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 ...

*Whenever we are thinking about modern Black inventors, Garrett A. Morgan is the first to come to mind. He brought us out of the dark and gifted us with the spotlight. We also think about Charles Drew ...

Inventors come up with a lot of clever things to make our lives easier, but just imagine the world without this invention, so powerful, so fast, so fun -- the SuperSoaker. Lonnie Johnson, a black ...

Black women remain resilient and continue to offer creative, impactful inventions. Black women are innovators, coming up with great inventions that have transformed many sectors like health care and ...

Black inventors and entrepreneurs have played a crucial role in shaping industries, improving daily life, and driving ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bessie Virginia Blount was a physical therapist, inventor and forensic scientist who invented an electronic feeding device in 1951 to help amputees feed themselves. In 1969, Blount joined law ...

NORFOLK, Va. — African American Scientists & Inventors Discovery Day will be hosted by Nauticus on February 15. This event aims to engage and educate the community about the groundbreaking ...

While standing in line at ShopRite one night, James Howard, of Dover, came across a special edition of Times magazine featuring America’s top 100 inventors but noticed something was missing.

James Howard is using the past to inspire the future. He knows you've heard all about the Garden State's most famous inventor, the great Thomas Edison. But what about the number of innovators whose ...