Black American inventor Charles Lewis Baker (to the right) standing next to his invention The Friction Heater. Baker was born into slavery in 1859 and died in 1926.
Also, to put it in context of how recent slavery was in the US, my great grandmother was 11 at the time he passed
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Ice Cube been married to the same woman since 92! 4 kids. No public scandals. No reports of separation. And his son is on track to follow in his footsteps. That’s so dope and I wish it was celebrated more.
Please read my other tweets about the sculpture—but here is another angle and the photo of the two “The Embrace” is based on. It’s when MLK Jr. found out he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
BREAKING: The bronze sculpture called “The Embrace” honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King has just been unveiled on the Boston Common #7news#MLKWeekend#MLKDay2023