John W. Hunter invented the portable weighing scale. He received a patent for his invention on November 3, 1896. Tweet
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Black History Fact Of The Day: The Sliding Skin Chair
The sliding skin chair was invented by Earl S. Bell. He invented this apparatus in 2003. The sliding skin chair has a removable surface, which is referred to as a “skin.” The skin is composed of materials and composition of such resilience that it is able to bear the weight of a load while flexing […]
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Donald E. Jefferson invented the digital data storage system. He received a patent for his invention on July 18, 1972. Tweet
Read the rest of this entry »The National Black Convention’s 1853 Statement (Still Relevant Today)
“As a people, we feel ourselves to be not only deeply injured, but grossly misunderstand. Our white fellow-countrymen do not know us. They are strangers to our character, ignorant of our capacity, oblivious of or mist and progress, and are misinformed as to the principles and ideas that control and guide us, as a people. […]
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The automatic gear shift was invented by Richard Spikes. Mr. Spikes received a patent for his invention on December 6, 1932. Tweet
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The ventilator was invented by John Thomas Darkins. He received a patent for his invention on February 19, 1895. Tweet
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The time control system for telephones was created by Charles V. Richey. He received the patent for his invention on February 14, 1933. Tweet
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On October 11, 1887, Alexander Miles received a patent for the elevator. Tweet
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Onesimus, who was an a African slave in Massachusetts during the early 1700s discovered the cure for smallpox. Tweet
Read the rest of this entry »The History Of Black Business In New York: Part 1
“I fact, a third of all free black people lived and worked in white households and those who did not labored to support themselves in a tightly restricted job market. Four out of ten black men were in the unskilled rank and their proportion in the skilled trades sharply declined during the first decade of […]
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