Arthur "Jack" Johnson (March 31, 1878 – June 10, 1946), nicknamed the Galveston Giant was an American boxer, who—at the height of the Jim Crow era—became the first African American world heavyweight bo...
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Arthur "Jack" Johnson (March 31, 1878 – June 10, 1946), nicknamed the Galveston Giant was an American boxer, who—at the height of the Jim Crow era—became the first African American world heavyweight bo...
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In a 1932 interview with the Saratogian newspaper, her grandson, John Gilbert Freeman, asserted Wicks's role as the true inventor of the potato chip.Hugh Bradley's 1940 history of Saratoga contains som...
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In a 1932 interview with the Saratogian newspaper, her grandson, John Gilbert Freeman, asserted Wicks's role as the true inventor of the potato chip.Hugh Bradley's 1940 history of Saratoga contains som...
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George Edward Alcorn, Jr. was born on March 22, 1940, to George and Arletta Dixon Alcorn. His father was an auto mechanic who sacrificed so Alcorn and his brother could get an education. Alcorn attende...
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George Edward Alcorn, Jr. was born on March 22, 1940, to George and Arletta Dixon Alcorn. His father was an auto mechanic who sacrificed so Alcorn and his brother could get an education. Alcorn attende...
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James Forten was a wealthy African-American businessman (sail maker) and abolitionist, born free in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Forten began experimenting with different types of sails for ships and fi...
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James Forten was a wealthy African-American businessman (sail maker) and abolitionist, born free in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Forten began experimenting with different types of sails for ships and fi...
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Dr. Austin W. Curtis Jr. was a long time companion and business partner of George Washington Carver. In 1935, Dr. Curtis arrived at Tuskegee in September. For the next eight years Dr. Curtis worked wit...
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Dr. Austin W. Curtis Jr. was a long time companion and business partner of George Washington Carver. In 1935, Dr. Curtis arrived at Tuskegee in September. For the next eight years Dr. Curtis worked wit...
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Morgan was born in Claysville,an almost exclusively African American community outside of Paris, Kentucky.His father was Sydney Morgan, a son and freed chattel slave of Confederate Brig. General
John ...
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Morgan was born in Claysville,an almost exclusively African American community outside of Paris, Kentucky.His father was Sydney Morgan, a son and freed chattel slave of Confederate Brig. General
John ...
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Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe "Jelly Roll" Morton (September 20, 1890 - July 10, 1941)Genealogy link: self-proclaimed inventor of Jazz and Stomp music, Morton grew up in the right environment to absorb a va...
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Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe "Jelly Roll" Morton (September 20, 1890 - July 10, 1941)Genealogy link: self-proclaimed inventor of Jazz and Stomp music, Morton grew up in the right environment to absorb a va...
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Safety, efficiency and profitability - these are the major reasons for the success of an invention. As well, an even greater qualification is when the invention revolutionizes an industry and an overwh...
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Safety, efficiency and profitability - these are the major reasons for the success of an invention. As well, an even greater qualification is when the invention revolutionizes an industry and an overwh...
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Banneker -- author, scientist, mathematician, farmer, astronomer, publisher and urban planner -- was descended from enslaved Africans, an indentured English servant, and free men and women of color. Hi...
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Banneker -- author, scientist, mathematician, farmer, astronomer, publisher and urban planner -- was descended from enslaved Africans, an indentured English servant, and free men and women of color. Hi...
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Granville T. Woods (April 23, 1856 – January 30, 1910), was an African-American inventor who is famous as an American inventor who holds more than 60 patents for inventions. Most of his work was on tra...
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Granville T. Woods (April 23, 1856 – January 30, 1910), was an African-American inventor who is famous as an American inventor who holds more than 60 patents for inventions. Most of his work was on tra...
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A'Lelia McWilliams Walker=== (1885-1931)=====Corporate Executive & Arts Supporter=== Exerpted from: McWilliams (1885-1931)-- born in Vickburg, Mississippi -- was a patron to the so-called "black litera...
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A'Lelia McWilliams Walker=== (1885-1931)=====Corporate Executive & Arts Supporter=== Exerpted from: McWilliams (1885-1931)-- born in Vickburg, Mississippi -- was a patron to the so-called "black litera...
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Beyoncé MP
"Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter", "Sasha Fierce", "Queen Bey", "Yoncé"
New York, New York County, New York, United States
Beyonce's father is African-American, and her mother is of Creole descent (French, African and Native American). Beyonce's maternal grandparents were French-speaking Louisiana Creoles, and Beyonce's na...
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Beyoncé MP
"Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter", "Sasha Fierce", "Queen Bey", "Yoncé"
New York, New York County, New York, United States
Beyonce's father is African-American, and her mother is of Creole descent (French, African and Native American). Beyonce's maternal grandparents were French-speaking Louisiana Creoles, and Beyonce's na...
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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 from there I promoted myself into the business of...
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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 from there I promoted myself into the business of...
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Parents: father thought to be Giles, a slave from a nearby plantation to the one his mother Mary worked on. (See further references at the bottom of the page).Adoptive parents: Moses and Susan Carver. ...
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Parents: father thought to be Giles, a slave from a nearby plantation to the one his mother Mary worked on. (See further references at the bottom of the page).Adoptive parents: Moses and Susan Carver. ...
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