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Madame C J Walker was a St. Louis washerwoman-turned-entrepreneur. Walker invented a method to soften and smooth African American hair in 1905.

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Lewis Howard Latimerinvented the water closet for railroad cars, an electric lamp with an inexpensive carbon filament and a threaded wooden socket for light bulbs.

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Not only was Jack Johnson the world's first African American heavyweight champion he also patented a wrench (U.S.patent#1,413,121) on April the 18th, 1922.