Black Inventions Detailed in Exhibit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 23, 2001
Joe Wills
530-898-4143
Black Inventions Detailed in Exhibit
California State University, Chico will host the Black Inventors Museum touring exhibit for the second straight year during Black History Month.
The exhibit will be on campus Feb. 5-7 in the Residence Hall Recreation Center on Legion Avenue next to Whitney Hall. It is free and will be open to the public Monday, Feb. 5, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday, Feb. 6, 9 a.m. to 5p.m.; Wednesday, Feb. 7, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Black Inventors Museum exhibit has been seen at more than 350 events in the U.S. and other countries. Its displays present examples and details regarding the worldwide scientific and industrial inventions of people with African heritage.
One of the inventors showcased in the exhibit is Garrett A. Morgan, a sewing machine shop owner who invented the first traffic signal and first gas inhalator, which was adapted into a gas mask by the U.S. Army. Another is Henry Baker, a Harvard Law School graduate and patent office examiner who privately chronicled the inventions of many African-Americans who never received credit for their work.
Lady Sala S. Shabazz, author of The Kwanzaa Coloring Book and The Flags of the African People, founded the museum in 1988. She will be in Chico to attend a dinner to commemorate the museum Feb. 5, 6:30 p.m. at Canyon Oaks Country Club.
The exhibit’s visit to CSU, Chico is sponsored by the College of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology. Co-sponsors are University Housing and Food Service, the Residence Hall Association, National Society of Black Engineers, Student Activities Office, the Office for the Vice President for Academic Affairs and the university Building Bridges program. For more information, call 898-5963.
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