Alright board her is our history lesson of the week
America Without Black People
>
>
> A very humorous and revealing story is told about a
> group of white people who were fed up with African
> Americans, so they joined together and wished themselves
> away. They passed through a deep dark tunnel and
> emerged in sort of a twilight zone where there is an
> America without black people.
>
>
> At first these white people breathed a sigh of relief.
> At last, they say, no more crime, drugs, violence and
> welfare. All of the blacks have gone!!
> Then suddenly, reality sets in. The "NEW AMERICA" is
> not America at all--- only a barren land.
>
>
> 1. There are very few crops that have flourished
>
> because the nation was built on a slave-supported system.
>
>
> 2. There are no cities with tall skyscrapers
>
> because Alexander Mils, a black man, invented the
> elevator, and without it one finds great difficulty
> reaching high floors.
>
>
> 3. There are few if any cars because Richard
>
> Spikes, a black man, invented the automatic gear
> shift, Joseph Gammell, also black, invented the Super
> Charge System for Internal Combustion Engines, and
> Garrett A. Morgan invented the traffic signals.
>
>
> 4. 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.
>
>
> 5. 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.
>
>
> 6. 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,
> you guessed it, black.
>
>
> 7. 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 Hand Stamp and Phillip Downing invented
> the Letter Drop.
>
>
> 8. The lawns were brown and wilted because Joseph
>
> Smith invented the Lawn Sprinkler and John Burr the
> Lawn Mower.
>
>
> 9. When they entered their homes, they found them
>
> to be poorly ventilated and poorly heated. You see,
> Frederick Jones invented the Air Conditioner and Alice
> Parker the Heating Furnace. Their homes were also
> dim. But of course, stupid, Lewis Latimer invented
> the Electric Lamp, Michael Harvey invented the
> Lantern and Granville T. Woods invented the Automatic
> Cut off Switch. Their homes were also filthy because
> Thomas W. Steward invented the Mop and Lloyd P. Ray,
> the Dust Pan.
>
>
> 10. 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.
>
>
> 11. 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.
>
>
> Think About It.....
>
>
> What would this world be like without the contributions of Black
> folks?
> Martin Luther King, Jr.,, "that by the time we
> leave for work we have been dependent on half the
> world-modern America is created by dependencies
> on the inventions from the minds of Black folks".
>
>
> Black history includes more than just slavery,
> Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm
> X, Marcus Garvey and Dubois. Black history is American
> History and the History of America would not be so, without Black
> people.
>
>
> When we were taken from the Motherland we brought skills and history
> with
> us. We didn't begin in America, we simply bloomed where we were
> planted, in
> spite of the obstacles to deny us as a great people!
>
>
> SHARE THIS IN PRIDE!

I like that! Thanks for knowledge.

Stacia,keep it up girl I think with all of your threads this week you have about 4000 people hitting you up.Remember one thing you have only 1 more week grad girl good luck.It is going to feel great to walk that stage for the last time.Congrats!!

David Blackwell 00

Thanks Davey Dave!! See you in Detroit!! I'm saving a dance for you when the Whisper song comes on!! LOL

Thanks Ms Dat for the lessons that are not told at school or from our own parents.....I beat black people know about the Bible though!!!!!1

Stacia,they say "Once you go black you never go back)and they also say (Once you go white it is pure delight) just kidding with you.Hey be good and make sure you dont trip on the stage when you walk.Once again congrats.

David Blackwell 00

THE RESEARCH OF OUR PAST WILL OPEN THE DOORS OF OUR FUTURE. I LIKE THE WAY YOU PUT IT TOGETHER MS DAT

I'm coming to your graduation so i can throw a dime on the stage and watch you attempt to jump over it. That dime seems like a skyscraper to you don't it? What's up Dave?

whatever Esq#23, if i told you when and where it was your dimentia and alzheimers will probably kick in and you will forget where you are going!! as a mater of fact, should you even be driving??

that was a good one.

Keep doin what you do Lil Sis. You will be rewarded shortly by all your efforts.

That's some really interesting stuff. I thought I was a history buff, but as they say, you learn something new everyday! Thanks for the history session!

Ms. Dat__ I applaud your edifying thread!__ but if the truth was told, the 'world' as we see it today would not exist without the brilliant contributions of our African ancestors.

dig this here....

Although alot of our history is underdeveloped, (due to white supremacy) there is no denying the study of many higher institutional findings that 'The Blacks' were among the very earliest builders of the great civilizatons on the planet. Out of these incredible Black civilizations the world was introduced to many everyday functions, including developing writing, sciences, engineering, medicine, architecture, politics, religion , the arts, and the conception of one Supreme God (pre-Abraham) plus many other contributions to the universe, 'way-before' we were sold/and traded across the Atlantic.

Ms. Dat, keep'n it real...I like that!


Black-atcha!

ebonically brilliant and provocative________________

super d(motordetroit)

I see why you are the "PREZ"...