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Virgie Ammons: The Damper
Keeping the warmth in and keeping the smoke out? When I first Googled the name Virgie Ammons, I came across a few web pages that gave a small caption of…
Sarah Goode: First to have a Patent on File
Sarah Goode, the first Black American woman to have the earliest patent on record was supposedly born and raised in the United States. Most bibliographies speculate that she was born…
Sarah Boone: Improvements in the Ironing Board
The Vikings had their very own ironing board made from whalebones because before sail off and pillaging spree you must be wrinkle free. Yes even the good old Vikings liked…
George Speck Crum: Potato chips
Potato chips, Potato crisps, however you say it, the man who invented this crunchy delight deserves an award. Yes a gold medal an Oscar. He deserves something. I mean what…
Otis Boykin: Electrical Resistor
Otis E. Boykin was born in Dallas Texas on August 29th, 1920. After graduating from Fisk College located in Nashville Tennessee, he became a laboratory assistant at the Majestic radio…
Mark Dean: Amazing Computer Technology
Mark Dean must have done something amazing. Even Time magazine admits that without Dean we wouldn’t be enjoying the fast paced gaining of knowledge through endless chat rooms and quick…
Lonnie Johnson: The Water Gun
The super soaking wet fun gun and a lot more to come, Oh Yeah! I must say this man not only had an idea but a jolly good one; The…
Lewis H. Latimer: The Patent Maker
Latimer H. Lewis was a draftsman and inventor. He was born into slavery on September 4, 1826 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He was married to Rebecca, also a slave at the…
Kerrie Holley: The great SOA IBM man
Kerrie Holley is usually synonymous with IBM. Well Kerrie Holley is indeed his own man. He has made a name for himself but he remains a loyal IBM fellow. He…
James Bowman: First black to graduate from MIT
Who is Dr. James Bowman? Well he was born on February 5th 1923 in Washington, D.C. He is married to Barbara Bowman and has one daughter, Valerie Bowman and one…
David Crosthwait: Central Heating & Cold Air
Thank heavens for the following inventors. I know cold. Germany, England, Russia, yeah it really gets cold there. A frigid cold the kind that gets deep in your bones. The…
Charles Brooks: Keeping it Clean
If you could imagine the days where a man would manually have to sweep the streets with a long horizontal head broom, shovel and dustpan, one would quickly demise that…
Benjamin Solomon Carson: Meaning to Everything
Many African American mothers have suffered and have done without in order to provide for their children. There is more than just material things; there is knowledge and an endearing…
Benjamin Banneker: Astronomical Thoughts
Banneker, Benjamin born in 1731 was the first person recorded to have calculated ephemeris, and document them in Almanacs from 1792-1797 which is a table of values used to determine…
Andrew Jackson Beard: Connecting Railroad Cars
When we think of trains we think of traveling faster and safely to our destination. We think of train tracks and the freedom we feel without being responsible for keeping…
Elijah McCoy: Patents and Inventions
McCoy had his own machine shop, which he built at his home in Ypsilanti. There he created his own style of “lubricating Cup”. A Piston was set in an oil…
A real McCoy, Elijah
Have you ever heard of the saying, “That’s the Real McCoy,” Referring to something being the real deal, authentic or the original. It originates from a Scottish saying, “The real…
Erich Jarvis, Ph.D.: Understanding Voice through Song
Erich Jarvis, Ph.D., never could have dreamed he would be where he is today in his $1 million dollar lab.. He didn’t start off a “brainiac” or an honor student….
