became the first African American to complete a residency on ophthalmology in 1973 | Dr. Patricia E. Bath |
| This person's resume boasts work with the the US Air Force and NASA, | Lonnie G. Johnson |
| This inventor received a B.A. in Physics, a master's degree in nuclear physics and a Ph.D in atomic and molecular physics. | George Edward Alcorn |
| While home security systems today are more advanced than ever, back in 1966 a female black inventor along with her partner, created an invention that was the first in a long string of home-security inventions that continue to flood the market today | Marie Van Brittan Brown (her partner Albert Brown |
| This African-American physician developed ways to process and store blood plasma in "blood banks." | Charles Drew |
| Madame C.J. Walker was a St Louis washerwoman turned entrepreneur who in 1905 invented a method to soften and smooth black women's hair | Sara Breedlove McWilliams Latimer |
| This inventor born in 1848 was also an electrical engineer, and draftsman. | Lewis Howard Latimer |
| One of the greatest inventors and scientist the world has ever known was an African American who is believed to have been born around 1864 | Dr. George Washington Carver |
| This African American inventor patented more than 50 inventions,none more famous than his automatic oil cup,which eventually became standard equipment on most locomotives and heavy machinery | Elijah McCoy |
| This African American invented a shoemaking machine that increased shoemaking speed by 900% | Jan Ernst Matzeliger |
| This African American invented a train-to-station communication system | Granville T. Woods |
| This inventor is credited with inventing the gas mask and also the first traffic signal | Garret Morgan |
| This inventor says he has always liked tinkering with things | Timothy L. Smith |
| This African American inventor started to conduct successful experiments in theoretical physics and then started to use knowledge in physics to start making advances in telecommunications while working at Bell Laboratories | Dr. Shirley Jackson |
| This African American inventor was featured in Black Enterprise Magazine as one of 25 to 30 African American car designers in the world | Earl Lucas |
| What is your favorite kind of potato chip | George Crum |
