How Wendell King Found His Frequency in Erie
How Wendell King Found His Frequency in Erie African American radio engineer met and obliterated the 'color line' by Jonathan Burdick Union College It was June of 1917 and the United States was at war. The first American infantry troops had arrived in Europe that month and stateside manufacturers were working around the clock to keep up with wartime demand. In Schenectady, N.Y., the sprawling General Electric plant, which employed 20,000 workers, hired a few dozen students from nearby Union College for the summer. Thi...