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Lessser know African American inventorsTRANSCRIPT
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Big & Small Inventions
By African Americans
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BLOOD BANK • Dr. Charles Richard Drew (1904-1950).
• medical doctor
• Surgeon
• started the idea of a blood
bank
*first director of the Red Cross
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George Washington Carver (1865?-1943)
*scientist*educator* humanitarian*former slavedeveloped hundreds of products from peanuts, Sweet potatoes, pecans, and soybeans
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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
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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.
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Traffic Signal G Garrett Augustus Morgan 1877-1963
*first person to patent a traffic signal
*prevented accidents
* No policeman needed
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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.
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Abbreviated Version of PPT
Submitted by Tasia Eraseren, Resident
Assistant, California State University Monterey Bay