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Do you have examples of some Black Inventors and their Inventions?

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Examples of Black scientists and their achievements include:

  • Dr. Charles Drew - preserving blood plasma

  • Frederick Jones - portable X-ray machine, truck refrigerator systems, & self-starting gasoline motor

  • Otis Boykin - control unit used in pacemakers, chemical air filters, and other electronic devices used in radios & televisions

  • Granville T. Woods - electric incubator, automatic air brake, and the telephone receiver

  • George Washington Carver - peanut butter, linoleum, fuel briquettes, synthetic rubber, and synthetic marble

  • Lewis Latimer - practical incandescent light bulb finaments.

    SOURCE: Dear Abby, writing in the Ann Arbor News

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