Carrier Black

The UNCF is presently running ads saying that black people invented elevators,a/c,lawnmowers, when they didn't

I think if you're going to solicit funds for higher learning at least use verifiable facts. Archimedes in 236 BC made an elevator,Carrier got the patent for A/C and other inventors (non-black) got credit for the other stuff. I'm quite sure that black inventions abound so why would they advertise based on propaganda?

I think the UNCF should print the man/woman's name underneath the product they are giving credit for the invention.
It would be more enlightening and enable the youth of today a chance to research that person's live and achievements.

Willis Haviland Carrier - The History of Air Conditioning
The 'Apparatus for Treating Air' (U.S. Pat# 808897) granted in 1906 to Carrier.
In 1911,disclosed his basic Rational Psychrometric Formulae .The formula still stands today as the basis in all fundamental calculations for the air conditioning industry. Carrier said he received his 'flash of genius' while waiting for a train. By the time the train arrived, Carrier had an understanding of the relationship between temperature, humidity and dew point.

Lawnmower - Edwin Beard
The lawn mower was invented in 1830 by Edwin Beard Budding, an engineer from Stroud, Gloucestershire, England.
Thomas Green and Son of Leeds introduced a mower called the Silens Messor (meaning silent cutter)in the 1850's, which used chain to transmit power from the rear roller to the cutting cylinder.

THE OLD LAWNMOWER CLUB doesn't give the race of any of these men.