Male World of Black Dolls and Figures

Monday, February 1, 2016

Day 4- Jan Ernst Matzeliger

Black History Month- Feb. 4

Yesterday's Answer: Black women hair products and cosmetics

Today's Question:

Jan Ernst Matzeliger "was an inventor of Surinamese and Dutch descent best known for patenting this machine. He was born in Paramaribo (now Suriname) in 1852. and settled in the United States in 1873 and trained as this apprentice. In 1883, he patented a machine that increased the availability of these items and made it more affordable for everyone. . He died of tuberculosis on August 24, 1889."*

What machine did he make? The Integrity dolls have some of these beautiful items.

*http://www.biography.com/people/jan-matzeliger-21317107

Day 2- Garrett Morgan

Black History Month - Day 2

Yesterday's Answer: The Clock

Today's Question

Garrett A. Morgan was born in Kentucky in 1877 and died in 1963. He "was an inventor and businessman from Cleveland who is best known for inventing a device in 1914." This device help rescue 32 men trapped in an underground tunnel that exploded in 1916. He received requests from fire departments around the country for this device and won several medals for this device. *

What is it?

*The information came from - http://inventors.about.com/od/mstartinventors/a/Garrett_Morgan.htm

Celebrating Black History Month- Day 1 Benjamin Banneker

February is Black History Month

This year I decide to focus on African American Inventors and their inventions. Each doll will represent what the inventor created. Can you guess the correct invention?

Benjamin Banneker was an almanac author, surveyor, mathematician, naturalist and farmer. He was born in Baltimore Maryland in 1731 and died in 1806. He surveyed/ founded the area that became the capital of the United States , Washington, D.C.

He also invented this instrument that Flavor Flav loves. What is it?

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Blizzard - Snow Storm Jonas

Enjoying the Snow

Darren and Grace

Snow Angels

Standing

Neve and Neighborhood 13

Monday, January 18, 2016

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'"