Thursday, February 12, 2009

African American History Is American History

The below inventions by African Americans we all can take pride in for contributing to the development of the United States for without these inventions and many more, America would be a second rate power today.

On February 12, 1867, H. Lee received a patent (61, 941) for his invention of the animal trap.

W. B. Purvis, on February 12, 1884, received a patent (293,353) for his invention of the paper bag machine.

The NAACP was founded on February 12, 1909 by a group of Black and White citizens fighting for social justice.

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