by Forest Parks | Jan 17, 2017 | Black Inventors, History
Born in 1920 in Dallas, Texas, to a maid and a carpenter (later a minister) Otis Bobby Boykin probably didn’t realise he would make life better for many many people! He attended Fisk University on scholarship working as a laboratory assistant at the...
by Forest Parks | Jan 16, 2017 | Black Inventors, History
Any man who invented a device that helps us drink beer easier is a man who deserves recognition! However this wasn’t his crowing glory, Spikes invented an absolute ton of thing in his life, yet not so much is known about him and recognition has been coming in...
by Forest Parks | Jan 15, 2017 | Black Inventors, History
Born in January of 1859 in Petersburg, Virginia,Robert Pelham held many positions throughout his interesting life. He invented and patented two extremely useful time savings devices for the census office that he worked for but was also dedicated to black issues...
by Forest Parks | Jan 15, 2017 | Black Inventors, Culture, Did You Know, History
This is insane and interesting on many levels! The inventor of fibre optics in the USA, responsible for high speed internet being possible. He also embarked on a project creating a black and latino centered theme park which he dubbed the black disney world…...
by Candace | Jan 13, 2017 | Black Inventors
Marjorie Stewart was the inventor of the permanent hair wave machine that was used to curl an entire head of hair all at once. Stewart under Madame C.J. Walker became the national supervisor for more than two hundred salon colleges and later joined the board of...
by Forest Parks | Jan 12, 2017 | Black Inventors, History
Daniel Hale Williams was born on 18th January 1857 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. he pursued a medical career that changed the country for African American doctors, both because of his immense skill and his pioneering hospital. His work led his hospital to be...
by Candace | Jan 11, 2017 | Black Inventors
Valerie Thomas, a famous inventor, paved the way it invention for not only for black women of her time but for all women of her time. Thomas worked for NASA between 1964 and 1995 creating and developing real-time computer data systems. In 1977, Thomas had begun...
by Forest Parks | Jan 10, 2017 | Black Inventors, History
Dr. Philip Emeagwali was born in civil-war torn Nigeria in 1954. He had to leave school at 14 because his family could not afford the fees but from his rocket shell crumbled home his father kept pushing education, they worked hard on mathematics until Phillip outdone...
by Forest Parks | Jan 9, 2017 | Black Inventors, History
Garret Morgan was a rare type of person who just kept giving to the world! Even after he became very wealthy from his gas mask invention he still found time for more world changing devices! Morgan was born on 4th March 1877 in Paris Kentucky. At just 14 he headed off...
by Forest Parks | Jan 6, 2017 | Black Inventors
When egyptologists uncovered Imhotep’s name, along with various titles including chief of the sculptors and chief of the seers and more it marked an extremely important part in piecing together the history of ancient Egyptians. The inscription was found at the...
