00:00Jan Ernst Matzeliger Inventor Black History. After five years of research and development,
00:05Matzeliger was able to obtain a patent in 1883 for the automated shoe laster he invented.
00:12There was a time when a skilled hand laster could produce 50 pairs of shoes in 10 hours.
00:18With Matzeliger's machine, he could produce between 150 and 700 pairs of shoes a day,
00:24which would mean that shoe prices across the nation would be cut in half.
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00:33Remember, a black man created the inautomated shoe laster in 1883.
00:39Let's celebrate Black History Month together because we must learn.
