1 Introduction: The Black Women Renaissance, Matrilineal Romances and the “Volkish Tradition” 2 Mapping the Black Women’s Renaissance: The Formative 1970s and the Shift from a Black Nationalist to a Black Womanist Aesthetic 3 Matrifocal Nationalism, Afrocentric Womanism and the Fear of Dis...
Still, there are hundreds of other unsungBlack inventorswho have shaped the world with their innovations. Lonnie Johnson invented the Super Soaker, Mark Dean co-invented the IBM personal computer and James West invented the widely used foil electret microphone. Now let's look at 12 other groundbr...
Other Notable Inventors Jan Matzeliger Patented a shoe lasting machine, increasing the speed of shoe production. Lewis Latimer Developed an improved process for manufacturing carbon filaments for light bulbs Garrett Morgan Invented a three-position traffic signal and an early version of a gas mask ...
So they made a final decision: no more power to the girls. Piss off too much. That’s the reason why. I have often wondered what makes males hate women so much, to the point of demeaning, humiliating, beating, despising, assaulting, raping and worse. Aren’t women our mothers, our s...
A few decades after receiving his patent, Congress amended patent laws so that all African Americans were free to receive patents, opening the door for all future black inventors. 2. Lewis Latimer We all know that Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb, but did you know that Lewis Latimer invent...
Q. Do cats and dogs get along?A. They can, but not all do. Depending on the age of the animals, temperament, and whether they have spent any time with the other species will all factor into whether they get along.Q. What are the myths regarding black cats?A. There are several. On...
Webb also invented a barrel stave machine and a special kind of drill press but lost the rights to them because he did not have them patented. But, during this period, hundreds of other African American inventors developed labor-saving devices for which they did not receive government patents....
‘626. They called him ‘‘Satchmo’’ but his real name was Daniel Louis Armstrong. In 1949, he was the first black musician to preside over the New Orleans Mardi Gras and was one of the most influential musicians in the nation and the world at the time. What was his instrument and ...
Most storage vendors make it clear what they mean by the KISS principle: "Keep it SAN Storage." Why? more revenues, more profits, more high-margin maintenance -- in general, more for the vendor and less for the buyer. It's time for buyers to revolt. It's time to enter a post-SAN...
which he patented in 1897. Not much is known about his life but he is remembered for two inventions, the other being a plasterer's hawk, which works much like an artist's palette for a plasterer or mason. In the pantheon ofAfrican American inventors, Love is remembered for devising sma...