As a kid, I loved learning about some of our Black inventors. It was fascinating for me to learn that some of the things we take for granted—things all around us—were the creations of Black inventors. #BHM
As a dressmaker, Sarah Boone's sleek edits to a horizontal wooden block turned into what we now call the ironing board.
Mary Van Brittan Brown was a nurse in Queens, New York when she designed a system of cameras and monitors to help her feel safe from unwanted guests.
With just an elementary school education, Garrett Morgan improved the traffic light by adding a yield component to reduce accidents.
Frederick McKinley Jones devised a cooling system to preserve goods and critical supplies which came in handy particularly during WWII.
Realizing that his daughter could fall down elevator shafts, Alexander Miles designed a way to automatically open and close elevator doors.
Dr. James E. West answered the call when tasked by Bell Labs to create a sensitive, compact microphone.
The son of enslaved parents, Lewis Latimer used a carbon filament to create longer-lasting light bulbs.
Mark Dean is an engineer who helped develop the color monitor and the first gigahertz chip making PCs run more efficiently.
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Georgia, it’s Election Day! A lot of folks still have questions about voting, so here’s what you need to know to make sure your voice is heard today:
First and foremost, your polling location might have changed from the General Election. PLEASE double-check your polling location at iwillvote.com/GA before heading out.
If you have any questions, text or call the Voter Protection Hotline at 888-730-5816.
If you are in line by the time polls close, YOU NEED TO STAY IN LINE! You will be allowed to check in to vote.
For too many of us, that will mean waiting in line to vote. So let’s talk about why we have voting lines and what they mean.
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When John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge to fight for civil and voting rights, he brought an apple, an orange, two books, toothpaste, and a toothbrush.
He came prepared because he knew what waited for him on the other side of that bridge.
Because of his tireless and fearless work, he bent the moral arc of the universe toward justice.
We honor and continue that work today by exercising that inalienable right that he fought for: voting.
Instead of standing on the right side of history with the many leaders in the sports and business community, like the WNBA and NASCAR, Senator Kelly Loeffler has, unfortunately, chosen to give into the narrow impulses of tribalism and bigotry.
The Black Lives Matter movement is an effort to give voice to the very real problem of injustice in our country. While we urge peaceful demonstrations, the pain in the Black community is still real and demands to be heard, no matter how inconvenient for Kelly Loeffler.
It should come as no surprise that the same person who seemed more concerned with her stock portfolio and economic interests in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic would now be focused on her political interests.