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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: January 14, 2012
Caption: Business, Industry,and Technology
Additional Description: African American craftsmen and labor provided the basis for America's Industrial Revolution.Skills from Africa were transplanted and integrated in areas such as metallurgy, carpentry, mining and fishing. Today, African Americans are carpenters, mechanics, plumbers, electricians, roofers, masons, and inventors. Computer specialists, engineers, and entrepreneurs form the basis for the Information Age. Such as skilled workforce continues to evolve.
Submitted: January 7, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p230823
File Size: 1.665 Megabytes

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