Did you know Thomas L. Jennings, invented a method called "dry scouring," the precursor to modern dry cleaning? He received the first U.S. patent for it in 1821, making him the first African-American patent holder in the nation.
His innovation involved using a solvent to clean clothes, protecting delicate fabrics, and launching a new way of garment care that led to today's dry cleaning industry.
“The whites in South Africa are living better lives, the blacks are living very low, if we blacks leaves and go to South Africa, we will make their lives worse”.- Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe.