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A History of the First Black Auto Manufacturers - Second Edition major update WINNER in History -- 2022 American Writing Awards<br/><br/>“A masterful and compelling deep dive into indelible chapters of untouched and never explored American history, stunning your sensibilities of what you thought you knew.<br/><br/>In over a decade of filmmaking, I’ve never seen more replete research for a Hollywood project!<br/><br/>Christopher Nelson takes you on a winding journey through the past with elements still entirely relatable to the present. A must-read for generations to come as these pioneers are finally given a well-deserved place in the annals of history.”<br/><br/>~ Madisun Leigh - Scenario Entertainment & Pergola Pictures<br/><br/>"The Story Black History Missed! This definitive work on Patterson's company and the Patterson family deserves far more recognition by Black historians than what has been given." ~ Larry Chapman<br/><br/>"Black Enterprise" The C. R. Patterson and Sons Company book was a good period-of-time story spanning the end of the horse drawn carriage into the horseless carriage era. Christopher Nelson did a particularly good comparison and contrast of a Black owned business and a White owned business during this era. The force and contributions of Black owned businesses have too often been overlooked in American history. This book should be recommended reading for the youth of today." ~ RZ Texas<br/><br/>This new edition contains 160 additional pages of details not discussed in the 2010 edition of the book and includes nearly 50 new photographs and other illustrations.<br/><br/>The C. R. Patterson and Sons Company conducted business in Greenfield, Ohio, from 1865-1939. Founded by Charles Richard (C.R.) Patterson, a free person of color born in the 1830s South and relocating to the North in the 1840s, this company passed through three generations of the Patterson family. Throughout its history the company transitioned from building carriages, automobi