Index of black inventors by state or country of residence 1834-2008



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James E. Millington Apr. 25, 1967 3,316,178 Thermo-stable Dielectric Material

Lonnie G. Neal Nov. 4, 1969 3,475,975 Electro-Magnetic Gyroscope Float Assembly



WV


Virgie M. Ammons Sep. 30, 1975 3,908,633 Fireplace Damper Actuating Tool

Lewis B. Dorcas Oct. 15, 1907 868,417 Stove

Louis W. Freeman May 19, 1931 1,805,577 Cuff for Trousers

William Hale Nov. 24, 1925 1,563,278 Aeroplane



William Hale June 5, 1928 1,672,212 Motor Vehicle

Sam Moore Nov. 30, 1926 1,608,903 Self-Directing Headlight

John Robinson Feb. 1, 1887 356,852 Dinner Pail

Isaac C. Williams Apr. 7, 1885 315,367 Fire Place

Isaac C. Williams May 10, 1887 362,805 Cupboard Catch

Wade Washington Aug. 14, 1883 283,173 Corn Husking Machine



Wade Washington Jan. 25, 1916 1,169,370 Window Scaffold

Gonaives, Haiti


John F. Pickering Feb. 20, 1900 643,975 Air Ship



Montreal, Quebec, Canada


Hubert Julian May 24, 1921 1,379,264 Airplane Safety Appliance

Toronto, Canada

Stephen C. Skanks Jan. 21, 1896 553,320 Electric Register for Sleeping Car Berths

Stephen C. Skanks Jul. 27, 1897 587,165 Sleeping Car Berth Register

Endnotes


Inventor’s residence is determined by the residence on the patent

*This inventor has multiple patents some of which may not be listed. For additional patents for this inventor see http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html or http://www.google.com/patents.




Sources

Baker, Henry E. The Colored Inventor. Salem, NH: Ayer Company Publisher, 1913, Reprints Edition 1992.


Diggs, Irene. Black Innovators. Chicago, IL: Institute of Positive Education, 1975.
Gibbs, C. R. Black Inventors: From Africa to America Two Million Years of Invention and Innovation. Silver Spring, MD: Three Dimensional Publishing, 1995.
Google News Archive, http://news.google.com/archivesearch
Heritage Quest online, http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/census/search/basic
Inventions and Patents of African-Americans - 20th Century. St. Louis: St. Louis Public Library, http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/libsrc/inv20.htm Prepared by Velma L. Martin, Librarian. St. Louis Public Library, Dec., 1996 (accessed Jan. 24, 2006)
Mapp, Shannon H. Black Miracles; the Miracles of Black Inventors and Scientists. Asheville, NC: Purpose Publishing, 1998.

Negro Year Book: An Annual Encyclopedia of the Negro 1925-26. Edited by Monroe N. Work. Tuskegee Institute, AL: Negro Year Book Publishing Co., 1925.


Negro Year Book: A Review of Events Affecting Negro Life 1941-1946. Edited by Jessie ParkHurst Guzman. Tuskegee Institute, AL: Foote and Davies, Inc., 1947.
Negro Year Book: A Review of Events Affecting Negro Life 1952. Edited by Woodrow Hall, et al. WM H. Wise & Co., NY., 1952.
Simpson, Helen McWorter. Makers of History. Evansville, IN: Laddie B. Warren, 1981.

Sluby, Patricia Carter. The Inventive Spirit of African Americans: Patented Ingenuity. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004.


Walker, Juliet. The History of Black Business in American: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship. NY: Twayne’s Evolution of Modern Business Series, 1998.
Webster, Raymond B. African American Firsts in Science and Technology. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group Inc., 1999.

Margaret J. Collins

Library Program Specialist

Patent and Trademark Depository Library

Illinois State Library

Gwendolyn Brooks Building

300 South Second Street

Springfield, IL 62701

217-782-5659

217-782-8432

Mcollins@ilsos.net
Jesse White

Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian



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