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Meet African american women of science and invention from the early years to modern Times Patricia Bath, M.D.Miriam E. BenjaminUrsula BurnsAlexa Canady, M.D.Jewel Plummer Cobb, Ph.D.Ellen F. EglinAngela D. F
so we begin our series by highlighting past and present African American inventors who’ve made great contributions to their fields. People such asThomas Jennings and Judy Reed, the first African American man and woman to receive patents for their ideas. In the spirit of National Inventors’ Day...
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Afro-American was adopted by civil rights activists to underline pride in their ancestral homeland, but Black—the symbol of power and revolution—proved more popular. All these terms are still reflected in the names of dozens of organizations. To reestablish “cultural integrity” in the late ...
In 1972, Chisholm was the first African-American woman to run for a major-party presidential nomination. During her long political career, she fought for the rights of women and minorities. Douglas, AaronAaron Douglas (May 26, 1899 - February 3, 1979) was an African-American artist who was...
000 pre-menopausal Black American women from 1997 to 2009 and found that hair relaxer use and chemical exposure from scalp lesions and burns may be linked to increased fibroids.Fibroidsare non-cancerous growths that develop in the womb. Fibroids are fairly common but black women are particularly...
Unfortunately, all that is needed to make such a claim about an African American is evidence of having received a patent. As a result, black inventors are systematically reduced to their elemental lists of names, artifacts, and patent numbers. Black inventors also exemplify the way in which ...
A Bound Woman is a Dangerous Thing(Jan., $25) by DaMaris B. Hill bears witness to American women of color burdened by incarceration. I've Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter To My Daughter(Mar., $20) by David Chariandy. The son of Black and South Asian migrants fr...