by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Female Inventors, Inventors, Others
Sarah Boone An African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She founded a hair and beauty supply company aimed at Black consumers and was heralded by the the Guinness Book of World Records as the first female self-made millionaire... 
by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Others
Henry Blair Invented a Seed Planter and Corn Harvester Henry Blair was the second Black inventor issued a patent by the United States Patent Office. Born in 1807 in Glen Ross, Maryland, Blair was a free man, his first invention was a seed planter which enabled farmers... 
by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Female Inventors, Inventors, Others
Miriam Benjamin An African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She founded a hair and beauty supply company aimed at Black consumers and was heralded by the the Guinness Book of World Records as the first female self-made... 
by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Others
Andrew Beard Received a patent for the Jenny Coupler which easily joined railroaad cars. Andrew Jackson Beard hailed from Eastlake, Alabama, a small town outside of Birmingham. With the emergence of the railroad industry and its rapid expansion throughout the country,... 
by gaiusx | Nov 26, 2012 | Female Inventors, Inventors, Others
Patricia Bath An African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She founded a hair and beauty supply company aimed at Black consumers and was heralded by the the Guinness Book of World Records as the first female self-made...
