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Tue, 10.13.1914

The Gas Mask is Patented by a Black Man

*On this date in 1914, one of the first breathing devices in the United States was patented by a Black man.  

Garrett Morgan applied for and acquired a U.S. patent for this invention. The Patent number was #1113, 675.  Morgan's technology was a forerunner to the Gas Mask.

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Poetry Corner

*A good man is hard to find; you always get the other kind. Just when you think that he is your pal You look for him fooling ‘round some other gal. Then... A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND by Alberta Hunter.
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