Are you familiar with the name Alice Parker? Alice H. Parker was an African American inventor famous for her patented system of central heating using natural gas. Before that, people used firewood and ...

Keith C. Holmes has spent over 30 years researching inventors of color. His company, Global Black Inventor Research Projects, Inc., which he launched in Brooklyn and now has branches on six continents ...

From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know. Janie Hermann, Princeton Public Library’s adult programming ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A former USF football star and Super Bowl champion is now a restaurant owner and a published author. Kayvon Webster’s latest book, Our Inventors, is an educational journey about ...

African-American innovators and visionaries have developed or contributed to many things that are commonplace today — some are well known such as the light bulb and others not so obvious such as blood ...

"Black Tech: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - Leaders in Technology" is now available online , at bookstores and libraries PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA, March 27, 2024 ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Zion Chapel A.M.E. is celebrating Black History Month by showcasing items created by black inventors. The ‘Snapshot of Brilliance’ display includes photos of inventors, ...

For too many years, history books have focused on the achievement of White Americans, while many of the inspiring ...

Today and every day, millions of Americans will use, enjoy, and be protected by the creations and innovations of African American inventors. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — As we continue our coverage of ...

This is an opinion column. A chair was just a chair — until Miriam Elizabeth Benjamin put a light and a bell on one. Benjamin was a schoolteacher, composer and inventor, born in 1861 in Charleston, ...