In honor of Black History month

[Tank]

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Like blacks need a specific month to learn American history

Just go along with it, we are trying to boost their self esteem

 

[Tank]

they pulled themselves up out of the ghetto and never went back.

What you are supposed to try and do

Calm dawn, I'm just sayin they is a big part of "black history" probably bigger then any others.

 

[Michelle420]

30 Black Inventors!

1. Elijay McCoy: Invented an oil-dripping cup for trains!

Elijah McCoy | The Top Ten African-American Inventors | Scholastic.com

2. Lewis Latimer: Invented the carbon-filament for light-bulbs!

Lewis Latimer | The Top Ten African-American Inventors | Scholastic.com

3. Garret Morgan: Invented the three-position traffic signal and the gas-mask!

Garrett Morgan patents three-position traffic signal ? History.com This Day in History ? 11/20/1923

4. Otis Boykin: Invented an electronic control devices for guided missiles, IBM computers, and the pacemaker!

Otis Boykin - Noted Black Inventor Otis Boykin

5. Dr. Patricia. E. Bath: Discovered and invented a new device and technique for cataract eye-surgery, known as Laserphaco!

Changing the Face of Medicine | Dr. Patricia E. Bath

6.Lonnie G. Johnson: Invented the world-famous watergun—the Supersoaker!

Lonnie G. Johnson: Inventor of the Super Soaker®

7.George Alcorn: Invented the Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer!

George Edward Alcorn - Physicist of the African Diaspora

8. Benjamin Banneker: Invented the first striking clock!

Benjamin Banneker: Invented America's First Clock

9. Charles Richard Drew: Invented the first blood bank!

Charles R. Drew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

10. Frederick McKinley Jones: Invented portable air-cooling units for trucks carrying perishable goods!


Frederick McKinley Jones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

11. Alfred L. Cralle: Invented the Ice Cream Scoop!

Welcome to African-American Inventors.org

12. Alexander Miles: Invented an Electric Elevator Door!

Welcome to African-American Inventors.org

13. George Carruthers: Invented the first Image Converter for Detecting Electromagnetic Radiation!

George Robert Carruthers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

14. David Crosthwait: Invented Heating and Cooling Installations!

David Crosthwait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

15. Henry Blair: Invented the Cotton Planter!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Blair_(inventor)

16. Benjamin Bradley: Invented the first working Steam-Engine for war ships!

Bradley, Benjamin (1830- ?) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed

17. Charles Brooks: Invented the Street-Sweeper!

Charles Brooks - Black Inventor Online Museum

18. John Lee Love: Invented the Portable Pencil Sharpener!

John Lee Love Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Biography.com

19. Bessie Blount Griffin: Invented the Electronic Feeding Tube!

Bessie Blount Griffin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

20. Donald Cotton: Invented Propellants for Nuclear Reactors!

About.com: http://www.onmy.com/haynie/new_page_15.htm

21. Rondal Demon: Invented the ‘Smart-Shoe’, whose cushion support automatically adjusts to the wearers foot!

Inventor of the Week: Archive

22. Meredith C. Gourdine: Invented Electrogasdynamics Systems!

Meredith Gourdine - Electrogasdynamics Systems

23. Norbert Rillieux: Invented the Sugar Processing Evaporator!

Norbert Rillieux - History of Sugar Processing

24. Henry Sampson: Invented a Gamma-Electrical Cell!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sampson_(inventor)

25. Jerry Shelby: Invented an Engine Protection System for Recoverable Rocket Boosters!

Jerry Shelby

26. Rufus Stokes: Invented an Air Exhaust Purifier!

Rufus Stokes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

27. Joseph Winters: Invented the Fire Escape Latter!

Joseph Winters - Fire Escape Ladder

28. Granville T. Woods: Invented the Auto Cut-Off Switch!

Granville T Woods - African American Inventor

29. George Sampson: Invented the Dryer Machine!

http://inventors.about.com/od/photogallery/ig/African-American—-S/George-Sampson—-Clothes-Dryer.htm

30.Sarah Goode: Invented the Folding Cabinet bed!

HowStuffWorks "Top 10 Inventions by African-Americans"

 

[Jughead]

 

[Gracie]

[MENTION=43268]TemplarKormac[/MENTION]

http://www.usmessageboard.com/race-relations-racism/335401-february-is-black-history-avie-month.html

 

[Two Thumbs]

they pulled themselves up out of the ghetto and never went back.

What you are supposed to try and do

Calm dawn, I'm just sayin they is a big part of "black history" probably bigger then any others.

no doubt tons of influence

 

[TemplarKormac]

[MENTION=43268]TemplarKormac[/MENTION]

http://www.usmessageboard.com/race-relations-racism/335401-february-is-black-history-avie-month.html

[MENTION=42649]Gracie[/MENTION]

Well then, two heads are better than one! As I recall, syrenn and MeBelle were doing the same threads thing back in October.

 

[Two Thumbs]

any of these men are a good choice though;

 

[Two Thumbs]

no

I don't support things that divide Americans into sub groups.

It's demeaning to think that blacks need a month to learn American history

 

[Luissa]

no



I don't support things that divide Americans into sub groups.



It's demeaning to think that blacks need a month to learn American history

Don't worry, you aren't apart of the new black anyways...


Sent from my iPhone using no lube, maximizing the butt hurt in right wingers

 

[Derideo_Te]

I think that I will use these as avi's during February because a whole lot of the US bomber airmen in WW2 owe their lives to these brave few.

 

[Publius1787]

I think that I will use these as avi's during February because a whole lot of the US bomber airmen in WW2 owe their lives to these brave few.

Discrimination and Jim Crow made the pilots exceptional! They had to prove their worth and much was riding on their success! You will never see such an outstanding group of pilots again, white or black.

 

[Publius1787]

no

I don't support things that divide Americans into sub groups.

It's demeaning to think that blacks need a month to learn American history

I agree with Morgan Freeman.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeixtYS-P3s]Morgan Freeman on Black History Month - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Gracie]

I love morgan freeman. Such a wise man. But...I am still going to honor black history month.

 

[Michelle420]

The Top Ten African-American Inventors | Scholastic.com

10 African-American Authors Everyone Should Read - Forbes

 

[Michelle420]

 

[Michelle420]

 

[Publius1787]

William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) Du Bois - Discover the Networks

•Civil rights activist, celebrated author
•Elitist advocate of the "Talented Tenth" theory
•Member of the Communist Party

 

[Michelle420]

Black History Inventors - Biography.com - Biography.com

 

[Pennywise]

^^My contribution.