Charles Brooks, a resident of Newark, N.J, is credited with inventing the street sweeping trucks in 1896.
Street sweeping was a manual job until he invented the self-propelled street sweeper. #BlackHistoryMonth
In 1847, Missouri banned education for black people.
John Berry Meachum went ahead and equipped a steamboat with a library, desks, chairs and opened a 'Floating Freedom School'. 
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