black history month
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In case you missed it – Black History Month.
Our Black History Month episode asked the question if the celebration is still relevant and necessary in so-called post-racial America. Read more
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Norbert Rillieux
Norbert Rillieux’s most well known invention revolutionized the sugar industry and changed the way most people ate. Read more
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Madame C. J. Walker and William Alexander Leidesdorff
Madame C.J. Walker was the first female self made millionaire/first black female millionaire in the US. William Alexander Leidesdorff was the first black millionaire in the US. Read more
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The firsts.
Thomas Jennings was the first black person to obtain a U.S. patent for his invention, the dry scourer. Read more
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