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African American Inventors
2/10/04
| Arpege92
Posted on 02/10/2004 6:34:39 AM PST by Arpege92
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My son was given an assignment to write an essay on an African American who contributed greatly to our society. I came across this list and thought I would share it with all you.
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posted on
02/10/2004 6:34:41 AM PST
by
Arpege92
To: Arpege92; mhking
Thank you, it's a great read.
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posted on
02/10/2004 6:36:56 AM PST
by
xJones
To: Arpege92
Benjamin Banneker! Can't forget him!
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posted on
02/10/2004 6:38:11 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(You can see it coming like a train on a track)
To: ClearCase_guy
What did he invent?
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posted on
02/10/2004 6:43:42 AM PST
by
Arpege92
To: xJones
"...it's a great read."
Absolutely. Too bad these folks are not looked upon as role models as they should be.
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posted on
02/10/2004 6:46:26 AM PST
by
Arpege92
To: Arpege92
"Benjamin Banneker was a self-educated scientist, astronomer, inventor, writer, and antislavery publicist. Banneker built a striking clock entirely from wood, published a Farmers' Almanac, and actively campaigned against slavery."
Google is your friend. Having said that, I will admit that Banneker's most significant achievements were not inventions. He had many scientific achievements and is a very fine role model.
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02/10/2004 6:49:58 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
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To: Arpege92
What did he invent?Benjamin Banneker was a free black man in the late 1700's and early 1800's in Maryland. As a mathemetician and surveyer, he was the first to map out and survey the Washington, DC area. His almanac, "Benjamin Banneker's Almanac," was published during the 1790's and was popular in Maryland, Virginia and points westward, into Kentucky.
If I recall correctly, he spent most of his life in and around Ellicot City, MD, near Baltimore.
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02/10/2004 6:51:22 AM PST
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posted on
02/10/2004 6:52:43 AM PST
by
mhking
To: Arpege92
African American Inventors... We're talking exclusively BLACK African Americans here, right? White African American inventors are excluded, since this is Black History Month, after-all!
To: TexasCajun
My favorite African author is J.R.R. Tolkien. Born in South Africa shortly before the Boer War.
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posted on
02/10/2004 6:55:15 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(You can see it coming like a train on a track)
To: Arpege92
The most useful (not mentioned here) is the Golf Tee.
To: ClearCase_guy
Indeed.
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posted on
02/10/2004 7:01:50 AM PST
by
cyborg
To: Mike Darancette
hehehe
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02/10/2004 7:05:02 AM PST
by
cyborg
To: Arpege92
All of these accomplishments took place without affimative action, we might note. Isn't meritocracy great?
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02/10/2004 7:07:04 AM PST
by
speedy
To: ClearCase_guy
minor detail: north africa is white. you have to head south to find the negroes.
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02/10/2004 7:08:05 AM PST
by
camas
To: mhking
As a mathemetician and surveyer, he was the first to map out and survey the Washington, DC area. Err, well, like so many things in life, this one is only sort of true. The initial surveying and mapping of the District of Columbia was done by a fellow by the name of Andrew Ellicott, who had been appointed to the task by Washington himself - Banneker was Ellicott's assistant at the time, which is probably where much of the confusion arises.
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02/10/2004 7:17:23 AM PST
by
general_re
(Remember that what's inside of you doesn't matter because nobody can see it.)
To: camas
Absolutely. Too bad these folks are not looked upon as role models as they should be. Sadly, by many blacks today, these people would be viewed as being "too white." They worked within the hated System, made money and "betrayed their race" by succeeding. They probably got no federal money, particpated in no quota system, received no reparations for what happened in the past...they just went out, got educated, studied and worked hard, and became better than they were by dint of their own achievements.
I weep over the way Clarence Thomas, Condi Rice and others are treated within their own communities. Smart, powerful, hard working...they should be the role models. Instead, we get non-resoning masses singing Hosannas to Jessie Jackson. Sad.
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02/10/2004 7:17:38 AM PST
by
50sDad
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To: Arpege92
Jesse Jackson invents daily.
We call 'em "LIES".
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posted on
02/10/2004 7:23:57 AM PST
by
Stallone
(Guess who Al Qaeda wants to be President?)
To: Arpege92
And how can we forget that Blacks invented really good cooking! MMMMMmmmmmmmmmm yum.
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02/10/2004 7:25:47 AM PST
by
fish hawk
("I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more")
To: 50sDad
Sadly, by many blacks today, these people would be viewed as being "too white."Indeed. But my parents made sure my brother, sister and I knew who they were (I recognized all the names off the bat with the sole exception of McCoy, and the short bio jogged my memory on him), and my wife and I are making just as certain with our young'uns.
These were all great Americans. And we all should be proud of their works.
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posted on
02/10/2004 7:27:40 AM PST
by
mhking
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