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You know, I had read a lot of blogs and most of the ones that I read are negativity towards OUR President Obama and the African American Nationalities. President Obama represents the United States of America. For anyone to say they hope he fails, then that is like saying they hope the United States fail, correct? During the history of the United States, there had been changes. When Joe Lewis won against Hitler’s master race, cheers came from all over, not just proud black people. When the Tuskegee airman flew, whites did not want them to fly, giving ever bit of excuse to terminate the program. In the years that followed, the Tuskegee airmen never lost a single boomer to enemy action, and only Nazi German did not want them to fly. Just as in the movie Tuskegee Airmen, “Are we Americans when the mood suites you?”

I am not taking away inventions of All people; rather I am letting people know the contributions. Let’s begin, shall we? This is not put in any specific order.

• Back in the day, there were a lot of traffic accidents due to the invention of the automobile. There were countless accidents involving horse-drawn buggy and automobiles. Because of this, the most priceless invention is the creation of the traffic light, born to Garrett Morgan in 1903.

• Most lawn chairs that we use today, rather it being in the park, or on the lakefront enjoying a class of lemonade was invented by Nathaniel Alexander of Lynchburg, Virginia on July 11, 1911.

• Radio Frequency Mass Spectrometer (what is used in analytical laboratories that study physical, chemical, or biological properties of a great variety of compounds) was invented by Willard H. Bennett.

• Whenever a Doctor orders an x-ray or you may need an x-ray due to a broken bone, it was invented by George Edward Alcorn. Dr. Alcorn holds eight patents in the United States and Europe on semiconductor technology, one of which is a method of fabricating an imaging x-ray spectrometer.

• Whenever you look at electric trains, such as the “L” in the city of Chicago or freight train cars that are hooked together, think of the inventor Andrew Beard. Although his first patent for a plow was in 1881 and in 1892 he patented a rotary engine, he was known for railroad car couples commonly called the Jenny Coupler (not Janney Coupler). Andrew Beard was born a slave on a plantation in Woodland, Alabama in 1849 and was laid to rest in 1921. Imagine the turn of events he must have witnessed?

• Things that are used in the process of making a vehicle work in the “torture chamber,” were invented by Edmond Berger. On February 2, 1839, he invented the spark plug that is used widely used in vehicles today.

• Whenever you turn on your computer, radio, or television sets, you are using an improved electrical resistor invented by Otis Boykin. Mr. Boykin also invented a variable resistor used in guided missile parts, a control for heart stimulators, a burglar-proof cash register, and a chemical air filter. He is responsible for inventing the electrical device used in ALL guided missiles and IBM computers.

• Before there were fire safety devices, there was Sidney Jacoby. He created the combination smoke and heat detector alarm on February 10, 1976.

• If you were in the Military for Civil Engineering or had a crew clean up a mess from an accident or extreme weather, it was Charles Brooks to thank. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he patent the revolving brushes of the street sweeper on March 17, 1896. He also patent a paper punch, an item that was or may be used widely by bus drivers to punch holes in your transfer tickets as well as Metro RTA Trains.

• When you go out and give your yard that perfect attention to detail, mowing very close to your building and enjoy the wheels of the lawn mower, remember John Albert Burr. He patented his invention of the above on May 9, 1899.

• Who can ever forget George Washington Carver? He was born in 1864 out of Diamond Grove, Missouri. As we all should know, he discovered three hundred uses for peanuts and hundreds more uses for soybeans, pecans, and sweet potatoes.

• When you want to take a look at the great sky via telescope and have reflections of what the astronauts seen on the moon in 1972, then you are talking about a man name George Carruthers from Cincinnati, Ohio, October 1, 1939. He grew up on the South Side of Chicago.

• To compliment George Carruthers, you have John Christian, who invented and patented new lubricants used in high flying aircraft and NASA space missions that can be used from minus 50 to 600 degrees. They were also used in helicopter fuel lines, astronaut’s back-pack life support systems, and in the four-wheel drive of the “moon-buggy.”

• When you donate or receive blood that was donated, Charles Drew discovered how to preserve blood that could be reconstituted for a later date. He was born June 3, 1904 in Washington, D.C. and laid to rest in 1950.

• When you use a generator for back up power, such as the hospitals do, then you are using an invention created my Meredith Gourdine and it was simply called a generator.

• Illinois own, born in Elgin on June 20, 1894, invented new ways to preserve food. It was a technique called flash-driving (evaporating) and it is still used by medical professionals today. He passed January 2, 1971.

