You have a good question. Let me start with your last question (Was it one
of the jocks/humor that is flooding dehai this days ?????). This is not a
joke and certainly I did not intend to flood dehai. In fact this is my
first posting in dehai, I might confess. It was put that way, however, to
put a smile in your face while sending a series message. About the sources
and references, I left it out so that you can search for it on your own.
The message was supposed to make you want to look for more information so
that you can find a lot more Black Inventors that I haven't included in my
message. If you are one of the people who don't like to go to the library
and dig the old books, the net one source of such information. For
starters if you have access to the net here is one address:
http://www.blackforum.com/
I hope this answers your questions and others who have similar questions.
My hope is that it will draw enough curiosity in everybody's mind and will
take you to the library to dig information that you don't normally get it
from your "normal" classroom setting.
Good luck looking for more info. Gezai
>Selam Gezai aand dehai,
>Your account of the "Black Inventions" is very impressive,however,
>it would have been even more so if you only had revealed your
>sources and offered some references and not just names of the
>inventores.
>
>Unless I am missing something here? Was it one of the jocks/humor
>that is flooding dehai this days ?????
>
>Tsehaie
>tsehaiey@postkontor.or.uninett.no
>
>
>At 09:09 AM 5/15/97 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>>Selamat seb Dehai.
>>Below, you will find the many contributions that Black people have given to
>>the world in general and the United States in particular. I found it very
>>uplifting and I hope you will too. Gezai
>>
>>****************************************************************************
>>This is a story about a group white people who were fed up with African
>>Americans, so they joined together and decided to wish us away. After
>>wishing so hard, they found themselves in a sort of twilight zone where
>>there was an America without black people. At first these "visionaries"
>>breathed a sigh of relief. At last, they say, no more crime, drugs,
>>violence and welfare. All the blacks have gone!! It makes you wonder...
>>where would America be without us??
>>
>>There are very few crops that have flourished because the nation was built
>>on a slave-supported system.
>>
>>There are no cities with tall skyscrapers because Alexander Miles, a black
>>man, invented the elevator, and without it one finds great difficulty
>>reaching high floors.
>>
>>There are few if any cars because Richard Spikes, a black man, invented the
>>automatic gear shift, Joseph Gammel, also black, invented the supercharge
>>system for internal combustion engines, and Garret A. Morgan invented the
>>traffic signals .
>>
>>Furthermore, one could not use the rapid transit system because its
>>precursor was the electric trolley, which was invented by another black man
>>Elbert R. Robinson.
>>
>>Even if there were streets on which cars and a rapid transit system could
>>operate, they were cluttered with paper because an African American,
>>Charles Brooks, invented the street sweeper.
>>
>>There were few if any newspapers, magazines and books because John Love
>>invented the pencil sharpener, William Purvis invented the fountain pen,
>>Lee Burridge invented the type writing machine and W A. Lovette invented
>>the advanced printing press. They were all black.
>>
>>Even if Americans could write their letters, articles and books, they would
>>not have been transported by mail because William Barry invented the
>>postmarking and canceling machine, William Purvis invented the handstamp
>>and Philip Downing invented the letter drop.
>>
>>The lawns were brown and wilted because Joseph Smith invented the lawn
>>sprinkler and John Burr the lawn mower.
>>
>>When they entered their homes, they found them to be poorly ventilated and
>>heated. You see, Frederick Jones invented the air conditioner and Alice
>>Parker the heating furnace.
>>
>>Their homes were also filthy because Thomas W. Stewart invented the mop and
>>Lloyd P. Ray the dust pan.
>>
>>Their children met them at the door barefooted, shabby, motley and unkempt.
>>But what could one expect, Jan E. Matzelinger invented the shoe lasting
>>machine, Walter Sammons invented the comb, Sarah Boone invented the ironing
>>board and George T. Samon invented the clothes dryer.
>>
>>Finally, they were resigned to at least have dinner amidst all of this
>>turmoil. But here again, the food had spoiled because another black man,
>>John Standard invented the refrigerator.
>>
>>No light to eat their spoiled meal because the filament within the light
>>bulb was invented by a black man.
>>
>>WHAT WOULD THIS WORLD BE LIKE WITHOUT US??!!
>>
>>Gezai Berhane
>>
>>
Gezai Berhane
** To (SUB/UNSUB)SCRIBE from dehai, send mail to: majordomo@primenet.com **
** with one of the following commands in the body of your mail: **
** subscribe dehai your-email-address OR unsubscribe dehai your-email-address **