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Sarah Boone received a patent on April 26, 1892 for a device which would help to neatly iron clothing. This device, the predecessor to our modern ironing board was made of a narrow wooden board, with collapsible legs and a padded cover and was specifically designed for the fitted clothing worn
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South African, Apartheid Era, Bantu Education Quotes
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The Black dollar: A Substantial Defense Against Systematic Oppression?
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(1832) Maria W. Stewart, “Why Sit Ye Here and Die?”
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(1896) Hugh M. Browne, “The Higher Education of the Colored People of the South”
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