who was the first african american to receive a patent
Posted by The Reunion Black Family on January 21, 2014 at 8:30 AM. Thomas L. Jennings (1791â1856) was the first African-American to be granted a patent, March 03, 1821 (U.S. patent 3306x). Jenningsâ patent was for a dry cleaning process called âdry scouringâ, which would go on to make modern-day dry cleaning possible.