Famous Black Inventors: How Much Do You Know?

Updated  11/1/ 2024
According to Professor Randall Robinson, they trot out the story of George Washington Carver and his peanut discovery every February. And all the many, many, many things about the peanut discovery.

However, there are an untold number of other Black inventors who are not mentioned. Focusing on George Washington Carver solely gives a false impression that there were few other Black inventors.

True.

But do you know what else George Washington Carver invented?  Have you ever heard about groundbreaking inventor Granville T. Woods?

Sources

1. Professor Randall’s paraphrased quote was uttered many years ago ( CSPAN)
2.  Book TV, Reel America, January 30. “A Tribute to Minority Inventors” – 1986, by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://beta.c-span.org/program/reel-america/a-tribute-to-minority-inventors-1986/648989     
   Note: Points 4:07 – 4:59 feature  George Washington Carver’s major non-peanut accomplishments.
3.  Granville T. Woods, video 1:22, https://x.com/Soulful1865/status/1840387790460105126

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