“This month, and EVERY month, is a reminder of the resilience and strength of the Black community. Let’s inspire future generations to continue our legacy of greatness.”

— Lauren Brown

Throughout this Black History Month 2025, our IP S.A.V.V.Y.™ Expert will highlight significant inventions, trademarks, and copyrights of black people.

Week 1: February 1-8: Copyrights

 Week 1: February 1-8: Copyrights

Blacks have made many contributions in the copyright arena, through original creative expressions. Check out these resources:

• The U.S. Copyright Office - https://copyright.gov/

• @USCopyrightOffice - youtube channel
  

  People highlights: 7 Black Pioneers Every Podcaster Should Be Thankful For — BIPOC Podcast Creators 

Authors, Musicians, Singers, Choreographers, photographers, and producers

• Lisa Gelobter - The Computer Scientist

© www.tequitable.com, Fair use image   

Ernest Withers- photographer

Whitney Houston

Beyonce' Berry Gordy

Pharrell Williams Lorraine Hansberry Maya Angelou

Spike Lee Augusta Savage

Alvin Ailey

Katherine Dunham

Lisa Gelobter - © www.tequitable.com, Fair use image   
Photo: Courtesy of Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Gordon Parks in Washington, DC, on 9/12/2000. Photograph by John Matthew Smith. CC BY-SA 2.0
Ernest Withers's Biography
Getty Images
Beyoncé. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TIDAL
Berry Gordy | Songwriters Hall of Fame
Getty Images / Kevork Djansezian / Stringer
Lorraine Hansberry: African American Writer
Author and poet Maya Angelou, Dwight Carter
Spike Lee - Movies, Life & Facts
Augusta Savage
 Alvin Ailey. Photo by Jack Mitchell. (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library

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