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After receiving a degree in Mathematics from St. Louis University in 1951, Roy Clay’s first job was as a schoolteacher. In 1965, after an intense day-and-a-half interview with Hewlett-Packard, Clay

James Edward Maceo West is in the National Inventors Hall of Fame. He holds 250 patents and developed the electret microphone that is now used in almost all current microphones,

Marie Van Brittan Brown was the inventor of the first home security system. She is also credited with the invention of the first closed circuit television. The patent for the

Born in Columbus, Ohio, on April 23, 1856, Granville T. Woods dedicated his life to developing a variety of inventions relating to the railroad industry. To some, he was known

Otis F. Boykin is known for inventing the wire precision resistor, and his work made possible the steady workings of a variety of now-ubiquitous electronic devices. Variations of his resistor

As a top honor student at Tennessee State University in the School of Engineering, Jesse Russell became the first Black person to be hired directly from a Historically Black Colleges