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February is Black History Month

President Ford saw the designation of Black History Month in 1975 as an opportunity to “honor the accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” The theme for Black History Month 2023, “Black Resistance,” commemorates how African Americans have resisted ongoing oppression and racial terrorism, such as lynching, racial pogroms, and police killings since their arrival on American shores. Read More About the 2023 theme “Black Resistance”

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Creative Black Inventors, Designers & Engineers in the Automotive Industry

Did you know Black designers, engineers, and innovators created some of the most important innovations of the automotive industry and that many of today’s automotive advancements wouldn’t be possible without the achievements of Black Americans in Science and Engineering?

The article “Recognizing Black pioneers of the automotive industry,” recently published on Bankrate.com, examines the significant contributions of a few African American inventors, designers, and engineers in the automotive industry, including:

  • George Washington Carver, the first Black student and faculty member at Iowa State Agricultural College, created a synthetic rubber made from sweet potatoes
  • Garrett Morgan, son of two previously enslaved persons and inventor of the first patented three-bulb stoplight
  • Frederick McKinley Jones, an automotive mechanic, created and patented technology to refrigerate freight trucks
  • McKinley Thompson, Jr., first Black designer hired at the Ford Motor Company and helped create the designs for the Mustang, Bronco, and Thunderbird
  • Charles Richard Patterson/C.R. Patterson & Sons, the first and only Black-owned care manufacturer of its time, founded in 1915
  • Richard Spikes patented and developed the automatic shift gear for automobiles and designed an automatic safety brake

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Black History Month – February 2021

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Black History Month was designated by President Gerald Ford in 1976.  President Ford saw the designation as an opportunity to “honor the accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.”

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The theme for Black History Month 2021, “Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity,” explores the African dispersion and the spread of Black families across the United States.

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