Thomas Jennings invented the dry-cleaning. He is credited as being the first Black person to receive a patent. Tweet
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“The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.” -Tennessee Williams Tweet
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In 1885, Granville Woods patented his invention that he called the “telegraphony.” It was a combination of a telephone and a telegraph. It allowed a telegraph station to send voice and telegraph messages over a single wire. He later sold his invention to the American Bell Telephone Company. Tweet
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“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” -Henry David Thoreau Tweet
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Edward Lewis invented a spring gun, for which he received a patent on May 3, 1887. Mr. Lewis created his invention to prevent trespassers from entering his property. Tweet
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“A weak man is controlled by his conditions. A strong man controls his conditions.” Tweet
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“An intention is not a wish. A wish doesn’t cause anything to happen. An intention pushes against the way things are in your life. Those things push back exactly the same way. (Remember, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction). You can see what your intentions are by looking at what is […]
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PLEASE PASS THIS ON! (EACH ONE TEACH ONE OR TWO!) THIS IS PHASE ONE ON HOW WE CAN HELP TO STRENGTHEN & EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY: The 2008 not guilty verdict in the Sean Bell case evoked outrage, emotion, and debate. It is not an anomaly that the police officers involved in the Sean Bell slaying […]
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“Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.” -Marian Anderson Tweet
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