The Mutha Knows Show
The Mutha Knows Show with Mutha Knows from the Rise N Grind Morning Show on Philly's Power 99
Episodes
- Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson is indeed recognized as the first Black woman to earn a PhD from MIT, and her research in physics significantly contributed to the development of technologies like touch-tone dialing, caller ID, and call waiting, even though she may not be credited as the sole inventor of each specific feature; her work laid the groundwork for these advancements in telecommunications.
- Frederick J. Loudin invented the Key...
- On March 24, 2002, Halle Berry becomes the first Black woman to win the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of a struggling widow who falls in love with her husband’s death row executioner in Monster’s Ball. Before Berry, the only African American actress to win an Academy Award was Hattie McDaniel, who earned the statuette for her supporting role in 1939’s Gone With the Wind as Mammy.
- At the Oscar ceremony, McDaniel and her g...
- Dr. Rebecca Crumpler was the first African American woman to earn an M.D. degree. YEAR. 1883.
- Carter G. Woodson, a groundbreaking historian and Harvard alum, is known as the father of Black history.
- Alexander Miles invented the automatic elevator door system, which made elevators safer to ride.
- Stevie Wonder's Innervisions is considered a significant album in Black history because it was the first time a Black artist won the Gram...
- Garrett Morgan invented an early version of the traffic light. In 1916, he patented a “safety hood,” a breathing device that protected miners and firefighters. His traffic light was patented in 1923 and eventually sold for $40,000 to General Electric. #BHM
- Philip B. Downing designed a metal box with four legs which he patented on October 27, 1891. He called his device a street letter box and it is the predecessor of today’s mail...
- Maggie L. Walker made many achievements during her lifetime. In 1903, she became the first African-American woman to charter a bank and the first African-American woman to serve as a bank president.
- Thomas Jennings invented a process he called "dry-scouring," receiving a patent in 1821 and becoming the first African American to be granted a patent. His dry scouring process was a predecessor to today's dry cleaning methods.
- Alice ...
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