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Black Inventors Are Often Overlooked In American History
Townhall.com ^ | February 25, 2021 | Ken Blackwell

Posted on 02/25/2021 5:08:36 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: Georgia Girl 2

Willis Haviland Carrier would strongly disagree.


41 posted on 02/25/2021 6:43:40 AM PST by CodeJockey (Dum Spiro, Pugno)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
He doesn't look black but maybe he's black like Meghan Markle.


42 posted on 02/25/2021 6:46:26 AM PST by xp38
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To: Kaslin

43 posted on 02/25/2021 6:47:00 AM PST by SJackson (If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun...folks in Philly like a good brawl, BH Obama)
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To: cuban leaf

“. . . Name one Supreme other than Diana Ross.”

Mary Wilson (Hey, that’s the music of my era).


44 posted on 02/25/2021 6:47:11 AM PST by CheneyClone
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To: xp38

OK. I heard many years ago that the inventor was black.


45 posted on 02/25/2021 6:47:56 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: CheneyClone

Florence Ballard......we got them all well except for the two early ones who left before they hit it big. :)


46 posted on 02/25/2021 6:51:18 AM PST by xp38
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To: Kaslin

All of this is fine, but history books have never been filled with the names of inventors, save a few who invented truly transformative things.

There are thousands of Americans in our history who invented and patented something useful. How many of the thousands should school children be required to learn about?


47 posted on 02/25/2021 6:51:44 AM PST by Will88 (The only people opposing voter ID are those benefiting from voter fraud.)
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To: CheneyClone

Heh. You got me there. :)


48 posted on 02/25/2021 6:52:00 AM PST by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: SJackson

When I was a little kid, I loved seeing Aunt Jemima’s picture on that bottle of syrup. Her smile was so warm and sincere. Of course, the Left have to get rid of that lovely image. A lot of us are sick of this crap. I certainly don’t know how this cold civil war is going to end, but it will come to a head. BTW, I guess everybody here knows that being a spokesperson/face of the product this lady made a nice living and her family was so proud of her. I am so beyond disgusted at what is happening to our country.


49 posted on 02/25/2021 6:54:16 AM PST by Pigsley
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To: imardmd1
My only satisfaction was accomplishing things that non-creative minds couldn't even imagine. That experience goes to Heaven with me, while earthly riches could not.

I hear you. I'm have been awarded 9 with a few still under evaluation, not to mention a few trade secrets that the companies did not want disclosed. Maybe got enough for me to get a few Happy Meals while the corps made millions, but money was not the driving factor. A leapord can't change its spots.

50 posted on 02/25/2021 6:56:30 AM PST by Bitman
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To: Pigsley
When I was a little kid, I loved seeing Aunt Jemima’s picture on that bottle of syrup.

I was in a supermarket yesterday and it was still all Aunt Jemima on those products. The ridiculous new name and label apparently haven't made it to the retail shelf yet.

51 posted on 02/25/2021 7:05:18 AM PST by Will88 (The only people opposing voter ID are those benefiting from voter fraud.)
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To: BobL

“I still remember growing up and having to endure some black inventor who found all these uses for a peanut - even though, to this day, all I ever did was eat them.”

That would be George Washington Carved of the Tuskegee Institute.
The poor farmers friend.


52 posted on 02/25/2021 7:09:36 AM PST by oldvirginian (The glass is half empty because the damned thing is cracked and leaking. The 2020 election is proof.)
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To: Vermont Lt

And they’re guaranteed to complain for at least 5 days of it...


53 posted on 02/25/2021 7:16:11 AM PST by EEGator
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To: cymbeline

The world needs to honor the black inventors and leaders who turned Africa into the world’s leading economic engine—with a continent full of prosperous folks....

Oops..wrong parallel universe....


54 posted on 02/25/2021 7:43:37 AM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Kaslin

Because the liberal blacks who teach black history do not know black history.


55 posted on 02/25/2021 7:55:05 AM PST by SkyDancer (Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: cgbg

Only in America could these black inventors have accomplished what they did. In Africa such people would have been snuffed out the minute they showed that they were brighter than the ruling chieftain. In an atmosphere of fear and superstition that has ruled the African continent, such inventive brilliance might never have developed at all. Only under the umbrella of a universally decided upon Judeo-christian consensus of morality that has influenced the west, that takes away the fear of death and the grave could such inventors have arisen.


56 posted on 02/25/2021 7:55:58 AM PST by mdmathis6
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To: Pigsley

The good news for Pearl Milling they no longer have to pay descendants royalties.


57 posted on 02/25/2021 7:57:13 AM PST by SJackson (If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun...folks in Philly like a good brawl, BH Obama)
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To: Kaslin

I love the inventions of black/Black inventors. For real!
The automatic coupling device on railroad cars was invented by a Black/black man. He had witnessed how dangerous the job was and how many yard workers lost a leg, etc.
And remember that many blacks/Blacks had no formal education 75 to 100+ years ago.


58 posted on 02/25/2021 7:58:58 AM PST by Honest Nigerian
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To: Kaslin
Yeah, black inventions. Buzzfeed debunked.
59 posted on 02/25/2021 8:35:03 AM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

The premise for AC was conceived in 1824 by Carnot, a Frenchy.


60 posted on 02/25/2021 8:56:50 AM PST by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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