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Tue, 06.14.1887

A Black Man Receives a Patent for a Trill Coupling

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*On this date in 1887, a Black man received a patent for a trill coupling. The patent number was #364,849.  

Charles Patterson, a 19th-century carriage (the car) company entrepreneur, was the inventor. 

New Poem Each Day

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See see rider, see what you have done. Law’d, Law’d, Law’d, made me love you, now your gal has come. You made me love you, now your... SEE SEE RIDER by Ma Rainey.
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