JULY 16, 2018, BY CONTRIBUTED BY: SABRIANNA SGAMBELLURI Leonard Bailey was an African American  inventor  and  businessman  in  Washington, D.C., in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in 1825 to an impoverished free black family, Bailey rose in status by becoming a journeyman barber. Through this success, he eventually came to operate and own many of […]

LEONARD C. BAILEY (1825-1918)