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Celebrating African American Inventors

Read about how inventors overcame harsh constraints in order to see their ideas come to life. by Ann Marie Imbornoni Madame C.J. Walker Related Links Black History Month…

Brewer's: Kempis

The authorship of the work entitled Dc Imitatione Christi, has afforded as much controversy as the author of Letters of Junius. In 1604, a Spanish Jesuit discovered a manuscript copy by…

Brewer's: Kendal Green

Green cloth for foresters; so called from Kendal, Westmoreland, famous at one time for this manufacture. Kendal green was the livery of Robin Hood and his followers. In Rymer's Faedera (ii…

Brewer's: Groaning Malt

A strong ale brewed for the gossips who attend at the birth of a child, and for those who come to offer to a husband congratulations at the auspicious event. A cheese, called the Ken-no,…