by gaiusx | Mar 23, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Top Inventors
Fred Jones Inventor of the Refrigerated Truck Fred McKinley Jones is certainly one of the most important Black inventors ever based on the sheer number of inventions he formulated as well as their diversity. Fred Jones was born on May 17, 1893 in Covington, Kentucky.... 
by gaiusx | Mar 23, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Top Inventors
Daniel Hale Williams Pioneer in Open Heart Surgery Who Founded the First Interracial hospital, Provident Hospital and Training School Daniel Hale Williams was born on January 18, 1856 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. He was the fifth of seven children born to Daniel... 
by gaiusx | Mar 23, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Top Inventors
Jan Matzeliger 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 | Mar 23, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Top Inventors
Charles Drew Pioneer of the Modern Blood Bank Charles Drew was born on June 3, 1904 in Washington, D.C., the son of Richard and Nora Drew and eldest of five children. Charles was one of those rare individuals who seemed to excel at everything he did and on every level... 
by gaiusx | Mar 23, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Top Inventors
George Washington Carver 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 | Mar 11, 2012 | Inventors, Male Inventors, Others
Benjamin Banneker Astronomer who Developed an Almanac. Benjamin Banneker was born in 1731 just outside of Baltimore, Maryland, the son of a slave. His grandfather had been a member of a royal family in Africa and was wise in agricultural endeavors.His father, Robert,...
