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Updated: 7:37 AM PST, February 10, 2021 During Black History Month, a look at how Black Americans changed the world and everyday lives, from peanut oil to home security systems. Many know the history of George Washington Carver and how he changed American farming. Fewer may be familiar with Marie Van Brittan Brown, a nurse who worked long hours and came home alone, late at night to her Queens, New York apartment, and ended up inventing the first home security system. From changing the world to...

Black Inventors Who Changed The World: Marie And Albert Brown A full-time nurse, she spent long hours away from home and was concerned about break-ins. Marie Van Brittan Brown and her husband Albert wanted to be safe. Their careers kept them away from home, especially with Marie working odd hours at the hospital. They put their heads together and devised a plan that would earn them a patent for the first home security system. Born in Queens, New York in 1922, Marie didnt take safety for gra...

ON JANUARY 18, 1971, Heather Brown – who was originally from Fivemiletown, but was living in Yorkshire at the time – gave birth to a baby girl, Tracey. However, after making just one phonecall home to her family to tell them the happy news, all communication was cut off, due to the United Kingdom Postal Workers Strike which began on January 20. Lasting six weeks, the country was plunged into a deep lockdown – a communications lockdown. Now, as she readies to celebrate her imminent...

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ocean to african-americans in congress and the impact of shipping democracy in america. web site www. avoiceonline.org of the ultimate public discourse and college about african-american leadership and representative government and promote civic engagement among youth. i am honored to be your moderator for todays event. today we will hear from the house historian matt wasniewski and lead editor of the book "black americans in congress, 1870-2007," another fantastic resources. later we ...

>> good morning. goodorning good, morning, everyone. i wanted to welcome you to this black history month program.. it is black americans in i congress briefings and discussion and i think this is i an outstanding way to start the morning, so we will begin. i am the project director of the congressional black caucus foundation. a voice african-american voicesn in congress is a long-standing project of the cbcf that chronicles legislative af accomplishments, ofongress african-americans i...

>> on monday david brock will be live online at booktv.org. the author of the fox effect examines the career of roger ailes, president of fox news and contends that the former media consultant for richard nixon, ronald reagan, george w. bush, the conservative political agenda to fox news and turn the network into an extension of the republican party when he was hired in 1996. zero two booktv.org at 7:00 p.m. on monday to watch this event live from politics and prose bookstore in washin...

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officers are arriving to the scene. many people have either been evacuated or voluntarily left on their own. the big concern is whether he will hurt himself and as in fort lee, if he will work police officers. we are hearing reports that he is threatening as police officers as he is sitting on his balcony. >>george: a hot spot this morning is the bay bridge. there is a dense fog advisory. we are pointing towards the metering lights. you are looking and traffic disappearing into the fog...

skies are damp and more in the forecast. >> major traffic hot spot this morning, westbound 580 at hacienda. chp has issued a sig alert. ill have details coming up. welcome. im eric thomas. >> and im kristen sze. developing news, handful of people in oakland have been evacuated from their home after a shooting that caused a gas leak early this morning. terry mcsweeney joining us with the latest. >> six members of the same family are on the a.c. transit bus being kept warm on this cold...