On February 2, 1897, Alfred L. Cralle patented the "Ice Cream Mold and Disher" (ice cream scooper). While working as a porter in Pittsburgh, he designed the mechanical device to allow servers to scoop ice cream with one hand, improving upon the slow, two-spoon method of serving.
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Benjamin Banneker writes to Thomas Jefferson, urging justice for African Americans | August 19, 1791 | HISTORY On August 19, 1791, the accomplished American mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker pens a letter to then-Se...

Today in Black History: On Aug. 19, 1791, mathematician Benjamin Banneker wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson, urging him to end slavery & “put your souls in their souls’ stead.”

Banneker highlighted Jefferson's hypocrisy. His courage still convicts today.

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Today in Black History,
Let us remember the family member,
"Big Man, Nuk Nuk, Preacher Boy, and Tiny,"
who always kept a secret
for that ONE HOT MINUTE.
@StormyFaye @stormy_faye
.
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#TodayInBlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth 𝙅𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝘿𝙪𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙮 (11/2/1859 – 4/4/1925) was President of North Carolina A&T State University from 1896 until his death in 1925.

Born into slavery, his parents were owned by Edward B. Dudley, North Carolina Governor, from 1836 to 1841.

On this day in 1891, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams founded Provident Hospital in Chicago, IL. It was the first Black owned and operated hospital in the United States.

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#Todayinblackhistory ET, as in Exit Today, is the first nigga to be cast in #skyisland and leave with the same amount of people he started with

Today in Black History: Janet Collins' Historic Performance at the Metropolitan Opera 🎭✨

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