African Americans have made and are still making valuable inventions that are improving the lives and prosperity of people in the United States and around the world. Many people especially young African Americans think all African American inventors are dead. They say this because they don't know who or where they are, and what contributions they are making to society. The purpose of this channel is to change this perception and to provide modern role models of invention to motivate and increase confidence in the African American youth so that they too can be inventors and major contributors to our society. This series is initially focused on inventors in science, engineering and mathematics.