2. The Laser Cataract Surgey Patricia Bath a Howard University graduate created the laserphaco probe in 1986 for laser cataract surgeries. With this device, Bath was able to restore the sight of several individuals who had been blind for over 30 years. Bath was also the first African American female doctor to receive a medical patent.

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3. The Super Soaker View this post on Instagram Not a bad thrift score yesterday! Little dirty but I'm sure it'll clean up nice #larami #supersoaker #supersoaker50 A post shared by @ crash0v3rride on Jul 31, 2017 at 10:47am PDT There a ton of memories with this awesome toy and what’s even better is that it was created by an African American! Former NASA engineer Lonie Johnson created this toy in his spare time back in the 90’s. After several patenting attempts he came up with the name “Super Soaker” and pulled in $200 million dollars in 1991!

4. 3-D Special Effects View this post on Instagram Когда ну очень рада встретить динозавра #jurassicpark A post shared by Daria Antonova (@daria_antosha) on Sep 17, 2017 at 11:27am PDT Computer graphics designer Marc Hannah co-founded Silicon Graphics Inc. He created computer programs that helped create special effects for films like “Jurassisc Park”, “Aladdin”, “Beauty And The Beast” and so much more.