Discover the remarkable innovations of black inventors, whose ideas and inventions changed the course of history and continue to impact our world today.

But sadly, discrimination, corruption, and other painful socio-cultural factors have caused many inventions by Black people, and the names of their inventors, to be lost and forgotten.

There are more than 42 million people in the United States today who identify as African-American, and here is a modest sample of some of the extraordinary African-American scientists and ...

These African-American scientists are real trailblazers in their fields and have, in no small part, helped forge the modern world.

Granville Woods, an African-American inventor, made significant contributions to the development of the railway and electrical systems, holding over 60 patents.