The Lynched In America Series–businesses-Lynching #114-The lynching of Black scientific research.

Imagine… * no shoe lasting machines and no tennis shoes, - a Black Man - (Jan E. Matzelinger) * no ironing boards, - a Black Woman - (Sara Boone) * no combs, - a Black Man - (Walter Sammons) * no hair brushes, - a Black Female - (Lydia O. Newman) * no hair care products, - a Black Woman - (Madame C.J. Walker) * no dustpans, - a Black Man - (Lloyd P. Ray) * no mops, - a Black Man - (Thomas W. Stewart) * no clothes dryers, - a Black Man - (George T. Samon) * no pencil sharpeners, - a Black Man - (John Love) * no fountain pens, - a Black Man - (William Purvis) * no type writing machines, - a Black Man- (Lee Burridge) * no printing presses, - a Black Man - (W.A. Lavette) * no lawn mowers, - a Black Man - (John Burr) * no automatic gear shifts, - a Black Man - (Robert Spikes) * no supercharge systems for internal combustion engines, - a Black Man - (Joseph Grammel) * no traffic signals, - a Black Man - (Garrett A. Morgan) * no refrigerators, - a Black Man - (John Standard) * no heating furnaces, - a Black Female - (Alvie Parker) * no air conditioners, - a Black Man - (Fredrick Jones) * no electric trolley cars and no buses, - a Black Man - (Elbert T. Robinson) * no elevators, - a Black Man - (Alexander Miles) * no letter drop mailboxes on the corners, - a Black Man - (Phillip Downing) * no postmarking and postage canceling machines, - a Black Man - (William Barry) * no filaments to light-up, light bulbs, - a Black Man - (Lewis Howard Latimer) * no blood banks or blood transfusions, - a Black Man and Black Scientist - (Charles Drew) * no open-heart surgeries, - a Black Man and Black Doctor - (Dr. Daniel Hale Williams)