Black Inventors part 2

The second inventor of our series is Andrew Jackson Beard.  Beard was born, and up until age 15, was  a slave in Alabama in 1849.  Over the years he patented a series of inventions: in 1881, he patented a plow.  A second plow was patented in 1887, and in 1892 it was a rotary engine. (more…)

Black inventors part 1

Seeing how it is Black History Month, I thought I’d highlight to contributions that Blacks have made to society by way of technology.

Garrett Morgan

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