Chances are, you have Jan Ernst Matzeliger to thank ... that a Black man was behind a key industry invention, Edwards wanted to honor Matzeliger in a way that would keep his legacy front ...

But Jan Ernst Matzeliger (1852–1889), was determined ... never reaping the profit of his invention. Encourage your tweens to read more in Barbara Mitchell’s “Shoes for Everyone: A Story ...

While sometimes not as grandiose, the greatest inventions are those that simplify day-to-day tasks for the average person. Jan Ernst Matzeliger, an inventor of Surinamese and Dutch descent ...

Dutch inventor Jan Ernst Matzeliger changed all that with his shoe-lasting machine. Matzeliger was born in 1852 on a coffee plantation in Dutch Guiana – now Suriname, a small country on the ...

The exhibition includes original documents of freed and traded enslaved people, including inventor Lewis Latimer and Jan Ernst Matzeliger, inventor of a shoe lasting machine that is still used ...

Jan Ernst Matzeliger Studio (JEMS). The name of the factory has historical significance, according to Because of Them We Can, it was named after the black inventor who revolutionized shoe ...

Chances are, you have Jan Ernst Matzeliger to thank ... life for America After learning that a Black man was behind a key industry invention, Edwards wanted to honor Matzeliger in a way that would ...