Black Inventors

Check some of the inventions Elijah McCoy came up with.

• folding iron board

• lawn sprinkler

• train lubricator

• the ice cream cone

Which inventor was born as a slave?

• GW Carver

• Patricia Bath

• Elijah McCoy

Is it important to learn about Black inventors? Why or why not?

I made a folding bed that rolls up to become a desk.

• Sarah Goode

• Lewis Latimer

I helped to improve the light bulb by inventing a filament to make it work longer.

• George Washington Carver

• Lewis Latimer

My husband was a carpenter. I was the first black woman to be granted a patent.

• Sarah E Goode

• Sarah E Bell

I was captured by slave raiders as a baby. I made lots of products using peanuts.

• Alexander Bell

• George Washington Carver

I started off as an assistant drawing plans for inventions before I became an inventor.

• Lewis Latimer

• George Washington Carver

Who invented the three-light traffic signal?

• A) Garrett Morgan

• B) Elijah McCoy

• C) Lewis Latimer

• D) George Washington Carver

Which inventor is known for creating the first automatic oil lubricator for trains?

• A) Granville T. Woods

• B) Elijah McCoy

• C) Garrett Morgan

• D) Sarah Goode