News and Events from the Loveland, Ohio Area
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Since 2004
by Barbara Kyles
Do you know, Sarah Boon who was born into slavery designed the modern tapered ironing board and was one of the first Black Americans to be issued a patent? Her design is still used today.
Read and learn more about Sara Boone…
Take a look and welcome to Black history…
by Barbara Kyles
Do you know, “Sarah Rector was born in 1902 in Taft, Oklahoma. She came from very humble beginnings, but later became the wealthiest Black girl in the country at the young age of 11. Her family were African American members of the Muscogee Creek Nation in Indian Territory.”
Read and learn more about Sara…
Take a look and welcome to Black history…
by Barbara Kyles
Do you know that “There are a few stories about the invention of the potato chip, but the most reliable ones all center around George Crum, a famous Black chef in the 19th century who served the wealthiest Americans and eventually opened his own wildly successful restaurant.”
Read and learn more about the humble beginnings of Mr. Crumb…
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by Barbara Kyles
Do you know that the #HarlemRenaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater and politics centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. Also known as: New Negro Movement.
I share with you this story from Historical African American Images.
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by Barbara Kyles
Do you know that Samuel Scottron was a inventor of the curtain rod and the dual adjustable mirror?
I share with you this story from Black History Mini Docs.
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by Barbara Kyles
Do you know that the Tennessee distillery acknowledges that its official history didn’t tell the whole story of its origins?
The company now says it didn’t learn distilling from Dan Call, but from a man named Nearis Green, one of Call’s slaves.
I share with you this story from CLAY RISEN the Seattle Times and The New York Times
Take a look and welcome to Black history…
by Barbara Kyles
Do you know that David Kenyon of Company 21, an all-African-American firehouse in Chicago “had an epiphany” and they thought the idea crazy—until they saw that Company 21 was often the first to arrive on scene?
Take a look and welcome to Black history!
I share with you this story from Smithsonian Magazine:
by Barbara Kyles
Do you know about Marian Croak? Take a look and welcome to Black history!
I share with you this story from BlackHistory.com:
by Barbara Kyles
Do you know Katherine Johnson’s hand-written calculations were critical to America’s success during our first human spaceflight missions? Take a look and welcome to Black history!
I share with you this Facebook post from the Northrop Grumman Corporation
In honor of Black History Month, Northrop Grumman announced this week they were proud to name their next Cygnus spacecraft in honor of the groundbreaking mathematician who “time and time again broke through barriers of gender and race.”
by Barbara Kyles
Do you know the origin of Lady Liberty? Take a look and welcome to Black history!
The Washington Post wrote, “Of the statue’s long-forgotten history: Lady Liberty was originally designed to celebrate the end of slavery, not the arrival of immigrants. Ellis Island, the inspection station through which millions of immigrants passed, didn’t open until six years after the statue was unveiled in 1886.”
I share with you this Facebook post from The Washington Post from May 23, 2019: