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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Black History Fact Of The Day: The Ventilator
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
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Ruth Carol Taylor became the first African-American flight attendant in the United States. She is also a registered nurse and a journalist. In 1955, she graduated from the Bellevue School of Nursing. On February 11, 1958, she was on a flight from Ithaca to New York City as America’s first Black stewardess. Approximately six months […]
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In addition to performing the first successful open heart surgery, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams co-founded the first African-American controlled hospital in the United States. The pioneering Provident Hospital, which was located on Chicago’s South Side, was also the first training facility for African American nurses in America. The hospital was said to have an extremely […]
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Charles Evers, older brother of Medgar Evers, was elected mayor of Fayette, Mississippi in 1969. This election made him the first African-American to be elected as a mayor in the south since the Reconstruction era. Born on September 11, 1922, Charles Evers is currently 93 years old. Tweet
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Dr. Charlotte Hawkins, forged friendships with Langston Hughes, W. E. B. DuBois, and Booker T. Washington to name a few. She was also the aunt of singer, Natalie Cole. The granddaughter of slaves, Dr. Charlotte Hawkins was born in 1883 in North Carolina. She founded the Palmer Memorial Institute, one of the first prep schools […]
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“The majority of Africans brought to North America to be enslaved were from the central and western areas of Africa- from Congo-Angola, Nigeria, Dahomey, Togo, the Gold Coast, and Sierra Leone.” -From, “Slave Culture” By: Sterling Stuckey Tweet
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