Henry E. Baker Made Sure Black Inventors Got Recognized

17/02/2023 3 min Temporada 5 Episodio 952

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Episode Synopsis

There’s a new effort during this Black History Month to highlight the work of a man who helped get people talking about Black inventors: a patent officer named Henry Edwin Baker. Plus: this weekend in Waseca, Minnesota, it’s the annual Sleigh & Cutter Festival.
How one man’s list gave Black inventors the credit they deserved (WTOP) 
Henry E. Baker (1857-1928) (BlackPast)
Waseca Sleigh & Cutter Festival 
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