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  • By Shari Peoples The story of Hermann Lemp started in Berne, Switzerland in 1862 where he was born and began his engineering studies. He was nineteen when he immigrated to the United States and started working in the laboratories of Thomas Eddison. Lemp worked with Edison for just one year before moving on. He spent… Read more

  • Postbellum America

    An Economic Comparison between Georgia and Mississippi By Shari Peoples             Life in the Postbellum era of southern America was marked by destruction of both the economic structure and ideologies that were at the very heart of its existence. Recovery would require a commitment to rebuilding from the ashes of war and development of industry… Read more