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Matzeliger was a black inventor who invented a machine to mass-manufacture shoes in 1883; Carver invented hundreds of food products, including peanut butter; and Jemison became the first woman of color to go into space...
...vanilla-colored table tents perched atop the dining hall tables do not dispense information on the fat content or sodium intake of your food. Rather, they feature black scientists such as Jan Ernst Matzeliger, George Washington Carver and Mae Jemison--the second installment of black scientists to be featured this month on the table tents created by the Harvard Society of Black Scientists and Engineers (HSBSE) in celebration of February's Black History Month...
...This really makes you feel appreciated," said Sgt. Jimmy Jemison of the 7778th Maintenance Unit of the Alabama National Guard, which was heading for home in Jackson...
Clergy in black churches, who exercise far more influence over their members than is the case in mostly white denominations, consider the cause well worth pushing for, even if Jackson loses. The Rev. T.J. Jemison, the president of the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc. (N.B.C.U.S.A.), estimates that between 90% and 95% of the denomination's ministers support Jackson. Says Jemison: "Even if he's not successful, he will raise the hopes of young blacks and aspirations of blacks around the country." Los Angeles Baptist Pastor E.V. Hill, who is openly campaigning for the candidate, says that "Jesse Jackson...
...insists Noble Sissle Jr., Jackson's Florida campaign coordinator. But enthusiasm can bring churches dangerously close to the mark. At the Baton Rouge meeting of the N.B.C.U.S.A., one pastor proposed that the denomination as a whole endorse the Jackson candidacy. "We can't do that," explained President Jemison, asking instead that members stand and give personal endorsements. As thousands rose to their feet, a smiling Jemison remarked, "We're not breaking any rules as a corporate body." -By Richard N. Ostling. Reported by Joseph N. Boyce/Baton Rouge and Jack E. White with Jackson