“The African American experience is full of innovators who have done creative and productive things, but there was no pathway to patents.” – James Howard, Executive Director, Black Inventors Hall of ...

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 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- An eager crowd of youngsters and parents filled a room inside the John Chavis Community Center in Raleigh for Saturday's Black Inventors Workshop. They listened attentively as ...

The erasure of Black Americans’ contributions to the field of invention has taken place for centuries. Industrial designer James Howard, of Dover, is seeking to change that with his traveling exhibit, ...

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 ...

Museum exhibits are coming to life this month at the Smithsonian's Discovery Theater in Washington, D.C., as students receive an interactive education about African Americans who built and shaped the ...

Granville T. Woods was a pioneering inventor with nearly 60 patents to his name.Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images Granville T. Woods was one of the most prolific Black inventors in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Grand Ridge School students were given a challenge at their recent Black History Month celebration. The older students were asked to create individual presentations about African American inventors.

This Black History Month, many students likely learned an especially whitewashed version of events, thanks to top Republicans who claim certain teachings about Black history are divisive. Florida Gov.