On November 20, 1923, the U.S. Patent Office grants Patent No. 1,475,074 to 46-year-old inventor and newspaperman Garrett Morgan for his three-position traffic signal. Continue reading Garrett Morgan patents three-position traffic signal
Marie Edwards Johnson-Calloway was an American artist. She worked in the fields of painting and mixed-media assemblage. Continue reading Profile: Marie E. Johnson-Calloway (1920-2018)
Wilmer Angier Jennings was an African-American printmaker, painter, and jeweler. He was hired by the Rhode Island WPA to create wood-engraved prints that explored themes of economic and social hardships experienced by African-Americans. Continue reading Profile: Wilmer Angier Jennings (1910-1990)
Elaine “Jae” Jarrell is an American artist best known for her fashion designs and her involvement with the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s. Continue reading Profile: Jae Jarrell (1935-)
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