11 Black Inventors You Should Know
A list of Famous Black Inventors
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Mark E. Dean helped invent the first personal computer for IBM.
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Madam C. J. Walker, America\'s first self-made millionaire, invented various hair products.
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Thomas L. Jennings was the first black person to receive a patent.
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Dr. Shirley Jackson was the first black woman to graduate from MIT with a Ph.D.
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Charles Richard Drew developed America\'s first blood banks.
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Marie Van Brittan Brown invented and patented the first TV home security system.
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George Carruthers created ultraviolet camera/spectograph.
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Dr. Patricia Bath invented the Laserphaco Probe to help with Laser Cataract Surgery.
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Jan Ernst Matzeliger, invented the automated shoe making machine.
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Alexander Miles invented safer, automated elevator doors.
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George Washington Carver used the Peanut to develop products like laundry soap, diesel fuel and different types of plastics.
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