Can you imagine a life without blood banks, traffic lights, security systems, cloth dryers, and automatic elevator doors? These remarkable creations and a lot more wouldn’t exist today if it weren’t for the brilliant minds of black people. Black inventors and scientists have long created pioneering works but because they lived in a highly segregated nation and were victims of racism their work rarely got them the compensation and recognition it deserved. This video will explore 100 things invented by African Americans.