This Week In Black History – November 21, 2024

November 21, 1893 – Granville T. Woods patented the electric railway conduit.

November 22, 1930 – Elijah Muhammed established the Nation of Islam.

November 23, 1897 – A.J. Beard patented the “Jenny Coupler”, still in use today to connect railroad cars. John L. Love patented the pencil sharpener.

November 24, 1868 – Pianist Scott Joplin, the “Father of Ragtime”, was born.

November 25, 1975 – Suriname gained independence from the Netherlands.

November 26, 1970 – Charles Gordone became the first black playwright to earn the Pulitzer Prize (for No Place to Be Somebody).

November 27, 1990 – Charles Johnson awarded National Book Award for fiction for Middle Passage.