Notables in Black History: Inventors, intellectuals, influencers and more
Notables in Black History: Inventors, intellectuals, influencers and more
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February 22, 2021 12:53PM By Nadya Korytnikova and Jessica Simms
American history resonates with the names of great African American men and women. Here are 14 men and women who made their mark on history â in many cases as the first Black Americans to succeed in their chosen fields.Â
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From 1946 to 1964, Gwen Reed, an actress, an advocate for childhood literacy and a theater director, played the role of Aunt Jemima, the face of the Quaker Oats Company products. Reed traveled to promote the brand at pancake festivals, state fairs, school assemblies and grocery stores, but her real name was never revealed. While playing the role of Aunt Jemima (in 1951), Reed became the director of the Hartford Commu
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Every February, America celebrates Black History Month. Jackie Robinson documentaries grace the TV, Frederick Douglass photos cover classroom windows, and Martin Luther King Jr. biographies line bookstore displays. These are some of the monumental figures that blazed a path forward first toward freedom, and then toward equality, for Black Americans.
These certainly are figures worth celebrating and causes worth teaching, but in reality, Black men and women have been bettering the lives of Americans in myriad ways. An everyday task as simple as going to the grocery store can give you a wonderful lesson in Black history.
Before leaving the house, you reach down to tie your shoes, ready to walk out the door. In 1883 a young black man by the name of Jan Ernst Matzeliger invented a quicker way to make shoes called lasting, which attached the top half of the shoe to the sole.
Black History Month: Frederick McKinley Jones Frederick McKinley Jones was orphaned by age 8 and raised by a Catholic priest before he dropped out of high school.
That didn’t stop him from pursuing his calling as an inventor whose work changed the world.
A curious youth with a passion for tinkering with machines and mechanical devices, he worked as an auto mechanic and taught himself electronics. After serving in World War I, he returned to his Minnesota town and built a transmitter for its new radio station.
This caught the attention of a businessman, Joseph Numero, who offered Jones a job developing sound equipment for the fledgling movie industry.
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ROSEMONT, Ill., Feb. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD, was named the 2021 Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughn Award recipient for his 30 years of scientific research in musculoskeletal regenerative engineering, the field which he founded and brought to the forefront of translational medicine. Dr. Laurencin s work has led to the development and advancement of biodegradable polymeric materials in bone repair and tissue regeneration. The Kappa Delta Awards recognize research in musculoskeletal disease and injury. Dr. Laurencin s work has had great impact in advancing patient care.
Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD, was named the 2021 Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughn Award recipient for his 30 years of scientific research in musculoskeletal regenerative engineering. The Kappa Delta Awards recognize research in musculoskeletal disease and injury that has advanced patient care.
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