Meet FREDERICK DOUGLAS PATTERSON (1871-1932) The African Man To Build The First Car
FREDERICK DOUGLAS PATTERSON (1871-1932) was the first African American to build motorized cars. Frederick Douglas Patterson was the first African American to build motorized cars. His father, Charles Rich Patterson, a former enslaved person, created C. R. Patterson and Sons Company, located in Greenfield, Ohio. Beginning in 1865, the company built fashionable carriages. Frederick Patterson … Read more