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The episode explores the forgotten story of Charles Frederick Page, a Black inventor born into slavery in Louisiana who designed and possibly built an airship before the Wright brothers, only to have his invention vanish en route to a major 1904 exposition — a loss emblematic of how syste
The episode explores the forgotten story of Charles Frederick Page, a Black inventor born into slavery in Louisiana who designed and possibly built an airship before the Wright brothers, only to have his invention vanish en route to a major 1904 exposition — a loss emblematic of how syste
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Guest
L
Lloyd Lockridge
narrative on 99% Invisible
Mentions
Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.
People
Charles Frederick PageJoseph P. PageMichael WynnJames HowardLloyd LockridgeAlberto Santos-DumontThomas BaldwinC.G. Crispin
Companies
Spirit in the Sky
Research & Papers
Patent for Airship by Charles Frederick Page
Topics
Historical FiguresHistory Of ScienceLong Form JournalismRacial JusticeTrue Crime
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