Marie Van Brittan Brown – The Black Female Inventor Who Changed Home Security Forever
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Marie Van Brittan Brown was an unsung hero in the field of home security. As a Black woman living in Queens, New York during the 1960s, she faced daily challenges of living in a neighborhood plagued by crime. However, she didn’t let this get the best of her and instead took matters into her own […]
The Pioneering Spirit of Rosa Parks in the Civil Rights Movement
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Rosa Parks is often referred to as the “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement” for her pivotal role in sparking the movement for equal rights for African Americans in the United States. This series on Black History Month Heroes would not be complete without documenting her uncommon at of bravery. On December 1, 1955, Parks […]