inventions african americans

Big & Small Inventions

By African Americans

BLOOD BANK • Dr. Charles Richard Drew (1904-1950).

• medical doctor

• Surgeon

• started the idea of a blood

bank

*first director of the Red Cross

George Washington Carver (1865?-1943)

*scientist*educator* humanitarian*former slavedeveloped hundreds of products from peanuts, Sweet potatoes, pecans, and soybeans

Other Everyday Inventions by African Americans

Potato ChipsGeorge Crum 1853

Pencil SharpenerJ.L. Love 1897

Ironing Board Sarah Boone 1892

Golf TeeDr. George Grant 1899

GAS MASK Garrett Morgan

• Designed for fire fighters

• Used to rescue miners trapped underground in a noxious mine.

• Soon produced gas masks for the US Army.

Traffic Signal G Garrett Augustus Morgan 1877-1963

*first person to patent a traffic signal

*prevented accidents

* No policeman needed

Masking Tape and Clear Adhesive Tape

Richard G. Drew (1899-1980)

Drew's first tape invention was a masking tape made for painters in 1923. This early masking tape was a wide paper tape with adhesive on only the edges of the tape - not in the middle. Drew made an improved tape called Scotch (TM) Brand Cellulose Tape in 1930. This tape was a clear, all-purpose adhesive tape that was soon adopted worldwide. The first tape dispenser with a built-in cutting edge was invented in 1932 by John A. Borden, another 3M employee.

Abbreviated Version of PPT

Submitted by Tasia Eraseren, Resident

Assistant, California State University Monterey Bay