The relative odds that inventors were women, for example, nearly doubled from 0.07 in 1880 to 0.13 in 1940; essentially, women made up 3.5% to 6.5% of U.S. inventors.

February may be Black History Month, but in reality, we should always celebrate the inventors who changed the world with their ideas, hard work, and dedication. Below, you’ll find just a few of ...

Potato chips are a common snack that nearly everyone has tried at least once, but something fewer people may know is that they were invented by George Crum, a famous Black chef in the 1900s.

Juneteenth & Black Inventors: Celebrating Freedom Through Innovation Explore how Black inventors transformed freedom into innovation, ho. Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT.

Parker is just one of the inventors featured by author Theresa Merritt-Watson in her book, “Black Tech: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - Leaders in Technology,” unveiled in the fall.

"Explore how Black inventors transformed freedom into innovation, honoring Juneteenth through groundbreaking achievements and discoveries." Juneteenth represents not just physical freedom but ...

well New Jersey is known for its most famous inventor the great Thomas Edison but what about the number of innovators whose stories have never been told or were suppressed like those of many black ...

The Black Inventors Hall of Fame, a nonprofit, aims to open the museum in West Orange, where Thomas Edison once lived and worked.

Revolutionary Black Inventors Elijah McCoy, who had 57 U.S. patents, invented a means of lubricating machines without stopping them, significantly reducing the threat to working people’s limbs ...