Black Inventors of the 20th & 21st Century
Association Of Multicultural Members of Partners: MGH Published on Feb 13, 2014 A video presentation about famous black men and women inventors of the 20th and the 21st century. This video is just a short list of the MANY contributions of blacks throughout history.
NB Commentary: What gets to me most is the number of comments made on YouTube asking "what did they ever invent?" I literally want to jump thru the computer screen and scream really loud in those folks ears. It's so obvious that they are "white" folks and even more obvious that most of them, sadly, are unaware of anything that Black folks have done besides sports and entertainment. I am quite sure that the culture of racisms & white supremacy have done a great job in keeping these facts out of public purview.
But I must admit that I am hurt and dismayed by the number of Black Folks who don't know what inventions can be attributed to African Americans here in the USA and on the World stage. I am aware that we cannot teach what we do not know, but why don't we know these things? And even more so, why does the credit seem to skip merrily by the deserving individual? As a result, we have to have BLACK HISTORY MONTH. We don't need a WHITE HISTORY MONTH, although, I am laughingly wondering what they would say, looking at their track record. But keeping with the fact that we do learn about their history no matter how dastardly their deeds or wondrous their accomplishments, we will most certainly be made aware of the European contribution to the world going all the way back to the Greeks and Romans. (Heaven forbid, it become discovered as it has been indicated, that even the original Greeks, Romans and Hebrews were Africans).
There is a plethora of material about the advancement of the European across the expanse of the globe... but rarely do you hear even the slightest hint that there were people of African descent who had anything at all to do with their success. In fact, the Americas were built on the backs of blacks, however, they always want to talk about their founding fathers. If they don't want to pay reparations at least acknowledge that it was the Africans' blood, sweat and tears that made this country a economic force to be reckoned with.
So, I offer this video which scratches the surface but gives some insight into the accomplishments of African American inventors. Much more could be said of each of them but this is a great snap shot to start with. Investigate each of these more, share it with your friends and family. Whenever you stop at a stop light, make a notation about who invented it. And those chips you love to eat, well, make sure you remember who invented them too.
NOTE: Video narrative was obtained from Black-Inventors.com and MIT.edu. Please visit these very helpful sites for more information on these and other Black Inventors not listed in this video. The book "Black Inventors" by Keith Holmes is another great source of information.
Henry E. Baker, the father of Black inventor research -- Early innovators and inventors -- Role of ancient African civilizations in the development of today's inventions and technologies -- Inventiveness and creativity are inherent in all races -- Definition of the word invention -- Africans develop their own innovations and inventions -- Black inventors' ancestral links to Africa -- World leaders in patents -- Census classification systems used to identify Black people -- What has changed from 1913 to the present? -- Black inventors educated and trained globally -- The increase in Black populations worldwide -- Earliest documented Black inventors -- Black inventors from 1769-2007 -- List of early Black inventors throughout the world, organized by state/country -- African, Caribbean and South American countries -- Pillars of American, Caribbean and South American economies -- Black inventors role in economic growth -- Influence of Black labor and inventions on the world -- Black inventors inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame -- Black inventors--pillars of industry -- Black inventors at historically Black colleges and universities -- Black inventors at colleges and universities in the United States -- Cities in the United States with Black inventors -- United States cities and the number of Black inventors researched -- Native American inventors -- Black women innovators and inventors -- Prolific Black women innovators and inventors -- Prolific African innovators and inventors -- African countries with Black inventors -- African cities and the number of Black inventors researched -- Prolific Black inventors from Australia -- Prolific Black Canadian innovators and inventors -- Canadian cities and the number of Black inventors researched -- Prolific Black innovators and inventors from the Caribbean and Central America -- Caribbean and Central American cities and the number of Black inventor researched -- Prolific Black innovators and inventors in Europe -- European cities and the number of Black inventors researched -- Black inventors in the United Kingdom -- United Kingdom cities and the number of Black inventors researched -- Design patents awarded to Black inventors -- Trademarks of Black innovators and inventors -- Black innovators on sports and their trademarks -- Black innovators in the video game industry -- Where does the Black inventor stand today? -- Global Black inventor research projects, Inc
Links of Interest:
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Russell City: A Self-Governed African American Town
Excerpt: "Most Americans think of native Africans as black and of white Africans as recent intruders; and when they think of Africa's racial history they think of European colonialism and slave trading. But very different types of peoples occupied much of Africa until as recently as a few thousand years ago. Even before the arrival of white colonialists, the continent harbored five of what many consider to be the world's six major divisions of humanity, the so-called human races, three of which are native to Africa. To this day nearly 30 percent of the world's languages are spoken only in Africa. No other continent even approaches this human diversity, and no other continent can rival Africa in the complexity of its human past."
African American innovators and inventors
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