Black History Month”W.B.Purvis”

Have you heard of Mr. W..B. Purvis???! Well each time you use a fountain pen,bag your groceries,or ride a train think on him! This was really fascinating to learn about. We have always been history 365❤️🖤💚!!!

William was born the son of Joseph Purvis and Sarah Louisa Forten... He pass away in 1914. However William Purvis of Philadelphia invented and patented improvements to the fountain pen in 1890. His goal was to make a "more durable, inexpensive and better pen to carry in the pocket." Purvis inserted an elastic tube between the pen nib and the ink reservoir that used a suction action to return any excess ink to the ink reservoir, reducing ink spills and increasing the longevity of the ink.

Purvis also invented two machines for making paper bags which he sold to the Union Paper Bag Company of New York, as well as a bag fastener, a self-inking hand stamp and several devices for electric railroads. His first paper bag machine, for which he received a patent, created satchel bottom-type bags in an improved volume and with greater automation than previous machines. Here’s Mr. Purvis patents 

1. Purvis's first patent, in February 27, 1883, was an improvement of the hand stamp that enabled it to replenish its own ink.

2. Fountain Pen patented 419,065 on January 7, 1890.

3. Paper Bags from 1884 to 1897, he was granted at least six different patents for paper bag technology. In August 1890 Purvis was issued a patent for an improved paper bag machine manufactured satchel bottom shopping bags at an improved volume with greater automation than any previous machinery.

4. First installed in New Jersey, Purvis's close-conduit electric railway system set an electromagnet under the center of the railcar. The closed conduit construction was made by insulating material, and installing many soft iron cables on its surface. The cable was attracted upwardly against the top of the space in which it lay, making contact with a brass strip.

Checkout this video about Mr. Purvis 

https://youtu.be/dOrBS4ZJCEU

Black History Month” Crispus Attucks”

The remarkable story of  Crispus Attucks! Happy Black History Month❤️🖤💚!!! 

Crispus Attucks father was likely an enslaved person and his mother a Natick Indian. All that is definitely known about Attucks is that he was the first to fall during the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770. In 1888, the Crispus Attucks monument was unveiled in Boston Common.

Born into slavery around 1723, Attucks was believed to be the son of Prince Yonger, a enslaved person shipped to America from Africa, and Nancy Attucks, a Natick Indian. Little is known about Attucks' life or his family, who reputedly resided in a town just outside of Boston.

What has been pieced together paints a picture of a young man who showed an early skill for buying and trading goods. He seemed unafraid of the consequences of escaping the bonds of slavery. Historians have theorized that Attucks was the focus of an advertisement in a 1750 edition of the Boston Gazette in which a white landowner offered to pay 10 pounds for the return of a young runaway enslaved person.

Attucks, however, managed to escape for good, spending the next two decades on trading ships and whaling vessels coming in and out of Boston. He also found work as a rope maker. On March 2, 1770, a fight erupted between a group of Boston rope makers and three British soldiers. The conflict was ratcheted up three nights later when a British soldier looking for work reportedly entered a Boston pub, only to be greeted by furious sailors, one of whom was Attucks.

Attucks was one of those at the front of the fight amid dozens of people, and when the British opened fire he was the first of five men killed. His murder made him the first casualty of the American Revolution. Quickly becoming known as the Boston Massacre, the episode further propelled the colonies toward war with the British. 

Attucks became a martyr. His body was transported to Faneuil Hall, where he and the others killed in the attack were laid in state. City leaders waived segregation laws in the case and permitted Attucks to be buried with the others.

Black History Month” Frederick McKinley Jones”

 Everyday is Sunkissed History for us! However we love paying homage to those that paved the way. Here is one such person Frederick McKinley Jones! Mr. Frederick was an American inventor, entrepreneur,winner of the National Medal of Technology, and an inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

 His innovations in refrigeration brought great improvement to the long-haul transportation of perishable goods. So the next time you see a meat,dairy, or fresh produce truck driving by,remember that it is just one of the many things that we have contributed to society. Thank you Mr. Frederick McKinley Jones! 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.biography.com/.amp/inventor/frederick-jones

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Black History Month” Jane Bolin”

 Have you heard the story of the first black woman judge in the US. Well let’s dive in! Happiest Black History Month! We been History 365❤️🖤💚!

Throughout her life, Jane Bolin just couldn’t stop making history. In 1931, she became the first Black woman to graduate from Yale Law School. By 1939, she was sworn in as the first female Black judge in the United States 

Jane Matilda Bolin was born on April 11, 1908, in Poughkeepsie, New York. Bolin inherited a love for the law — and a tendency for “firsts”. Her father, Gaius C. Bolin, was a lawyer and the first Black graduate of Williams College.

Bolin was acutely aware of the harsh world that lay beyond her father’s study. She recalled stares from her neighbors and being denial of services Gaius a founding member of his local NAACP chapter, also let his daughter read Crisis magazine, which chronicled the wave of lynchings targeting Black Americans.

The pervasiveness of local discrimination hit home when Bolin started thinking about attending college. It would have made sense to go to Vassar, nearby but Vassar didn’t accept Black students. Instead, at the age of 16, Jane Bolin enrolled at Wellesley College in 1924. She was one of two Black female students. At the elite women’s college, the pair felt so ostracized they ultimately moved off-campus.

