African American Inventions in the 1800s
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Lemelson Center Books
American Independent Inventors in an Era of Corporate R&D
How America's individual inventors persisted alongside corporate R&D labs as an important source of inventions. Published in the Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation book series with MIT Press.
Symposia & Conferences
Black Inventors and Innovators: New Perspectives
The Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation webinar series drew renewed attention to historic and contemporary inventors of color and Black technology consumers, while discussing strategies for building a more equitable innovation ecosystem.
Invention Stories
Diverse Voices: Women Inventors
Throughout American history, women with diverse backgrounds and interests created inventions that change our lives every day.
Blog
Game Changers Inventor Spotlight: Tahira Reid Smith
Engineering professor Dr. Tahira Reid Smith has been inventive since childhood and is best known for her automated double-Dutch jump rope machine.
Blog
Signposts to Diverse Stories of Invention
Museum objects reveal unexpected stories about diverse inventions—and inventors.
Beyond Words
Innovative Lives: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also writes books about invention for kids.
Blog
Who Invents and Who Gets the Credit?
The complex story of an African American woman inventor, hidden behind a simple clothes wringer.
Blog
Remembering Dr. Patricia Bath
Pathbreaker, physician, educator, role model, and inventor of the Laserphaco Probe for the treatment of cataracts.
Blog
A Cool Story About A/C Inventor Garthen Leslie
Working with Quirky and GE, Garthen Leslie invented the Aros smart air conditioner.
Blog
Lost Histories of African American Inventors
In a book written especially for kids, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shares fascinating stories you probably don't know about 16 historical and contemporary African American inventors.
Blog
Inventive Summer Reading for Kids
Summer's here and the reading is . . . inventive!
Blog
Meet Lonnie Johnson, the Man Behind the Super Soaker
Get to know engineer Lonnie Johnson, founder and president of Johnson Research and Development Co., who invented the wildly-popular Super Soaker water gun, worked on high-performance Nerf dart guns, and focuses today on inventions related to clean energy.
Blog
An Early Attempt to Build a "National Museum for Colored People"
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture was 100 years in the making, with the first formal calls for such a museum beginning in 1916.
Blog
America Participates in Innovation – 1800s
In this post, I'll describe how the democratic features of the United States Patent System enticed a broad spectrum of the American population to become inventors in the 19th century.
Invention Stories
Voting for All
Dr. Juan Gilbert is an inventor working to making voting accessible to all.
Places of Invention
Go-Go, the Funky, Percussive Music Invented in Washington, D.C.
Go-go music--known for its syncopated beats and pioneered by Chuck Brown--was born in D.C. in the 1970s. Here's its story.
Invention Stories
Potato Chip Inventions
Today they come in all flavors—salt and vinegar to prawn and ham. Here's the story behind the potato chip.
Places of Invention
Innovating Jazz: The Pittsburgh Sound
Our Affiliate partner in Pittsburgh is investigating how the city's geography, community, and networks shaped their distinctive jazz sound for the "Places of Invention" project.
Invention Stories
Michael Jackson, Patented Inventor?
While the moonwalk is not actually a patented dance move, musician Michael Jackson does indeed hold a patent.
Places of Invention
Revolutionary Invention: Hip-Hop and the PC
What do hip-hop music and personal computers have in common? They were both children of the turbulent 1970s, born to innovative people who, building on inventive skills and technologies, nurtured them through creativity, collaboration, risk taking, problem solving, flexibility, and hard work.
African American Inventions in the 1800s
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