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The Black Panther Party established patrols in Black communities to monitor police activities and to protect the residents from police
brutality. The Black Panthers eventually developed into a revolutionary group that called for the arming of all African Americans and the payment of compensation to African Americans for centuries of exploitation by white Americans.

#blackpantherparty #selfdefence #activism #resistance #blackhistory
 
[Andrew Jackson Beard hailed from Eastlake, Alabama, a small town outside of Birmingham. With the emergence of the railroad industry and its rapid expansion throughout the country, an alarming number of railmen suffered serious injuries to their arms and legs when they were crushed during manual style coupling of railroad cars. During manual coupling, a worker would have to attempt to precisely time the moment when two railroad cars being pushed together would be close enough for that worker to drop a metal pin between their connectors, thus engaging the cars. If the worker was off by one second he might severe damage his arm or leg – many in fact had to undergo amputation.

[On November 27, 1897 Beard received a patent for a device he called the Jenny Coupler. Andrew Beard’s Jenny Coupler. The Jenny Coupler automatically joined cars by simply allowing them to bump into each other, or as Beard described it the “horizontal jaws engage each other to connect the cars.” Beard sold the rights to his invention for $50,000.00 and the railroad industry was revolutionized.

During his lifetime, Beard received a number of other patents, including a steam driven rotary engine, and a double plow.] Source Andrew Beard - Inventor of the Jenny Coupler

[$50,000 in 1897 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $1,679,530.12 today, an increase of $1,629,530.12 over 125 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 2.85% per year between 1897 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 3,259.06%] Source: $50,000 in 1897 → 2022 | Inflation Calculator
 
Lonnie Johnson (born 1949)
The engineer developed this mega water gun in his free time while working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. And once the toy, dubbed the Super Soaker, hit shelves in 1990 its popularity skyrocketed. In 2017, Forbes reported that it had earned over $1 billion in retail sales.

In 2013, he was awarded nearly $73 million in royalties from toymaker Hasbro Inc., according to the law firm King & Spalding.

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On this day in 1908, Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight Champion.

He was also an Inventor. While in Jail in Kansas, he invented an improved wrench and in 1922 he received a patent for his invention. #BlackHistoryMonth
 
Let's share this information. I think Ubuntu is a Bantu language. It is found In many of our Bantu languages here in Tanzania. Abantu stands for people or in Swahili, Watu. In other Bantu languages Obhunu ( Jita etc) stands for Utu (Swahili) which I think is equivalent to Ubuntu that comes from the Zulu. I stand to be corrected, but wish to admit that I'm not a linguist but alas! a geologist.
 
Abantu stands for people or in Swahili,[emoji1545]
 
On this day on January 28, 1901 Richmond Barthe was born. He was a sculptor who was ahead of his time.

[A part of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930’s, his work went largely unappreciated due to his sexual orientation. Born in the wrong time period, he was a blessed sculptor that put his emotions entirely in his work. Even considering the highly sensual work that he put out on display, wrapped around the controversy was a deep admiration for a man of truly unforgettable talent. Barthe wasn’t fully appreciated until later on in his life when the world had become more accepting of his private affairs.] Today In Black History On January 28th

Read more about him here: Dimensions and Location Unknown
 
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