We are closing out Black History Month with a quote from the Father of Black History Month, Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Listen in to learn more! This episode is also available as a blog post: http://blackmail4u.com/2023/02/28/carter-g-woodson-quote/

Check out this powerful quote from Julian Bond and get a glimpse of his civil rights activism. Listen in to learn more. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://blackmail4u.com/2023/02/27/julian-bond-quote-3/

In 1956 Southern politicians, determined to keep Jim Crow Segregation in place, released the Southern Manifesto denouncing the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling. Listen in to learn more. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://blackmail4u.com/2023/02/26/the-southern-manifesto-attempt-by-southern-politicians-to-maintain-jim-crow-segregation/

In 2019, at age 15, Black scientist and inventor Dasia Taylor invented a suture that changes color to reflect if a wound is healing properly. Listen in to learn more!  This episode is also available as a blog post: http://blackmail4u.com/2023/02/25/dasia-taylor-black-scientist-who-invented-dye-for-sutures-to-detect-infection/

Did you know that a Black rancher from Nebraska, Steve Henson, invented ranch dressing?  Listen in to learn more. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://blackmail4u.com/2023/02/24/ranch-dressing-recipe-invented-by-black-rancher-steve-henson/

Disability rights advocate, attorney, and author Haben Girma is the first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School. Listen in to learn more. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://blackmail4u.com/2023/02/23/haben-girma-first-deafblind-person-to-graduate-from-harvard-law-school/

Otis Frank Boykin invented the wire precision resistor. His invention greatly reduced the cost of many electronic devices and improved their quality. Listen in to to learn more. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://blackmail4u.com/2023/02/22/otis-f-boykin-black-inventor-of-the-wire-precision-resistor/

On February 20, 1900, Black inventor John F. Pickering was granted a patent for an "Air Ship" (blimp), significantly improving the previous/original design. Pickering's airship was the first blimp powered by an electric motor with directional controls. Listen in to learn more. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://blackmail4u.com/2023/02/21/john-f-pickering-black-inventor-of-an-the-air-ship-blimp/

Black Inventor Powell Johnson changed the game in the arena of protective eyewear.  Listen in to learn more.  This episode is also available as a blog post: http://blackmail4u.com/2023/02/20/powell-johnson-protective-eyewear-inventor/

The Three-Fifths Compromise is sometimes mistakenly interpreted as indicating that enslaved Black Americans were considered only three-fifths of a person. Let's find out what the Three-Fifths Compromise actually meant. Listen in to learn more. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://blackmail4u.com/2023/02/19/the-three-fifths-compromise-what-it-actually-meant/