African American Inventors

He could have added fortune to fame, but caring forhis own calculations. Interestingly he did all this through
neither, he found happiness and honor in being helpfulself-education. He died in 1806.
to the world- This epitaph on the grave of GeorgeMadame CJ Walker is another famous
Washington Carver is proof enough of the contributionAfrican-American woman who changed the US
this great African-American made by inventing newcosmetic industry. From a laundry worker to the head
agricultural technologies that revolutionized farming inof a business empire, she covered this journey in a
several parts of the US. He refused several lucrativeperiod of 15 years. She invented a number of
offers and kept working to produce several patentscosmetics and hair care products in the early years of
on farms and industrial products in the late 18th centurythe 20th century and never looked back.
and then in the first few decades of 19th century.In the last few decades, several African-American
Many experts consider Benjamin Banneker the firstinventors have had a long-lasting influence in almost all
African-American inventor, who blazed a trail offields by coming out with amazing inventions. Take for
invention to be followed later by many otherexample Dr. Mark Dean. He holds more than 20
African-Americans. Banneker was a multi-facetedpatents, including three of the original nine PCs of IBM.
personality, as he was not only an inventor but also aHe has played an instrumental role in developing the
leading light of the anti-slavery movement. He is1-Gigahertz chip, which has phenomenal capacity.
remembered for bringing out a Farmer's Almanac. HeThere is a long list of African-American inventors who,
is credited with building the first wooden pocket watchin the words of Walker, gave themselves a start to
and predicting several celestial events on the basis ofmove ahead of others.