Frederick McKinley Jones was born on the 17th of May ... a man was judged more on his character and ability rather than the color of his skin," Frederick said of his time at Hallock.

Before he secured the first of his 61 patents — inventing everything from refrigerated trucks to movie-ticket dispensers — Frederick McKinley ... t take a boy of color. So Jones' father ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Frederick McKinley Jones at his drafting desk. Jones was a prolific inventor who invented a cooling system used in Army trucks in World War II to transport ...

A black and white photograph of Frederick McKinley Jones, taken around 1950 with his invention, a refrigerated truck.

African American inventor and engineer Frederick McKinley Jones. This Minnehistory features African American inventor and engineer Frederick McKinley Jones. MinneHistory is available to stream on ...

Today, learn about inventor Frederick McKinley Jones. Every year for Black History Month, Judge Derek Mosley posts daily tributes on Facebook that provide information about remarkable African ...

Frederick McKinley Jones was orphaned by age 8 and raised by a Catholic priest before he dropped out of high school. That didn’t stop him from pursuing his calling as an inventor whose work ...

In 1939, Frederick McKinley Jones patented the world’s first successful refrigerated transportation system. At the time, he was working for the Minneapolis-based company U.S. Thermo Control.

Bloomington, MN. Thermo King Corp. dedicated its revamped—to the tune of $7.1 million—R&D Center here Monday to Frederick McKinley Jones, the pioneering African-American mechanical genius ...

When the United States entered WWII, Logisticians for the first time could bring refrigerated food, water, drugs, and blood to the battlefield thanks to Frederick McKinley Jones' innovative ...