Black inventors changed the way we live through their many innovations, from the traffic light to the ironing board.
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Sarah Boone Redesigned the ironing board for smoother, easier ironing (1892) |
Marie Jan Brittan roun Invented the first home security system with a camera & intercom |
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Garrett Morgan Created the modern traffic light for safer streets (1923) |
(1966) Frederick NoKinley Jones Developed refrigerated trucks to preserve food & medicine (1940) |
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Aleaander Miles Invented automatic elevator doors for safer rides (1887) |
James E. West Co-invented the electret microphone, used in phones |
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/ewis /atimer Improved light bulbs with a longer-lasting carbon filament (1881) Discover more about their incredible impact: |
& hearing aids (1964) Mark Dean Helped create the color PC monitor & first gigahertz-speed microprocessor (1980s-1990s) |