1876 | August 8 - The American inventor #ThomasAEdison patented the #mimeograph machine. He described it as a method of preparing autographic stencils for printing. Nowadays we don’t really use mimeographs much, thanks to paper copiers and computer word processors! Lucky us! Mimeograph machines used to be cranked by hand and later models replaced Edison's original flatbed press and hand roller for the ink with a rotating cylinder and an automatic feed from the ink reservoir. In fact, the origina

Black Kos: The Montgomery Bus Boycott. They didn't have social media; they had a mimeograph machine