I always knew African-Americans made contributions
in the world, but I didn’t know the extent. Many inventions that are widely
popular and used for our daily use were created by Blacks and society as a
whole does not know. Here’s a quick list of inventions and improved innovations
from Black people:
1. The
cell phone by: Henry T. Sampson
2. Clothes
dryer by: G.T. Sampson
3. Door
knob and door stopper by: O. Dorsey
4. Improved
Elevator by: Alexander Miles. Miles improved the elevator system which included
automatic doors that can open and close between the floors; elevators became
safer from his contribution.
5. Fire
escape ladder by: Joseph Winters
6. Fire
extinguisher by: T. Marshall
7. Hair
brush by: Lydia O Newman. She’s not the first to discover the hair brush, but
Newman’s brush had synthetic bristles when originally the hair brush was made
with animal hair. Her improvements created ventilation through a person’s hair
and was determined more sterile than the original.
8. Ironing
board by: Sarah Boone
9. Key
chain by: F.J. Loudin
10. Refrigerator
by: J. Standard
11. Stove
by: T. A. Carrington
12. Guitar
by: Robert F. Fleming, Jr.
