Everyday Black History: Afro Appreciation

George Alcorn Jr was a leader and pioneer of the NASA space program and inventor of over 25 patents.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/support

This episode is about Archie Alexander who was a businessman and engineer. He developed modern roadways and even entered politics. Check out this episode for more info on his amazing life. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/support

James J. Andrews was a mathematician who specialized in knot theory, topology and group theory. Learn more about his amazing life and accomplishments. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/support

Leonard C. Bailey was a businessman and inventor who received patents for a series of devices. Check out the episode for more info on his amazing life. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/support

Ellen Eglin was an African American inventor who invented a clothes wringer for the washing machine in the 1800’s. She was one of the first Black American women to receive a patent.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/support

Sarah Boone created and patented improvements to the ironing board In 1892. One of the first African American women to receive a patent.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/support

This episode talks about Alice Ball’s research in discovering an effective cure for Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/support

Alice Augusta Ball was a chemist who pioneered a new treatment for leprosy. This episode gets into her life and research --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/support

This episode is about two brilliant women inventors who invented things that were new technology at the time. Miriam Benjamin who invented the Gong and Signal chair used in Hotels. And Sarah Goode who invented the cabinet bed which was the presursor to the Murphy Bed. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/EverydayBlackHistory/support