Black History Month facts: 15 UNTOLD BLACK Inventors

Many of the products we use every day were created by black people. Here’s a list of 15 Untold Black History Inventors that weren’t taught at School until now, you probably didn’t know about.

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Marvel Is Celebrating Black History Month With Some Excellent (and Free) Black Panther Comics

It’s already been a good time for the King of Wakanda lately, with the Black Panther movie earning some historic Oscar nominations, and heading back to theaters to celebrate. But Marvel’s keeping the celebration going, and highlighting Black History Month, with a sweet deal on some of the best comics Wakanda has to offer.

The Man Who Initiated the ‘Back to Africa’ Venture: Paul Cuffe

Paul Cuffe (1759-1817)

In 1815 Cuffe sailed for the West coast of Africa with 38 Black emigrants to begin a new life in Sierra Leone.

How an Enslaved Man Bought His Freedom and Became One of America’s Wealthiest Black People

Stephen Smith (1795-1873)

Born enslaved in Dauphin County, Pa., Stephen Smith had been sold to a new slavemaster, a lumber merchant, and was separated from his mother.

Dutty Boukman, The Fearless Leader Who Helped Spark the Haitian Revolution

Dutty Boukman ( ??? – November 7, 1791)

Dutty Boukman was born in Jamaica but was sold to a plantation in Saint-Domingue (modern-day Haiti) after he was caught teaching enslaved Africans to read.

Forced Sterilization Spurred Fannie Lou Hamer’s Civil Rights Activism

Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977)

The Mississippi sharecropper’s forced sterilization was one of the moments that launched her to become part of the state’s civil rights movement.

The Nyabingi Priestesses, Fighting to End Colonial Rule In East Africa

Nyabingi Priestesses Muhumusa (died 1945) and Kaigirwa (???)

Muhumusa and Kaigirwa were leaders of the feared East African Nyabingi priestesses group, which was influential in Rwanda and Uganda between 1850 and 1950.

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Lupe Fiasco – 100 Chicagos

Sauce Walka – “Mirror Effect”

21 Savage – “No Debate” / “Big Smoke”

Flamingo at the Cincinnati Zoo

Mt. Gang Rinpoche (Tibet)

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