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Prime Automotive Group
January 3, 2018 at 11:16 PM ·
We hope everyone stays safe and warm during the storm! #driveprime All locations in MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE, & MAINE will be closed. VERMONT remains open.
At the Prime Collision Center we would like to Celebrate Black History Month today by honoring Charles Richard Patterson. The patriarch of the first African-American founded car company.
Born a slave in 1833 on a Virginia plantation. He learned the trade of blacksmithing and was involved in the construction of carriages and coaches. Working his way up to being a partner in ownership of the J.P. Lowe & Company (circa 1888). Sadly Mr Patterson passed away in 1910, his son Frederick then took over the business and decided they needed to get into the "horseless carriage" business. On Sept 23, 1915, the first C.R. Patterson and Son automobile was assembled, a two door coupe that sold for $685.
Our celebration of Black History Month continues, as today we honor McKinley Thompson Jr.
Born in Queens, New York in 1922 as a child he showed a great interest in cars. in 1941 he joined the U.S. Army and served in WWII as an engineering design layout coordinator for the Army Signal Corps.
Staying with the Army until 1953, he then applied for a scholarship for the Art Center College of Design in CA. Granted the scholarship backed by Motor Trend magazine, he then was the first African-American to attend the school. Upon graduation in 1956, he then went on to work for the Ford Motor Company and was the first African-American Automotive Designer and was involved in the first generations of the Ford Bronco, Mustang, Thunderbird and GT40. He retired from Ford in 1984 and sadly passed in 2006.
Our celebration of Black History Month continues, as today we honor Edward T. Welburn Jr.
As a student at Howard University, during his Junior Year in 1971, he had an internship at General Motors. One year later, he became the first African American hired to design GM vehicles. He spent his entire design career at GM, where he worked in a variety of studios on a diverse list of vehicles, and he became the highest-ranking African American in the automotive industry as the first-ever Vice President, GM Global Design. After 44 years at General Motors he retired in July, 2016.
He currently lives in Warren, MI with his wife Jessie and is the proud father of 2 children as well as 2 grandchildren.
Our celebration of Black History Month continues today as we honor Garrett Morgan. The son of freed slaves, he was born in Kentucky in 1877. He achieved only a 6th grade education, as he started in the work force at age 14.
American made vehicles have been on the market since the turn of the century. But as they grew more popular, the issue of them sharing roads became a problem. In 1922, Mr. Morgan witnessed a very serious accident at an intersection in Cleveland, and decided something had to be done. So in 1923 he filed a patent for a traffic control device. While this was not the first Traffic Signal. this was the first that had a third "warning" option alerting drivers the STOP signal was coming soon.
Mr Morgan sadly passed away in 1963. But certainly left a mark in our daily lives.
