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Black and white photographs of Alexander Miles, Lewis Latimer, and Tom Carrington

African American Inventors

Thursday, May 1, 2025    |     6:00 p.m.

On Thursday, May 1st at 6 PM, Wynton Butler, President of the NAACP Reading Branch, will present a program about Black Inventors. Mr. Butler will talk about the men and women who designed and invented items ranging from mundane household items to life-saving medical devices, who designed bridges and roads and developed coding and mathematical theories.

This program is free and open to the public. Registration is requested; please sign up by contacting the main desk (610-374-2385), or register online at: