Black Inventions exhibit at Stadium

The exhibit reveals many surprising facts and highlights the accomplishments of black Americans and Africans in the field of science, aerospace, communication, health care, agriculture, transportation and engineering.

Many of the things people use daily are the brainchild of a black inventor. The golf tee, automatic traffic light, cellular phone and dustpan were all created by blacks. The mail box, pencil sharpener, super soaker water gun (that grossed over $180 million) and the world’s fastest computer peaking at 3.1 billion calculations per second, were also created by black inventors.

Over 100 authentic artifacts are represented in the collection. According to Executive Director of BIE, James Ince, “our history is important, but our goal is not to glorify people or facts, but to motivate young people and to let them know they can do anything they put their minds to, the colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of mind or intellectual powers.”