Pre-Civil War Ingenuity

1790 ~ 1865

“Resilience Under Oppression”

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Benjamin Bannaker

Almanac
1792

Henry Blair

Corn Seed Planter
1834

August Jackson

Improved Ice Cream
1832

Norbert Rillieaux

Vaccuum Pan
1839

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Pre-Egyptian Times

Before 3100 BC
~ 322 BC

CLASSICAL & MIDIEVAL AFRICAN KINGDOMS

322 BC ~1500 AD

TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING & EARLY COLONIZATION

1500 ~ 1970

Pre-Civil War

1790 ~ 1864

Post Emancipation

1865 ~ 1899

Industrial Revolution

1900 ~ 1929

Civil Rights Era

1930 ~ 1969

Digital Age

1970 ~ Present