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Lucean Arthur Headen: The Making of a Black Inventor and Entrepreneur
By Snider, Jill D.
- ISBN
- 9781469654355
- Publisher
- Univ. of North Carolina
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Reviewed on January 31, 2020 | Social Sciences
Lucean Arthur Headen (1879–1957) was an inventor and entrepreneur who helped give African Americans access to new modes of transportation at the start of the 20th century. Having grown up among former enslaved artisans in North Carolina, Headen went on to become a Pullman porter and, later, tour the United States as one of the few African American aviators of the time. Later, he opened an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
