Growing up in the iron-producing region of eastern Ohio in the 1840s, future president William McKinley would hear his father complain that foreign competition lowered wages and made honest men ...

Frederick McKinley Jones was interested in mechanics at a ... Lewis Howard Latimer created his own path through mechanical drawing. He observed drafters at work and read books during his job ...

Frederick McKinley Jones was interested in mechanics at a young age ... As the son of self-emancipated people, Lewis Howard Latimer created his own path through mechanical drawing. He observed ...