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Sophia SouthardScience, Technology and Business DivisionMilestones in African American Business and EntrepreneurshipInfographic SummaryMy timeline infographic depicts milestones in African American Business and Science. Although not comprehensive, the timeline, highlights a few notable African Americans from the early nineteenth century to the twenty-first century. Many African Americans made contributions in these areas, and it proved a challenge to narrow the list of names, but Sophia Southard concentrated on these remarkable men and women in her graphic Transcript1827: Freedom’s Journal, the first Black newspaper, is created.1847: Frederick Douglass becomes editor of The North Star.1860s: Susie King Taylor, first recognized Black army nurse serves during the Civil War.1879: Mary Eliza Mahoney, first professionally trained Black nurse.1900: Booker T. Washington founds the National Negro Business League.1905: Robert S. Abbott founds The Chicago Defender.1906: Sarah Breedlove becomes Madame C.J. Walker and goes on to become a millionaire.1923: Charles C. Spaulding becomes president of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company.1942: John H. Johnson founds Johnson Publishing Company.1986: The Oprah Winfrey Show debuts.2010: Jay-Z amasses a net worth of $50 million, which he invests in various commercial graphic Image List:Frederick Douglass, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing rightSusie King Taylor, known as the first African American Army nurseNational Negro Business League Executive CommitteeChicago, Illinois. Mr. John Sengstacke, part owner and general manager of the Chicago Defender, one of the leading Negro newspapersChicago, Illinois. Newsboy selling the Chicago Defender, a leading Negro newspaperMadam C.J. Walker—PreparationsPrinting with printing presses at Claflin University, Orangeburg, S.C.Negro workers at insurance company. Chicago, IllinoisA series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America] Negro business men in the United States. ................
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