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Fact Check-Lewis Latimer invented a longer lasting filament for lightbulbs, not the lightbulb itself
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Notables in Black History: Inventors, intellectuals, influencers and more
Notables in Black History: Inventors, intellectuals, influencers and more
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American history resonates with the names of great African American men and women. Here are 14 men and women who made their mark on history â in many cases as the first Black Americans to succeed in their chosen fields.Â
The actress who played Aunt Jemima was a Hartford nativeÂ
From 1946 to 1964, Gwen Reed, an actress, an advocate for childhood literacy and a theater director, played the role of Aunt Jemima, the face of the Quaker Oats Company products. Reed traveled to promote the brand at pancake festivals, state fairs, school assemblies and grocery stores, but her real name was never revealed. While playing the role of Aunt Jemima (in 1951), Reed became the director of the Hartford Commu
Sous le soleil de Lewis Howard Latimer
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This ambitious history of the British Empire touches on everything from the Mahabharata to Marx
In ‘Time’s Monster’, author Priya Satia tells many truths long unacknowledged. Feb 13, 2021 · 05:30 pm British cavalry charging against Russian forces at Balaclava in 1854. | The Relief of the Light Brigade / Public Domain
Since Niall Ferguson first published
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World almost two decades ago, there has been a remarkable resurgence of jingoistic Empire nostalgia in Britain, a trend that has gained renewed impetus with Brexit and as part of the current so-called “culture-war”.
Take for instance the controversy over the statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oriel College, Oxford, which has become an unlikely rallying point for those of a more conservative persuasion. Rhodes’ modern-day supporters insist that was a great man whose memory should be honoured, and that removing his statue would be tantamount to the erasure of hi
The war to end all wars drove a lot of innovation.
When the First World War began in August 1914 some thirty days after the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria no one expected a prolonged war that eventually would see the deaths of tens of millions of men in the front lines, or that it would bring down three of the ruling dynasties of Europe.
The Great War as it was known to contemporaries is also often overlooked for being the first truly modern war that saw numerous technological advancements. While it was the Second World War that ushered in the atomic and jet age, the First World War arguably made those advances possible, as military planners looked to new and more lethal ways to break the deadlock. This included the use of aircraft, submarines, poison gas and armored vehicles like the tank.
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