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First black-owned shoe manufacturing company launched by HBCU president

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Veteran American shoe designer, Dr. D’Wayne Edwards, has launched the first-ever black-owned footwear and shoe factory called, Jan Ernst Matzeliger Studio (JEMS). The name of the factory has historical significance, according to Because of Them We Can, it was named after the black inventor who revolutionized shoe manufacturing with his 1883 patent for the ‘lasting...

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