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Nationality. American. Occupation (s) Inventor, engineer. Years active. 67 years. Known for. Friction heater. Charles S. Lewis Baker (August 3, 1859 – May 5, 1926) was an American inventor who patented the friction heater.
RCA Victor. Signature. Freda Josephine Baker ( née McDonald; June 3, 1906 - April 12, 1975), naturalized as Joséphine Baker, was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in France. She was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 silent film Siren of the ...
The White Bakers were incorporated by a Royal Charter of 1509, while the Brown Bakers were incorporated in 1621. The White and Brown Bakers united into one Company in 1645. The new Company acquired a new Charter in 1686, under which it still operates. Bakers Hall in Harp Lane, Billingsgate, has been the site of the Guildhall of the bakers since ...
Pastry Chef. Years active. 20 years. Cheryl Day (born 1961) is a baker and author, who is owner of Back in the Day Bakery in Savannah, Georgia and co-founder of Southern Restaurants for Racial Justice. She is the author of two best-selling cookbooks, written with her husband Griff Day. In 2015 she was a semi-finalist James Beard Awards in the ...
The community wanted a creative space to showcase Black and brown talent, he said, leading his organization to partner with the Tubman Gallery. “The more investment we see in the east side, the ...
Constance Baker Motley ( née Baker; September 14, 1921 – September 28, 2005) was an American jurist and politician who served as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York . A key strategist of the civil rights movement, she was state senator, and Borough President of Manhattan in New York City before ...
Designation of workers by collar color. Collar color is a set of terms denoting groups of working individuals based on the colors of their collars worn at work. These can commonly reflect one's occupation within a broad class, or sometimes gender; [ 1] at least in the late 20th and 21st century, these are generally metaphorical and not a ...
The rainbow flag or pride flag (formerly gay pride flag) is a symbol of LGBT pride and LGBT social movements. The colors reflect the diversity of the LGBT community and the spectrum of human sexuality and gender. Using a rainbow flag as a symbol of LGBT pride began in San Francisco, California, but eventually became common at LGBT rights events ...