Who is often called the 'first African-American' inventor?

Question

This African-American woman physical therapist worked with soldiers disabled in World War II. She invented a device that helped the disabled to eat by delivering food through a tube to a mouthpiece.

Answer 1

Benjamin Banneker, known as the first African-American man of science.

The first clock to be made in America was created by a black man. Banneker accurately predicted a 1789 solar eclipse. He has also published his Almanac and Ephemeris of Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. He was many things – inventor, scientist, anti-slavery proponent – and, as a result, his legacy lives on to this day.