Website: Black Inventor Online Museum
The Black Inventor Online Museum ™ offers brief profiles of African-American leaders in the field of invention and innovation, ranging from 18th century innovators like Benjamin Banneker, who helped design the layout of Washington, D.C., to rock scientist Lonnie Johnson, 1990’s inventor of the popular “Super Soaker” water gun.
For more than 300 years, black inventors have served as pioneers in the field of science and have made enormous impacts on society. As African Americans sought freedom and equality, many among them, scientists, educators and even slaves, developed the tools and processes that helped to shape the modern agricultural, industrial and technological landscape. While some are famous, many remain unknown, but their contributions have assured that their stories are not only about black history, but about world history.
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