Lewis Latimer Light bulb filaments (worked
with Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison), 1848-1928
Jan Matzeliger Shoe manufacturing, railroad car coupler, 1852-1889
Elijah
McCoy Engine lubrication, graphite lubricator (57 patents), 1843-1928
Frederick
McKinley Jones Refrigeration in trucks, sound reproduction, ticket dispensing,
1893-1961
Garrett Morgan Gas mask,
hair straightening cream, traffic signal device, 1877-1963
Norbert
Rillieux Sugar processing machinery, 1806-1894
Lewis
Temple Whale harpoon (improvement), 1800-1854
Granville
Woods Synchronus multiplex railway telegraph, electro-mechanical brake,
induction telegraphy, several other electrical devices, 1856-1910
Percy
Julian Chemistry: physostigmine, fire extinguishing soy protein, cortisone
synthesis, 1899-1975
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