BLACK HISTORY FACTS HAPPEN ON THIS DATE NOVEMBER 23RD: J. L. Love, inventor, patented the Pencil Sharpener on this date in 1897. Patent # 594,114. Andrew Jackson Beard patented the Jerry Coupler (still used today to connect railroad cars) on this date in 1897. Patent # 594,059. Indiana physician, Henry Watson Furness, was named minister to Haiti on this date in 1905. Around 1,000 people from 25 states gathered in Philadelphia, PA, and formed the National Black Independent Party on this date in 1980. Desmond Tutu was elected as the first Black Bishop of Johannesburg, South Africa, on this date in 1984.
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