August 9, 1974 – Effective at noon, Richard M. Nixon resigned the presidency as a result of the Watergate scandal. Nixon had appeared on television the night before and announced his decision to the American people. Facing possible impeachment by Congress, he became the only U.S. President ever to resign.

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Frederick Jones, an African American inventor and entrepreneur, is credited for his great invention of the portable refrigerator. He received over 60 patents for his other inventions. Jones managed to achieve all of these accomplishments while living in the era of Jim Crow laws and other propaganda used against Black Americans.
Jones was born on May 17, 1893 in Covington, Kentucky. At the early age of 9, he lost both his parents and he was then put under the care of a priest. He left school after 6th grade as he thought the strict educational system wasn’t suited for him. By 11-years old, he returned to his hometown in Cincinnati where he taught himself mechanical engineering.

During World War I, Jones was deployed as an American soldier to France and he became known for his skills in fixing military gear. After the war, he made a living working at a repair shop, a steamship, at a hotel, and on railroads.

Around the same time, Jones started inventing things such as a radio transmitter for the Minnesota city radio station, a gasoline motor that could start on its own, as well as race cars that he used to compete in local race events. He designed them so well that they always beat the other racers, even an airplane once. He also built movie sound equipment that supported the advancement of the film industry in the late 1920’s.

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It’s now been a year since the Supreme Court’s shameful decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and states across the country have moved to enforce abortion bans – stripping millions of people of their right to decide if, and when, to start a family. 

As politicians continue to attack our bodily autonomy nationwide, we need federal safeguards more than ever.

We need Congress to act.

The House has already re-introduced a bill to affirm the right for healthcare workers to provide birth control and for people to use it. But more protections are needed to defend reproductive freedom across the board, especially abortion access.

 Please, send a message to Congress now and urge them to support legislation that safeguards the right to access abortion and all reproductive health care nationwide.

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