DID YOU KNOW? for January 4 - 17, 2022:  

Did You Know…The inventor of the first home security system was Marie Van Brittan Brown, a black woman from New York.  She is also credited with the invention of the first closed circuit television.  The patent for the invention was filed in 1966 and it later influenced modern home security systems that are still used today. 

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Marie Van Brittan Brown's invention was inspired by the security risk that her home faced in the neighborhood where she lived.  Marie Brown worked as a nurse and her husband, Albert Brown, worked as an electronics technician.  Her original invention was comprised of peepholes, a camera, monitors, and a two-way microphone.  The final element was an alarm button that could be pressed to contact the police immediately.  (Black Past, April 11, 2016)