Seven Black Inventors Whose Patents Helped Shape American Life

Sunday, February 24, 2019 - 06:10 in Physics & Chemistry

Garrett Morgan created an improved gas mask. Marie Van Brittan Brown patented a home security system. Lonnie Johnson dreamed up the Super Soaker.

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