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Black History Fact Of The Day: The Genius Of Meredith Gourdine
Newark, New Jersey-born, and Harlem and Brooklyn-raised, Meredith Gourdine is a Ph.D. who pioneered the research of electrogasdynamics. Electrogasdynamics is a method of dispersing fog and smoke. Meredith Gourdine held more than 40 patents for his various inventions. His inventions include a generator that allows for a less expensive way to transmit electricity. He invented […]
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“When you have chosen your part, abide by it and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself to the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common heroic. Congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant, and broken the monotony of a decorous age.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson Tweet
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Joseph Dickinson received several patents for his various reed organ inventions. He also invented a mechanism for the player piano which allowed sheet music to be able to be rotated in a forward or backward motion. Tweet
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“Decide what you want to be and don’t settle for anything less. Believe that you can live your dream, and then work toward that goal, and it will happen. The worst mistake you can make is when you give up on yourself.” -Dr. Ben Carson Tweet
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“As a parent, or as an entrepreneur, you begin imprinting your beliefs from day one, whether you realize it or not. Once the children, or the people of the company, have absorbed those values, you can’t suddenly change their world view with a lecture on ethics. It’s difficult, if not impossible, to reinvent a company’s […]
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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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“Positive power is all around us, if only we recognize it.” -Laila Ali Tweet
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This video includes discussions of: The wickedness of gentrification, governmental corruption, voter intimidation, and police terrorism. Tweet
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George Sampson invented the clothes dryer. He received a patent for his invention on June 7, 1892. Tweet
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