beatgrrrl - 124 years ago today, the Black inventor John Lee Love was granted a U.S. patent for the portable pencil sharpener, a design that is still in use today. Called the “
ZIMBABWE KID - John Lee Love was a black inventor best known for inventing, in 1897, the portable pencil sharpener known as the "Love Sharpener." The sharpener has been in continuous use
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