August 15, 1888 – Granville T. Woods patented electromechanical brake. August 16, 1922 – Author Louis E. Lomax was born. August 17, 1849 – Lawyer- activist Archibald Henry Grimké, who challenged the segregation policies of President Woodrow Wilson, was born. August 18, 1859 – Harriet Wilson’s Our Nig was the first novel published by a […]
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