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  2. Oscar Brown - Wikipedia

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    Oscar Brown Jr. (October 10, 1926 – May 29, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, civil rights activist, and actor. Brown discovered The Jackson 5 . Aside from his career, Brown ran unsuccessfully for office in both the Illinois state legislature and the U.S. Congress .

  3. List of African-American inventors and scientists - Wikipedia

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    Brown, Henry 1832– ? Inventor Invented fire safe [52] Brown, Oscar E. 18xx– ? Inventor Received a patent for an improved horseshoe [53] Brown, Marie Van Brittan: 1922–1999 Inventor Invented the home security system [54] Burr, John Albert 18xx– ? Inventor Rotary-blade lawn mower patent [55] Cannon, Thomas C. 1943– Inventor

  4. Horseshoe - Wikipedia

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    A horseshoe is a product designed to protect a horse hoof from wear. Shoes are attached on the palmar surface (ground side) of the hooves, usually nailed through the insensitive hoof wall that is anatomically akin to the human toenail , although much larger and thicker.

  5. The Snake (song) - Wikipedia

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    "The Snake" is a song written and first recorded by civil-rights activist Oscar Brown in 1963; it became a hit single for American singer Al Wilson in 1968. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The song tells a story similar to Aesop 's fable The Farmer and the Viper and the African American folktale "Mr. Snake and the Farmer".

  6. Oscar Brown Sr. - Wikipedia

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    Oscar Cicero Brown was born near Camden, Arkansas, on December 22, 1895. In 1916, he graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C., with degrees in commerce and law. He served in the military during World War I. [1] [3] [4] In 1929, he founded the law firm of Brown, Brown, Cyrus and Green in Chicago. Gradually, he turned his attention ...

  7. List of inventors - Wikipedia

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    Kálmán Tihanyi (1897–1947), Hungary – co-inventor of cathode-ray tube and iconoscope, infrared video camera, plasma display Mikhail Tikhonravov (1900–1974), Russia – co-developer of Sputnik 1 (the first artificial satellite) together with Korolyov and Keldysh , designer of further Sputniks

  8. Nisqually Entrance Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Nisqually Entrance Historic District comprises the first public entrance to Mount Rainier National Park.The district incorporates the log entrance arch typical of all Mount Rainier entrances, a log frame ranger station and checking station, a comfort station and miscellaneous service structures, all built around 1926, as well as the 1915 Superintendent's Residence and the 1908 Oscar Brown ...

  9. Henry Burden - Wikipedia

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    Henry Burden (April 22, 1791 – January 19, 1871) was an engineer and businessman who built an industrial complex in Troy, New York called the Burden Iron Works.Burden's horseshoe machine, invented in 1835, was capable of making 60 horseshoes a minute.