This week's open threads will focus on the Gullah people and their culture. The Gullah Wars The Gullah are the descendants of enslaved Africans who live in the Low country region of the U.S. states of South Carolina and Georgia, which includes both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands. Historically, the Gullah region extended from the Cape Fear area on the coast … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: The History of the Gullah People
Education
Saturday Open Thread: More Black Scientists and Inventors
This week's open thread highlighted some lesser known black inventors. Today I am going to highlight several inventors. In Chester, New Hampshire George Franklin Grant (September 15, 1846 – August 21, 1910) was the first African American professor at Harvard. He was also a Boston dentist, and an inventor of a wooden golf tee. He was born on September 15, … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: More Black Scientists and Inventors
Thursday Open Thread: More Black Scientists and Inventors
James Edward Maceo West (born February 10, 1931 in Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia) is an American inventor and acoustician. Along with Gerhard Sessler, West developed the foil electret microphone in 1962 while developing instruments for human hearing research. Nearly 90 percent of the more than two billion microphones produced annually are based on the principles of … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: More Black Scientists and Inventors
Wednesday Open Thread: More Black Scientists and Inventors
Although he didn’t invent Crest toothpaste, he dramatically improved the Crest formula for protecting our teeth so we can smile in all those selfies being taken nowadays. Smitherman’s distinguished career as an inventor at Proctor & Gamble, the parent company of Crest, is impressive by itself. But it’s even more impressive when set within the longer legacy of black … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: More Black Scientists and Inventors
Tuesday Open Thread: Notable Black Indians
This week's open thread topic will focus on highlighting some notable Black Indians. Edmonia Lewis (ca. July 4, 1844 – September 17, 1907) was an African American sculptor who worked for most of her career inRome. She gained fame and recognition as a sculptor in the international fine arts world. In 2002, the scholar Molefi Kete Asantelisted Edmonia Lewis on … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Notable Black Indians