Henry Blair's inventions increased farming efficiency and he still never got his 40 acres & a mule! #BlackHistoryISAmericanHistory #BlackHistoryALWAYS #BlackHistory365 #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth
Thomas W. Stewart decided that people shouldn't have to touch a dirty mop head so he added a clamp that is used to wring out the mop for us. He also made the mop head removeable so it can be washed or thrown away and replaced with a new one. Th
Are you riding your bike this 3-day weekend? Let's thank #IsaacRJohnson!#CBBHF #cBlackFact #BlackHistoryMonth #blackhistory365 #BlackHistoryISAmericanHistory #FunnyChickFlow
If you #Love a good 'ole sharpened #2 pencil you owe it to #JohnLeeLove!#CBBHF #cBlackFact #Inventor #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #blackhistory365 #BlackHistoryISAmericanHistory
Any bakers out there? If you use a mixing machine for your dough you owe it to Judy Woodford Reed.Judy Woodford Reed is credited as being the 1st African American female to receive a U.S. patent. Reed received Patent No. 305,474 for a "Dough K
Granville T. Woods, known as "The Black Edison", was the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. Being self-taught, he held almost 60 U.S. patents. Alexander Graham Bell & Thomas Edison actually purchased