Inventor, WB Purvis, patents the fountain pen, 1890

Inventor Granville T. Woods born

Birthday, in Columbus, Ohio, of inventor Granville T. Woods. Woods received more than 35 patents including those for a steam boiler furnace, an incubator, and an automatic air brake

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Apr

23

1856

Patricia Bath

Born: 11/4/1942 Manhattan, New YorkAmerican ophthalmologist, inventor and academic. She has broken ground for women and African Americans in a number of areas. Prior to Bath, no woman had served on the staff of the Jules Stein Eye Institute, headed a post-graduate training program in

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Colin Kaepernicks life to become Netflix series from Ava DuVernay - DefenderNetwork.com

Colin Kaepernicks formative years are becoming a Netflix series. The athlete and activist is teaming with Ava DuVernay for Colin in Black White, a scripted limited drama that has been picked up straight to series at the streaming giant. The six-episode series will examine Kaepernicks adolescent

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Granville Woods - Death

When he died on January 30, 1910 in New York City he had become an admired and well respected inventor, having sold a number of his devices to such giants as Westinghouse, General Electric and American Engineering – more importantly the world knew him as the Black Thomas Edison.

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Jan

30

1910

Biscuit Cutter

A.P. Ashbourne patents biscuit cutter.

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Nov

30

1875

Garrett Augustus Morgan

Born: 3/4/1877 Claysville Community, KentuckyDied: 7/27/1963 Cleveland, OhioGarrett Augustus Morgan, Sr. was an African-American inventor and community leader. An invention he worked on the development of a chemical for hair-straighteningAwards / Achievements:

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Dr. Mark Dean

Dr. Mark Dean has been with IBM since 1980. Dr. Dean holds 3 of the original 9 patents on the computer that all PCs are based upon. Soon after joining IBM, Dr. Dean and a colleague, Dennis Moeller, developed the internal architecture that enables multiple devices, like modems and printers, to be

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Jan

0

2001

Sil Lai Abrams says Black media protected Russell Simmons

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Louis Latimer dies

Louis Latimer died on this day in Flushing, NY. Latimer began his career as one of Alexander Graham Bells draftsmen ... but he quickly developed into a widely respected scientist and inventor. After leaving Bells company, Latimer joined a little business called General Electric which was begun by

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Dec

11

1928

Inventor Jan E. Matzeliger born

Inventor Jan E. Matzeliger was born in Dutch Guyana and immigrated to the US in 1878. He patented a shoe lasting machine in 1880.

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Sep

15

1852

Reed, Judy W. (c. 1826- ? )

Little is known about Judy W. Reed, considered to be the first African American woman to receive a United States

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Sep

23

1884

Too much TV? Enter HBO Max, the latest streaming wannabe

HBO Max costs $15, same as the HBO Now streaming service it’s supposed to replace, with discounts after the launch limited to some

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Otis Boykin patents the Electrical Resistor

Otis Boykin, Inventor, patented the Electrical Resistor. U.S. 2,972,726 He is responsible for inventing the electrical device used in all guided missiles and IBM computers, plus 26 other electronic devices including a control unit for an artificial heart stimulator (pacemaker). He began his career

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Feb

21

1961

20 Best African-American Horror Movies

Comedic icon Mantan Moreland, perhaps best known as sidekick Birmingham Brown in a series of Charlie Chan mysteries in the 1940s, also starred in several all-black horror-comedies with his straight man, F.E. Miller— including this one about a pair of men who win a house in a game of craps. The only

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James, Sylvester (1947-1988)

Sylvester James, American singer and songwriter, was born in the Watts section of Los Angeles, California to Sylvester James and Letha Weaver on September 6, 1947. He grew up with his mother and stepfather Robert Hurd, as well as five siblings: John James, Larry James, Bernadette

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Fred Jones - Death

Jones died on February 21, 1961 and was posthumously awarded the National Medal of Technology, one of the greatest honors an inventor could receive.

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Feb

21

1961

Nicholas Payton - Wikipedia

After touring with Marcus Roberts and Elvin Jones in the early '90s, Payton signed a contract with Verve Records; his first album, From This Moment, appeared in

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Lewis Latimer

Lewis Latimer is considered one of the 10 most important Black inventors of all time, not only for the sheer number of inventions created and patents secured but also for the magnitude of importance for his most famous discovery. Latimer was born on September 4, 1848 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. His

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J.F. Bickering patents airship invention

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Feb

20

1900

ABC casts first black 'Bachelor following outcry for diversity | The Atlanta Voice

Following a petition urging ABC to address a lack of diversity on its enormously popular reality dating franchise, ABC has cast the first black

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Tighten screws on Zim US$7m COVID-19 grant: US

United States senator Jim Risch has called on the World Bank (WB) to impose stricter accountability measures for a US$7 million grant extended to Zimbabwe to support the COVID-19

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Richard Spikes

Inventors often toil for their entire lifetimes creating devices which have beneficial effects on society for years – yet that inventor might gain recognition only after he or she has passed away. For others, even after they have gone, recognition is slow in coming despite their great

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White Hall Arts Academy receives $25,000 music grant -

LOS ANGELES — The White Hall Arts Academy has received a $25,000 grant from the Lewis Prize for Music. Founded in 2011 in the heart of the Crenshaw District, White Hall Arts Academy offers private music lessons and classes for all ages in piano, guitar/bass, voice, strings, drums, songwriting and

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Jump! (album)

Jump! is a studio album by Van Dyke Parks. It was released in 1984 on Warner Bros.. The album (and its accompanying childrens book) is a retelling of Joel Chandler Harriss Uncle Remus tales. Parks mixes numerous musical styles. On Jump! these include bluegrass, Tin Pan Alley, 1930s jazz, and

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Apple acquires Will Smith's 'Emancipation' in largest film festival deal ever

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Philip Emeagwali

Inventor Philip Emeagwali was born in Akure, Nigeria

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Aug

23

1954

Fire Extinguisher

Inventor T. Marshall patented the fire extinguisher.

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Oct

26

1872

A New Apple Patent Lets You Take Selfie with Your Distant Partner.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Apple patents give tech enthusiasts a peek into the future of gadgets and new software

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A.B. Blackburn patents pail signal

Blackburn,A.B. patents Railway signal Jan 10,1888 Patent # 375,362

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Jan

10

1888

Frederick McKinley Jones

Born: 5/17/1893 Cincinnati, OhioDied: 2/21/1961 Minneapolis, MinnesotaFrederick McKinley Jones was an African-American inventor, entrepreneur, winner of the National Medal of Technology, and inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. His innovations in refrigeration brought great improvement

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