Black History figures everyone should know about For too many years, history books have focused on the achievement of White Americans, while many of the inspiring contributions of African Americans, ...

Dean are just a few notable African-American inventors. We live in a world with blood banks, automated elevators, caller ID, and color computer monitors because of their work. Follow BI Video ...

African-American innovators and visionaries have developed or contributed to many things that are commonplace today — some are well known such as the light bulb and others not so obvious such as ...

Bessie Virginia Blount was a physical therapist, inventor and forensic scientist who invented an electronic feeding device in ...

While some, like Chris Barnard who performed the first heart transplant, are well-known, there are several lesser-known South African inventors whose creations have made a lasting impact.

In the aftermath, the African American inventor was awarded a medal from the city of Cleveland and was inundated with orders for his gas mask from fire departments all over the country.