• Whenever you need that one suite or anything that states Dry Clean only, then you are using a process developed by the first African American to receive a patent on March 3, 1821, Thomas Jennings. Patent number 3306x.

• When I read this next one, it came as a surprise. Everything that I had learned from different sources about Jack Johnson was that of the first black heavyweight fighter. Did you know he also patented a wrench on April 18, 1922? Did you also know his real name was actually John Arthur Johnson, born in Galveston, Texas, March 31, 1878? He was laid to rest in 1946.

• When you or your kids enjoy getting soak by water products, specifically The Super Soaker, it was Lonnie Johnson that made it possible in 1988. The original name was Power Drencher and it was the first water blaster to incorporate air pressure into its design.

• Frederick Jones had over sixty inventions, however he was best known for inventing an automatic refrigeration system for long-haul trucks in 1935 (a roof-mounted cooling device). Jones was born in Covington, Kentucky on May 17, 1893 and passed in 1961. This invention eliminated the risk of food spoilage during long-distance shipping trips. The system was, in turn, adapted to other common carriers including ships. Ever wondered how you gotten your change back and the ticket machines delivered your tickets to see a movie? You can thank Frederick Jones for that as well.

• Ever used a wave machine or machine used to curl or permed women’s hair? If so, then you used an invention of Majorie Joyner, patented in 1929. It was used for longer-lasting wavy hair styles.

• When you get instructions from the fire department on how to use fire-extinguishing foam for gasoline and oil fires, you are using Percy Julian’s invention.

• When you are thankful the automatic doors on an elevator open automatically and close to protect yourself and others from falling down a shaft then thank Alexander Miles of Duluth, Minnesota for his patent safety mechanism. He improved, the already made elevator, on the closing of the opening to the elevator shaft when an elevator was on that floor on October 11, 1887.

• When you want to warm your food or use other gaseous discharge devices, such as a microwave, you are giving Louis W. Roberts props.

• Even though you may not use this item on your car, but you may still receive a ticket for not using it because it is used to change lanes, your automatic turn signal was created in 1913 by Richard Spikes. He did not give up there because every time you want your vehicle fresh and clean where the pain sparkles and show it off, he also invented the Automatic Car Washer in 1913. Later in his life, he began to loose his eyesight and after loosing his eyesight in 1932, he designed a drafting machine for blind people.

• If you ever had or known a loved one that had open-heart surgery, you can thank Dr. Daniel Hale Williams for performing the FIRST open-heart surgery on James Comish, the victim of a knifing. Other such surgeries did not start until well after July 9, 1893.

• Even though there were only 3 units built, it was mainly built for the military. On November 26, 1962, it was the Lockheed Model 186 (XH-51), which was a compound experimental helicopter. A picture of the helicopter is at the end of this blog for your enjoyment.

A lot of people want to credit Thomas Edison for the electric move. It is a fact that Granville T. Woods created the controlling of the flow of electricity as well as the electric railway cars (such as the “L” in Chicago, Illinois) on October 11, 1887. Thomas Edison wanted to recruit Granville Woods, after Mr. Woods won a lawsuit that Edison states he was the first one that controlled electricity. Mr. Woods rejected Mr. Edison’s offer.

So, if any of you buy lawn chairs for picnicking or events, are thankful of traffic lights to control the flow of traffic and safety, have to obtain a x-ray, riding a Metro or like train with multiple cars attached to one another, using a vehicle that accepts a spark plug, turn on a radio or watch your favorite sport telecast on television, turn on your computer rather to send good information or degrade others (such as anti-black or anti-white messages), rely on your safety device for the health of yourself and your family, received a punched transfer to another train or bus, mow your yard with the ease of rotary blades and wheels, eating different variations of the peanut and drinking coffee, look upon the stars and moon via telescope, thankful of the astronaut’s back-pack life support systems as they go forth in outer space, in need of blood from a blood bank, uses back-up generators for electricity or visits hospitals, in need of your garments dry-cleaned only, using the wrench for a lot of handy work, using the Super Soaker with your kids or family, receiving milk for a far-away dairy land that needs to be refrigerated, use a fire-extinguishing foam for gasoline and oil fires, was grateful you did not fall down an elevator shaft while the elevator was not on that specific floor, using microwaves, loves to keep your car cleaned through automatic car washers, have known anyone that had or will have open-heart surgery, enjoy electricity, and traffic use you traffic turn signals, then you are using the inventions of African American who contribute greatly to the United States of America. So if you want to criticize, then reframe from using these types of inventions, if you can.
http://inventors.about.com/od/blackinventors/a/black_inventors.htm
Special thanks to Mary Bellis, about.com

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