8 Black Inventors who have made Daily Life Easier

Most people have heard about famous inventions like the light bulb, the cotton gin and the iPhone. But there are countless other, often overlooked inventions that make our daily lives easier. Among the creative innovators behind these devices are African American inventors. From the traffic light to the ironing board, see a list of products that have sprung from the minds of Black inventors;

1. Improved Ironing Board, Invented by Sarah Boone in 1892
2. Home Security System, Co-Invented by Mary Van Brittan Brown in 1966
3. The Three-Light Traffic Signal, Invented by Garrett Morgan in 1923
4. Refrigerated Trucks, Invented by Frederick McKinley Jones in 1940
5. Automatic Elevator Doors, Invented by Alexander Miles in 1887
6. Electret Microphone, Co-Invented by James E. West in 1964
7. Carbon Light Bulb Filament, Invented by Lewis Latimer in 1881
8. Color IBM PC Monitor and Gigahertz Chip, Co-Invented by Mark Dean c. 1980 and 1999

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