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Richard Bowie Spikes (October 2, 1878 – January 22, 1963) was an African-American inventor.The holder of a number of United States patents, his improvements on existing inventions include a beer tap, automobile directional signals, an automatic gear shift device based on automatic transmission for automobiles and other motor vehicles and a safety braking system for trucks and buses.
First African American car manufacturer. Children. 2. Parent. Charles Richard Patterson (father) Frederick Douglas Patterson (1871 – 1932) was an American entrepreneur, known for running the family business, C.R. Patterson and Sons, and he is the creator of the Patterson-Greenfield automobile of 1915. Built by the first African American-owned ...
African Americans have been the victims of oppression, discrimination and persecution throughout American history, with an impact on African-American innovation according to a 2014 study by economist Lisa D. Cook, which linked violence towards African Americans and lack of legal protections over the period from 1870 to 1940 with lowered innovation. [1]
Died. February 21, 1961. (1961-02-21) (aged 67) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Frederick McKinley Jones (May 17, 1893 – February 21, 1961) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, engineer, winner of the National Medal of Technology, and an inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. [1] Jones innovated mobile refrigeration technology.
Lucean Arthur Headen (26 August 1879 – 17 September 1957) [1] was an American aviator, inventor, and entrepreneur. An early African-American barnstormer in the 1910s, he later co-founded the first United States-wide African-American automobile racing association, the Afro-American Automobile Association, and founded companies in the United States and England.
Lewis Howard Latimer (September 4, 1848 – December 11, 1928) was an American inventor and patent draftsman. His inventions included an evaporative air conditioner, an improved process for manufacturing carbon filaments for light bulbs, and an improved toilet system for railroad cars. In 1884, he joined the Edison Electric Light Company where ...
Rufus Stokes (September 3, 1924 – June 22, 1986), an African American inventor, was born in Phenix City, Alabama.. Early life. Rufus Stokes grew up in the rural American South and attended public school in Alabama until he was 18 years old.
C.R. Patterson and Sons was an American automotive company, active from 1893 to 1939 primarily in Greenfield, Ohio and for one year in Gallia, Ohio. [1] The first African American founded car company founded by Frederick Douglas Patterson, and named after his father Charles "Rich" Richard Patterson. [1]