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Black Inventors Who Made Daily Life Easier

Black inventors changed the way we live through their many innovations, from the traffic light to the ironing board.

Sarah Boone

Redesigned the ironing board for smoother, easier ironing

(1892)

Marie Jan Brittan

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Invented the first home security system with a camera & intercom

Garrett Morgan

Created the modern traffic light for safer streets (1923)

(1966)

Frederick NoKinley

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Developed refrigerated trucks to preserve food & medicine

(1940)

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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Improved light bulbs with a longer-lasting carbon filament

(1881)

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& hearing aids (1964)

Mark Dean

Helped create the color

PC monitor & first gigahertz-speed

microprocessor (1980s-1990s)