Alfred L. Cralle was an African American businessman and inventor who was best known for inventing the ice cream scoop in 1897. Cralle was born on September 4, 1866, in Kenbridge, Lunenburg County, Virginia, just after the end of the American Civil War. He attended local schools and worked for his father in the carpentry trade as a young man. During that period, he also became … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Another Set of Black History Factoids
Black History Month
Monday Evening Thread: Because Of Them We Can
The “Because of Them We Can” campaign has put out a video for Black History Month, and it’s gone viral with its message showing just what kids think about “alternative facts.” https://www.facebook.com/becauseofthemwecan/videos/1248926008490615/ … [Read more...] about Monday Evening Thread: Because Of Them We Can
Tuesday Open Thread: The Great Migration
Good Morning Obots! We continue our look at the events and history surrounding over 6 million African Americans moving from the deep south to the north and western parts of the United States. An event known as The Great Migration. Documenting "The Great Migration" When Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson told a group of high school students that for most of … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: The Great Migration