*On this date in 1897, the Ice Cream Scoop was patented. Alfred L. Cralle, a Black inventor, and businessman was its creator.
The ice cream scoop’s patent number is #576,395.
Created Equal The Lives and Ideas of Black American Innovators
By James Michael Brodie
Copyright 1993, by Bill Adler Books, Inc.
William Morrow and Co. Inc., New York
ISBN 0-688-11536-5
