Our lives would be less secure and comfortable without some inventions we’ve grown to depend on. Let’s give credit where credit is due for a few of them: home security system (Mary Van Brittan Brown), 3-light traffic signal (Garrett Morgan), refrigerated trucks (Frederick McKinley Jones), automatic elevator doors (Alexander Miles), microphone (James E. West), color IBM PC monitor and gigahertz chip (Mark Dean).
What do all of these inventors have in common? They represent major contributions by Blacks. Something to think about during February, which is Black History Month.