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  • Prof Patty
  • February 21, 2021

Marie Van Brittan Brown

Home Security System: Marie Van Brittan Brown was the inventor of the first home security system. Her patent also laid the groundwork for the modern closed-circuit television system that is wi

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 6, 2020November 6, 2020

Tulsa’s Black Wall Street burned. These artists have a new vision (audio).

October 29, 2020 By Jessica Mendoza Multimedia reporter; Samantha Laine Perfas Story Team Leader [This is one of a series of articles/podcasts in the Christian Science Monitor.]

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 11, 2020

How the U.S. Navy’s First Black Officers (The Golden Thirteen) Helped Reshape the American Military

BY DAN C. GOLDBERG  MAY 19, 2020 3:00 PM A black man had graduated the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877 and the Army had its first black general in 1940. But when

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 7, 2020

March on Washington 37th Anniversary

National Museum of African American History and Culture to Honor March on Washington 37th Anniversary Via Free Online Films & IG Posts The resource webpage is available at nmaahc.si.edu/marcho

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  • Prof Patty
  • April 30, 2020November 5, 2025

Women’s History / American History

Read more about women’s history here. Do You Know Claudete Colvin, Aurelia Browder, Susie McDonald and Mary Louise Smith? Read more about these true pioneers here. Colvin’s

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