Charles Baker was a self-taught mechanical engineer who spent the majority of his childhood in slavery. He developed the first friction heater, which was patented in January 1903.
When the enslaved ancestors of the Gullah Geechee ran from Carolina plantations, they fled south to freedom in Spanish Florida. Here are 5 things to know about the southern most section of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor.
C. R. Patterson, formerly enslaved in Virginia, founded a vehicle production company in Ohio, “an industry leader in winter buggy design,” that operated for 3 generations (1865-1939). With his son, Frederick, at the helm, the company produced automobiles, trucks, & buses.
New Jersey is looking at how to RIGHT wrongs centuries in the making! On Juneteenth, a report will unveil a comprehensive reparations analysis, aiming to address historical inequities like slavery, Jim Crow and more.
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