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Tue, 04.18.1922

Boxer Jack Johnson Patents a Wrench

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On this date in 1922, Jack Johnson, the world's first Black heavyweight boxing champion, patented a wrench: U. S. patent#1,413,121.

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USPO.gov

1001 things everyone should know about African American History
by Jeffery C. Stewart,
Copyright 1996, Doubleday
ISBN 0-385-47309-5

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