On May 9, 1899, John Albert Burr patented an improved rotary blade lawn mower. Burr designed a lawn mower with traction wheels and a rotary blade that was designed to not easily get plugged up from lawn clippings. John Albert Burr also improved the design of it to mow closer to walls #Johnalbertburr #28daysofblackhistory #americanblackhistory #Africa #Lawnmower

So the hundreds of millions of books that already center white people are not enough? The tens of thousands of movies? The covers and contents of countless magazines? The subjects of journalism? The academy members that vote the highest honors for popular music, movies, books, etc.? The "****" color? #28daysofblackhistory #Blackhistory #Blackgreatness #Tonimorrison #Blackhistprymonth #Culture #African

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On February 3, 1948, Rosa Lee Ingram, a black woman, and two of her children, Wallace, 17, and Sammie Lee, 14, were convicted by an all-white jury in a one-day trial in Ellaville, Georgia. #americanblackhistory #blackhistorymonth #28daysofblackhistory #whitesupremacy #evil