10 Inventions by African-Americans
George Crum invented potato chips.
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Bridget “Biddy” Mason
She was the founder of the First African American Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles, the city’s first black church.
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It wasn’t about who left, it was about who came back. Lots of folks did.
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I have fewer than six degrees of separation from the group: they competed against Oakland School for the Art’s (OSA) Vocal Rush in The Sing Off, they also performed at my church, Heart and Soul Center of Light and my son and nephew hung out with them pre concert in the green room.
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He converted to the National of Islam in 1963 but kept it a secret until after he won the heavyweight crown. He threw his Olympic Gold medal into a river after he was refused services at a soda fountain. He was banned from boxing and stripped of his title for 4 years after his conviction […]
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Sunrise December 19, 1875, Sunset April 3, 1950. He was a high school principal in the United States and a school supervisor in the Philippines. He was a member of the first black professional fraternity. In 1915 he founded the Journal of Negro History. He founded the Association for the Study of African American Life […]
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Sunrise 12/23/1867, born Sarah Breedlove, sunset 5/25/1919. Her official website lists her as an “entrepreneur, philanthropist, and social activist”. In July 1912 she said “I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And […]
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Born William Goldwyn Nunn III, surise 10/20/53 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, sunset 9/24/16 from leukemia. Went to Morehouse with Spike Lee. His dad was a scout for the Steelers. His film debut was in 1998 in School Daze by Spike Lee. He is better known for his role as Radio Raheem in Do the Right Thing. He […]
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When she came out as a lesbian she told Vogue: “I held in being sexually attracted to women for so long that once I got that out of me, the music became easy.”
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