African American Inventors Crossword Puzzle

About the African American Inventors Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle features African American inventors and the devices, discoveries, and fields connected to their work. Look for names such as Garrett Morgan, Lewis Latimer, and Patricia Bath, along with inventions and ideas like the traffic signal, carbon filament, and laser surgery. It is suited to students exploring Black history, science, and technology, as well as anyone curious about the people behind useful innovations.

This crossword draws on 29 clues about African American Inventors. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Inventor of an improved railroad car coupler (11 letters)
• •Cleveland inventor who improved safety equipment (13 letters)
• •Inventor of an early gamma-electric cell (12 letters)
• •Inventor of a machine that attached soles to shoes (13 letters)
• •Inventor of a barbed harpoon used in whaling (11 letters)
• •Entrepreneur who built a hair-care business (11 letters)
• •Inventor of an adjustable sanitary belt (10 letters)
• •Ophthalmologist who invented a device to remove cataracts (12 letters)

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