Meet Valerie Thomas, Who Invented The Illusion Transmitter In 1976
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Valerie Thomas worked with NASA from 1964 until 1995 in a number of roles, including developing real-time computer…
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Meet James E. West, Who Co-Invented The Electret Microphone In 1964
James Edward Maceo West’s work revolutionized how people around the world hear and transmit sound. In 1962, West,…
Frederick Jones Invented The Refrigerator Used In Trucks, Ships, and Airplanes + 60 other Patents
Frederick Jones Invented the Refrigerator, Worldwide: The story of Frederick Jones is one that inspires anyone who comes…
Story Of Alexander Miles Who Invented Automatic Elevator Doors In 1887
Alexander Miles, who contributed to the elevator industry, was a late-nineteenth-century African-American inventor who broke down racial barriers…
The Brutal Waco Lynching Of Jesse Washington
For over three centuries, violence and white supremacy have coexisted in the United States. This was how whites…
The Resilience Of Henrietta Henrietta Wood, Formerly Enslaved Who Sued Her Captor After 25 Years And Won
The date was April 17, 1878. A jury of 12 white men arrived in an Ohio federal courthouse…
Bahamians Were Among The First Settlers In Miami – Here Is Their History You May Not Know
When the city of Miami was created in 1896, historians estimate that 367 individuals voted to make it…
Remembering The Lynching Of Two Black Men And Their Pregnant Wives In Georgia, In 1946
This is one of the most heartbreaking and upsetting narratives of lynchings in American history that we have…
The 1992 ‘Watts Truce’ Between Bloods And Crips, Vowing To Reduce Violence And Challenge Police Brutality, In Los Angeles, California
The Watts Truce was a peace deal reached between the Blood and Crips street gangs in Los Angeles,…
These Black Men Found Hanging From Trees Proves That Lynching Still Exists In America
It is heartbreaking to realize that the system of secret-killing and lynching of Black people in America, which…