January 13, 1985 Jerome Heartwell “Brud” Holland, education administrator and diplomat, died. Holland was born January 9, 1916 in Auburn, New York. He graduated from Cornell University, where he was the first African American to play on the football team and an All-American in 1937, 1938, and 1939. Despite his athletic abilities, the National Football […]
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Jerome Heartwell “Brud” Holland – January 13th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on January 13, 2014 in African American History, Education, January, Sports
Tags: AT&T, College Football Hall of Fame, Cornell University, Delaware State College, diplomat, football, Hampton Institute, January 13, January 9, May 23, Presidential Medal of Freedom, University of Pennsylvania
Richard Bowie Spikes – January 9th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on January 9, 2014 in African American History, January, Science
Tags: August 8, December 4, December 6, inventor, January 2, January 9, November 28
January 9, 1923 Richard Bowie Spikes of Fort Bragg, California received patent number 1441383 for a brake testing machine. His invention tested the efficiency or power of the brake and recorded the results of the test. Little is known of Spikes’ life except that he was born December 4, 1884 and was an incredible inventor.
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