But despite her impressive credentials,Jane Bolin faced a wave of rejections when she first tried to enter the job market. Bolin had never been the kind of woman to give up. If no one would hire her at a law firm, she’d start her own. Bolin built her own practice with her husband, Ralph Mizelle. After five years of working with Mizelle, Bolin snared a spot at the New York City corporation counsel’s office.

Two years later, on July 22, 1939, Bolin received a strange phone call. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia wanted her to come and meet him at the World’s Fair. Bolin went to the World’s Fair with her husband. When the mayor arrived, he spoke to Bolin’s husband for a moment and then turned to Bolin, saying, “I’m going to make you a judge. Raise your right hand.” I was in a state of shock,Bolin said. “I did what he told me. I raised my right hand.” Remembering Jane Bolin, First Black Female Judge in US History | Arthur Ashe Legacy

Black History Month” Joseph de Bologne”

 Happiest Us History Month! We are History 365!

I grew up listening to classical music,played it throughout my pregnancy, clear up until the boys were in high school. Those tones,beats, rhythms and sequence of sounds are undoubtedly laced with our Genius however you rarely hear of our mark or stamp if you will on the genre of music. So I thought I’d share with ya one of my favorite composers Joseph de Bologne💕! 

Joseph de Bologne was born December 25, 1745 on a plantation near Basse-Terre, on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. His mother was Anne Nanon, slave-mistress of his father, the nobleman George de Bologne de Saint-Georges. He was educated in France, where his father became Gentleman of the King's Chamber. 

At 13, he began 6 years at the fencing academy of Nicolas Texier de La Böessière. He excelled at fencing and sports. Joseph was 17 when he became Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges. He was also an Officer of the King's Guard. By age 19, Saint-Georges was called "the god of arms." He suffered only one known defeat in a serious fencing match. His skill on the harpsichord and violin earned him dedications from major composers, beginning with Antonio Lolli in 1764. 

He studied with the French composers François-Joseph Gossec and Jean-Marie Leclair, and became first violin, or concertmaster, of Le Concert des amateurs. His string quartets were among the first in France and were performed from 1772 and published from 1773, when he became conductor of Le Concert des amateurs. His bid to manage the Paris Opera failed when 3 women objected to working for "a mulatto," but he then directed the prestigious musical theater of the Marquise de Montesson. 

He published two symphony concertantes in 1776 and two more in 1778. In 1777 he wrote three violin concertos and six string quartets. Early in 1779, Saint-Georges began performing music with Queen Marie-Antoinette. He was an early Black Mason in France. When his orchestra closed, Masons organized the Concert de la Loge Olympique. During the French Revolution, Saint-Georges was Colonel of 1,000 volunteers of color and heroically halted "The Treason of Dumouriez." He was imprisoned for 11 months on false charges, then acquitted. 

He took control of Le Cercle de L'Harmonie in 1797, and died on June 10, 1799. https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/black-composers-who-made-classical-music-history/

https://www.quora.com/Was-Beethoven-of-African-heritage-Moorish-ethnicity

http://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/history.html

https://youtu.be/Cj-mq0Ao99o

Here’s one of his BeYOUtiFUL pieces https://youtu.be/my4UGHbG7XQ

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C.R.Patterson Automotive

 Oh man oh maaan I love learning all there is to learn about our history! Now although it’s something I do all year round I’m especially deep in it once February hits. It’s also a GREAT space to educate your Seeds on all the accomplishments we as a ppl have made. Black History goes deeper than M.L.K Day and Harriet Tubman(must respect to both respectfully! 

Now here’s some I learned a few years back and was like yoooooooo! All this time we heard about Ford Automotive but have you ever heard of C.R. Patterson and Sons!!!? If not buckle up we boutta go in…Happiest Black History Month we BEEN history 365❤️🖤💚!

Patterson-Greenfield was an early 20th-century automaker headquartered in Greenfield, Ohio, a small town roughly midway between Columbus and Cincinnati. Like a number of early brands, including Buick,Pontiac,and Studebaker, it was founded as a successful 19th-century maker of horse-drawn carriages. But unlike any of those contemporaries or any other U.S. automobile company before or since, it was founded and run entirely by African American owners, providing it with a particular prominence in vehicular history. 

Check this out to learn more about C.R. Patterson and Sons Automotive https://www.history.com/news/first-black-carmaker-patterson-and-sons

Sunni D💙

New Moon 🧹 Sweeping Ritual

 The act of sweeping is a tried and true ritual for cleaning,releasing,and starting anew. It’s literally where out with the old,and in with the new holds truest. The ritual of sweeping 🧹 not only allows you to sweep away dirt and debris, it’s spiritually and symbolically a releasing of the past and any low vibe inner’chi while preparing room to receive the fresh or new beginnings! Sweeping is one of the simple gesture of which our Ancestors used. It’s a beyoutiful and powerful way to greet,spiritual guest,abundance and new possibilities into our lives~Ase’OOO 

A Sweeping 🧹 Prayer

Sweep,Sweep,this Floor 

Through the Halls,and out the Doors 

No Storm Outside

No Storm Within

With every Stroke,and all the Sweeps I make 

My I bring Peace 

Wrapped in Love and Grace

And so it is~Ase’OOO 

Sunni D💙