This episode is about Garret Morgan’s inventions. The traffic light, hair care products, self extinguishing cigarette, gas mask/safety hood. Enjoy!

Inventor of the Traffic Light, Hair care products and gas mask. He also was a successful entrepreneur 

Chemist, Professor and collector of African American Folk music that tells the story the Black American experience.

First black man to receive his PH.D in chemistry in the US.

Capital Saving of Washington DC was the first black owned bank in the US

Otis Boykin was a Black American inventor and engineer. One of his inventions was the Pacemaker. He received over 26 patents for his inventions.

The first HBCU owned by African Americans. The earliest Historically Black colleges was started with the help Quakers and abolitionists. But Wilberforce University has the distinction of being the first to be owned by Black Americans.