African American Inventors

He invented the gas mask to make sure firemen are safe from harmful gas.

• Garrett Morgan

• Barack Obama

• Benjamin Baker

• Benjamin Banneker

He invented the traffic light that keeps us safe on the roads.

• Garrett Morgan

• Garrett Walker

• Jack Johnson

• Elijah McCoy

He invented the world-famous watergun, the Super Soaker

• Lonnie Walker

• Lonnie Johnson

• Dr. Charles Drew

• James West

Inventor of telegraphony; combination telephone and telegraph

• Kenneth Dunkley

• Garrett Morgan

• Granville Woods

• Mark Dean

Invented 3D glasses

• Benjamin Banneker

• George Crum

• Jack Johnson

• Kenneth J. Dunkley

The first African American woman to go to space in 1992

• Mae Carol Jemison

• Marie Van Brittan Brown

• Madam C. J. Walker

• Georgette Walker

Chef that accidentally created the potato chip in 1853.

• Guion “Guy” Bluford

• Jack Johnson

• James West

• George Crum

Invented the clock in 1753.

• Benjamin Baker

• Benjamin Banneker

• Benjamin Bedsole

• Benjamin Brown

First African American man to go space in 1983.

• Guion “Guy” Bluford

• Granville Woods

• Elijah West

• James West

This man thought of and organized the blood banks which saved millions of lives.

• Dr. Philip Wilson

• Dr. Charles Drew

• Dr. Elijah West

• Dr. Garrett Walker