November 4, 1942

Patricia Era Bath American Inventor was born.

Patricia Era Bath ophthalmologist and inventor, she invented the Laserphaco Probe an important milestone in cataract surgery. In 1972 she co-founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness committed to “protect, preserve, and restore sight.”

Patricia Era Bath – American Inventor- Associated Links:

Patricia Era Bath | History.com: https://www.biography.com/people/patricia-bath-21038525
Patricia Era Bath | Black Past Remembered: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/bath-patricia-1942

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January

January 4, 1969

Marla Lee Runyan American professional track and field athlete who is legally blind is born.

Black History

December 9, 1973

Stacey Yvonne Abrams American Georgia Democrat politician is born.

January

July 4, 1911

Alaska Native civil rights champion Elizabeth Peratrovich, who played an instrumental role in the 1945 passage of the first anti-discrimination law in the United States was born

Black History