Black Inventors

Thomas L. Jennings
Granville T. Woods
Jesse Eugene Russell
Marie Van Britain Brown
Benjamin Banneker
Henry Thomas Sampson Jr. 


Thomas L. Jennings

Thomas L.Jennings was an abolitionist and tradesman who owned a tailoring business in New York City.  In 1821 he invented The Dry Cleaning Machine.  He was one of the first Black men in the U.S. to be granted a patent.

Granville T. Woods

Granville T. Woods is Inventor of the telephone transmitter.  His device is used in Railroad telegraph, subway systems, roller coasters, etc

Jesse Eugene Russell

Jesse Eugene Russell is Inventor of the Digital Cell Phone

Marie Van Britain Brown

Inventor of The Home Security system (along with her husband Albert Brown)   It is the foundation for video monitoring ,  remote control door locks, push button alarm triggers, instant messaging to police. two-way voice communication and CCTV surveillance in public areas

Home Security System

Video Monitoring 

Benjamin Banneker

Benjamin Banneker is credited as the first Black inventor in the U.S.   He helped draw up plans for Washington D.C. , Also credited with making the first clock built in America, 

Henry Thomas Sampson Jr.

Henry T. Sampson is the first Black person to receive a PH.d in Nuclear Engineering in the U.S.  He Invented the  gamma electric cell which is designed to provide auxiliary power from the shielding of a nuclear reactor.  

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