Black Inventors

My invention helped elevator doors open automatically.

• Alexander Miles

• Lewis Latimer

My invention helped to keep homes safe. It was the first home security system.

• Dr. Patricia Bath

• Marie Van Brittan Brown

My invention helps to remove cataracts from the eyes so people can see again.

• Sarah Breedlove Walker

• Dr. Patricia Bath

The company which liked my invention didn't want to work with me after finding out I was black.

• Dr. Patricia Bath

• Mary Kenner

I was the first African American female millionaire.

• Sarah Breedlove Walker

• Marie Van Brittan Brown

Who invented the fold-out bed?

• George Washington Carver

• Sarah E. Goode

• Garrett Morgan

Who invented over 300 uses for peanuts?

• George Washington Carver

• Sarah E. Goode

• Garrett Morgan

Who was one of the first Black women to get a patent?

• George Washington Carver

• Sarah E. Goode

• Garrett Morgan

Who invented the three-light traffic signal?

• A) Garrett Morgan

• B) Lewis Latimer

• C) Elijah McCoy

• D) Granville T. Woods

Who was the first African American woman to receive a patent?

• A) Sarah E. Goode

• B) Madam C.J. Walker

• C) Marie Van Brittan Brown

• D) Dr. Patricia Bath