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Black History
2002
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F or T his
N o t o n ly have ta le n te d Blacks sold
b illio n s o f tickets. They even in v e n te d th e
ÜŒH III
m achine th a t dispenses th e tickets.
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The ticket dispensing m achine, was invented by Frederick lodes, la n e 27, 1939, US Patent 2 , I 6 3 ,
7S4f*$ D ry cleaning process
fo r clothes, Thomas leanings, ( first African American to recede a US P aten t) M arch 3, ¡ 8 2 t U S I c jf f f t ii3 0 6 X
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Folding cabi
net bed, Sarah Goode, ( First African American w om an to receive a US P a te n t) lu ty d ^ , J j B f t & f f i f a t e n t 3 2 2 ,1 1 7 •
m achine, Dewey Sanderson, lu ly 28, 1970, US Patent 3,522,011
US Patent 5,188,321
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K eytjfrurd stand, ¡¿ fo ld in g
186' •''Fire es^ftS d d er,
Wrench, lo h n ¡ohnson, April 18, 1922, U S Pat^
Patent 3,8 02,4 34
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1993,
¡oseph Winters, M a y 7, 1878, US Patent
Disposable syringe, Phil Brooks, Apr. 9, 1974, US
fty fy e security w ith TV surveillance, M p rie v f f i m v n Dec. 2, 1969, US Patent 3 ,4 8 2 ,0 3 7 • A u tom atic
safety break systar^ f^ ^ r ^ S ^ ik e s , lair. 2, 1962, US P atent-8,015,522
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Street sweeper, Charles Brooks, Mar. 17, 1896, US
Patent 5 56,71 1 • A ^ ^ T h i ^ ^ ^ e w a i i . l i ^ e 13, 1893, US Patent 4 9 9 ,4 0 2 •
US Patent 1,6 8 1 5 2 1
& B. Hirschenson, Feb. 23,
Steam b o ile r furnace, Granville Woods, ¡ u n p y 1884, ¡JS Patent 2 9 9 ,8 9 4 » Laser surgery process fo r
cataracts, Patricia Bath, M D, jaly 6, 1999, US Patent 5,919,
2 0 3 ,5 17
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Urinalysis
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Electric heater, Ebert Stallworth, Oct. I 6, 1928,
F i l t a i f f i sheet, f f r i h a Bennan, Ocfcib, 1959, US Patent 2 ,9 07,0 55 •
29, 1889, U S Pdignf 4 J 3 ,6 & & •
S ta M im b in a wheelchair, tu tu s Weaver Nov. 19, 1968, US Patent 3 ,4 11,5 98
pressure cooker & sm o k e rM a u ric e
1 9 7 2 $ $ Patent 3 ^ 9 0 , 6 ^ - .
O il stove, lo h n Standard, Oct.
1959, US Patent
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A u to m a tic
Vehicular restraint system, Leslie lories, Sept. 12,
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from inventions like the ticket dispensing machine to the many other unknown African American
achievements, Black history has touched our lives in many ways.
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Feb. 2 0 ,1 900-J.F .
Pickering patents his
airship invention.
Feb. 20, 1927 -
Sydney Poitier, actor
is bom.
Feb. 21, 1804 -
Lemuel Haynes, first
Black minister to serve
for a W hite congrega
tion, becomes the first
Black person to re
ceive an honorary de
gree: an M A from
Middlebury Collge.
Feb. 21, 1965 -
Malcolm X, activist and
Black Nationalist, as
sassinated.
Feb. 22 - St. Lucia
Independence Day
Feb. 22, 1967 -
Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr., activist and chair
man of the House Com
mittee on Education
and Labor, denied his
congressional seat.
Feb. 23, 1868 -
W.E.B. Dubois, activ
ist is bom .
Feb. 24, 1811 -
B is h o p D a n ie l A.
Payne, reform er and
e d u c a to r o f A M E
Church, is bom.
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