2.2.1897 Alfred Cralle, black Inventor and businessman, patents first ice cream scoop. C. was part of post-war wave of Black patentees after Black Americans had been granted full rights as citizens in 1868, required to obtain a patent.

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Plantations Are A National Abomination by Yours Truly via @medium

https://medium.com/free-thinkr/plantations-are-a-national-abomination-fbfe48abe2a3

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