Brumsic Brandon Jr. was an African-American cartoonist whose 1969-1986 Luther was one of the earliest mainstream comic strips to star an African American in the lead role. … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Notable Black Cartoonists
Monday Open Thread: Notable Black Cartoonists
Jackie Ormes (1911-1985), creator of several popular comic strips in the 1930s–1950s, was the first female, African American syndicated cartoonist. In a male-dominated industry, Jackie captured a national audience with her fashionable and opinionated characters. … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Notable Black Cartoonists
Saturday Open Thread: African-American Innovators
Janet Emerson Bashen (born February 12, 1957) is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and business consultant. She patented a software program, LinkLIne, to assist with web-based Equal Employment Opportunity investigations making her the first African American woman to obtain a software patent. She founded a human resource consulting firm focusing on Equal Opportunity Employment … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: African-American Innovators
Friday Open Thread: African-American Innovators
Marie Van Brittan Brown (October 30, 1922 – February 2, 1999) was an African-American inventor. She was the inventor of the home security system (U.S. Patent 3,482,037) in 1966, along with her husband Albert Brown. In the same year, they jointly applied for a patent, which was granted in 1969. Brown was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York;[ she died there at the age of 76. … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African-American Innovators
Thursday Open Thread: African-American Innovators
Andrew Jackson Beard (1849–1921) was an African American inventor. He invented the first automatic railroad car coupler in 1897 and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio in 2006 for this achievement. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African-American Innovators