On March 2, 1955, at the age of 15, Claudette Colvin became the first person to be arrested for standing up against bus segregation in Montgomery. She was dragged off of a Montgomery bus for defying the segregation laws and booked in an adult jail. Tweet
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Black History Fact Of The Day: The Home Security System
Marie Van Brittan Brown received a patent for a home alarm system in 1969. Her device contained four peepholes and a camera. The camera slides up and down to look through each peephole and displays the images on a monitor. In addition to this, Brown’s invention could unlatch a door via remote control. Tweet
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On this day, May 6, in 1886, inventor, M. A. Cherry received a patent for the tricycle. Tweet
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Electrical engineer Jesse Eugene Russell is a prolific inventor who owns over a hundred patents. His inventions led to the creation of mobile cloud computing and 4G broadband. Mr. Russell’s patents include: The mobile data telephone, broadband cable telephony network architecture IP ITN network architecture reference model, wireless communication base station, and base station for […]
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In 1887, Alexander Miles received a patent for his invention for automatically opening and closing elevator doors. Tweet
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Prolific inventor Granville T. Woods’s inventions included the trolley streetcar. He also received a patent for his device that combined the telephone and the telegraph. Alexander Graham Bell bought this patent from Mr. Woods. Granville Woods used the profits from this sale to further fund his research and inventions. Tweet
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On Thursday, April 23, 2015, it was confirmed that Laurie A. Cunbo has become the first African-American woman Attorney General in United States history. Tweet
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Nina Simone discussed racism on her song “Mississippi Goddam.” She addressed the murder of Medgar Evers and the bombing of a Birmingham church in her song. “Mississippi Goddam” was released as a single in 1964, and was banned by several states in the United States of America. Tweet
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Michael Vick was the first African-American quarterback in history to be picked first overall in the NFL draft. Tweet
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Frederick Douglass served as an advisor to U.S. presidents. He was appointed to several governmental offices and diplomatic positions. The positions Frederick Douglass held included: U.S. Marshal of the District of Columbia during Rutherford B. Hayes’ administration, the District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds during President James Garfield’s administration, U.S. minister to Haiti (appointed by […]
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