I think you are referring to Wallace "Famous" Amos.
Wally famous AMos
The first African American record company was Black Swan Records. It was started in 1921 by Harry Pace in Harlem, New York.
IN 1884 AN AFRICAN AMERICAN NAME JAMON GRAY WAS IN HIS HOUSE RESEARCHING ON HUMAN HAIR WHEN HE CAME ACROSS A CUPLE ITEMS THAT HE WAS THROWING AWAY. ONE ITEM WAS A EXTRAORDINARY LARGE FORK.
Yes, she is still alive but she sold Pleasant Company (American Girl) to Mattel.
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Invention: Hershey bar in 1900 Definition: noun / chocolate bar named by its inventor Function: A bar of milk chocolate made by the Hershey Chocolate Company. Trademark:#71016827 (US) filed February 8, 1906 Inventor: Milton Snavely Hershey Criteria: First practical. Entrepreneur. Birth: September 13, 1857 at Derry Church, Pennsylvania Death: 1945 at Hershey, Pennsylvania
Chicago Defender - an African-American publication
an American inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which became part of International Harvester Company in 1902.
In 1966 by the Draps family (founders of Godiva) when they came into contact with the American company Campbell Soup Company, which acquired one-third of a stake in Godiva that year. The American operation of the company was the first to introduce premium chocolate to the American palette. By 1968, Godiva Chocolatier, Inc., had begun domestic production, using the exclusive Belgian recipes.
In 1966, the Draps family who started the business came into contact with the American company Campbell Soup Company, which acquired one-third of a stake in Godiva that year. Thus, the American operation of the company was the first to introduce premium chocolate to the American palette. By 1968, Godiva Chocolatier, Inc., had begun domestic production, using the exclusive Belgian recipes.
Levi Jackson was the first African-American football captain at Yale University, and the first African-American executive at Ford Motor Company.
Guittard Chocolate Company was created in 1868.