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Lewis H. Latimer:
Black Inventor, Louis Howard Latimer, Died On December 11, 1928, In New York.
Latimer Was Born In Chelsea, Massachusetts And Was The Only Black Member Of The Edison Pioneers, An Organization Of Scientists Who Worked With Thomas Edison.
On January 17 1882, U.S. Patent No. 252,386
Was Assigned To Latimer For The Process Of Manufacturing Carbons. The
Process Significantly Improved The Quality Of Carbon Filaments Found In
Electric Lamps.
Latimer
Had Earlier Patented An Electric Lamp, Commonly Referred To As The
Latimer Lamp, That Was Widely Used In His
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Otis Redding:
One
Of The Purest Voices In Soul Music Was Silenced On December 10, 1967.
R&B Legend, Otis Redding, Was Killed, Along Six Others, When His
Private Plane Crashed Into Lake Monona In Madison, Wisconsin.
Just Three Days Earlier, The 26-Year-Old Redding Had Recorded His Most Memorable Hit, "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay." The Song Has Become A Classic And Went To Number One On The Billoard Chart, Where It
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Dr. T. K. Lawless:
Dermtalogist,
Medical Researcher And Philanthropist, Doctor Theodore K. Lawless, Was
Born December 6, 1892, In Thibodeaux, Louisiana.
Dr. Lawless Was Known For His Work Related To Syphilis, Leprosy And The Use Of Radium In The Treatment Of Cancer. He Attended Straight College In New Orleans And Talladega College In Alabama. Later He Attended The University Of Kansas Medical School And Northwestern University In Chicago, From Which He Received His MD In 1919. He Completed His Postgraduate Training At The University Of Paris.
Lawless
Donated Money For A
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Channing H. Tobias & Sadie Alexander:
On December 5, 1946, President Harry S.
Truman Signed Executive Order, 9808, To
Establish The First Committee On Civil Rights.
The Commitee's Job Was To Examine Law
Enforcement Agencies And Government
Systems To Determine How Their Means Of
Safeguarding The Civil Rights Of Americans
Could Be Improved And Stengthened.
Committee Members Included Channing H.
Tobias And Attorney, Sadie Tanner Mossell
Alexander.
The Committee Published A Report Titled "To
Secure These Rights" And Noted That American Democracy Suffered From
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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity:
Alpha Phi Alpha, The First Black Greek Letter Society,
Was Founded November 4, 1906, In New York, At Historically White,
Cornell University. Alpha Phi Alpha Was Organized As A Literary And
Study Group.
After Banning Together Within The University's Racially Hostile Envoronment, Henry
Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George
Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle And Vertner Woodson Tandy, Collectively Known As The "Jewels" Of The Fraternity, Established The Organization On The Principles Of
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