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Elevators With No Doors? One Man Didn't Like That Idea
Alexander Miles was an African-American inventor who was best known for being awarded a patent for an automatically opening and closing...
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A Black Woman Serving in The Civil War
On November 15, 1886, Cathay Williams became the first African American female to enlist and serve in the United States Army. Cathay...