Jan Ernst Matzeliger, a Black man in the 1800's, invented a machine that changed and modernized the footwear industry. $3,500 iPhone possible? What to know 📋 How to talk money 🤑 💸 to your ...

JEMS, the acronym behind the factory’s name, stands for the initials of Jan Ernst Matzliger, a Black cobbler and shoemaker who lived in the 1800s and is credited with inventing the shoe lasting ...

Sneakers became footnotes in the history of the Civil Rights movement. In 1965, I Spy was the first weekly TV drama to feature a black actor—Bill Cosby—in a lead role.His character, a fun ...

Thomas Day was a free Black resident who opened his workshop in the early 1800s and became the largest furniture maker in the state by 1850. Colin Campbell of WUNC reports. This segment aired on ...