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Sarah E. Goode
Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes Sarah E. Goode was born into slavery in 1850. At the end of the Civil War, as a free woman, she answered the entrepreneurial call and moved to Chicago. There she soon opened a furniture store to service the large influx of people heading to the midwestern metropolis-a viable customer base. While working hard at building her business, Goode kept her eyes open for new money making opportunities. She ...
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Thomas L. Jennings
Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes Thomas Jennings was the first African American to receive a patent, on March 3, 1821 (U.S. patent3306x). Thomas Jennings’ patent was for a dry-cleaning process called “dry scouring”. The first money Thomas Jennings earned from his patent was spent on the legal fees necessary to liberate his family out of slavery and support the abolitionist cause. . Under the United States patent laws of 1793 and 1836, both slaves ...
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Matthew Cherry
Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes Matthew Cherry developed two devices that would one day evolve into very useful items for transportation. The first device was called a velocipede and consisted of a metal frame upon which were attached two or three wheels. Someone sitting on the seat of the apparatus could propel themselves forward at considerable speeds by moving their feet along the ground in a fast walking or running motion. Cherry’s model, which ...
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George Crum
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes Born George Speck in 1822 in Saratoga Lake, New York, Crum was the son of an African American father and Native American mother, a member of the Huron tribe. He professionally adopted the name “Crum” as it was the name his father used in his career as a jockey. As a young man Crum worked as a guide in the Adirondack Mountains and as an Indian trader. Eventually he ...
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Patricia Bath
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes When Patricia Era Bath was born on November 4, 1942, she could have succumbed to the pressures and stresses associated with growing up in Harlem, New York. With the uncertainty present because of World War II and the challenges for members of Black communities in the 1940′s, one might little expect that a top flight scientist would emerge from their midst. Patricia Bath, however, saw only excitement and opportunity ...
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