Little Known/Unknown Black History Facts...
 

Since February is recognized as Black/African-American History month, I thought it would be pertinent to post known/unknown black history facts...you never know who might become educated... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

ON THIS DAY IN 1902, POET, LANGSTON HUGHES WAS BORN IN JOPLIN, MISSOURI...

Thanks for sharing that info on a great member of Omega Psi Phi.

Here is another. Ernest Everett Just, a founder of Omega Psi Phi, known as the "Black Appollo of Science", was the pioneer of molecular cell studies, which serves as the foundation of all current cancer research. You can find his autobiography in your local or campus library. The U.S. government honored him with his own stamp two years ago.


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Four out of the five "Civilized Tribes" fought on the Confederate side of the Civil War; and they forced their "freedmen" to assist them. The last of the five,the Seminole, absorbed African runaway slaves, and fought their own war against the United States.

Here is something I found to be very interesting. This is a word that I am sure some of you have heard before.....

Scalaway
A scalawag was a native white southerner who joined or supported the Republican Party during the Reconstruction. Scalawags were viewed as siding with the freedman, rather than with the white population. I thought it very interesting since I had heard the name before used in the Black community. I also thought it interesting that the Republican Party were sympathizers to the plight of Black folk. I wonder when that changed. This is taken from the book, "1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African American History" by Jeffrey Stewart. It is an excellent resource.

ORIGINAL APE: those so-called Civilized tribes sided with the Confederacy because they had white chiefs who duped the tribes. The famous Sequoia was a white man. The chief who signed away the sovereign rights and lands of the real Cherokee, was a white mand by the name of Joseph Clark. The dispossessed Cherokee were then sent on the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma where 70% of them died on the journey. The Cherokee left in NC, Tenn, and GA were mostly "white" and half-white. Real Indians did not own slaves because they were not American citizens, therefore, the only ones who could own them were the legally "white" ones. The Seminole Indians were really Cherokees who objected to the whites having leadership in their tribes and objected to them selling their lands and making deals with the US government. "Seminole" is the Cherokee word for "runaway". These disgruntled Indians ran away to Florida and liberated many slaves in the process. The Seminole Nation was comprised of almost 40% escaped slaves and fought a 40 year war with the US govt.

WOW! THe history of our ancestors is so encouraging to me for the future.

The Seminoles trained under Nat Turner to encourage them to fight for their land in now Tallahassee, FL.

Most of the early Republicans were abolishonists. They abhorred the treatment of all slavery. In fact Abraham Lincoln the first Republican US President alloted "Liberia" to former slaves after emancipation. Often they worked with former slaves during the reconstruction. The Republican party changed it platform fairly recently-in the last 35 years because of WWII veterans returning to amerikkklan and in order for the white southerner's to maintain some way of economic life, they crossed over into the party. It was discovered how many of them were in the party after Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. Because the mayor of Memphis was a Republican.

Just because I'm an alumnae of Spelman College!!! The college was named "Spelman" because that was J.D. Rockafeller wife's maiden name. Bessie Strong Spelman's family had a "stopping place" for the Underground Railroad.

Oh, and the reason why Spelman didn't reach the "Seven Sisters" school status back in the early 1900's... J.D. Rockafeller and several of his friends were ready to make a "southern ivy league" college for women by donating millions of dollars to Spelman. In fact, all of the land around the school was own by Spelman and Rockafeller and he was ready to give it to the school. But in a meeting with numerous other HBCU presidents and officials, including Mary McLeod Bethune of Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach, FL, the thenpresident of Spelman, President Read, of Read Hall, said to Rockafeller in front of everybody, "No, no that's too much for "THEM"." Meaning that was too much for us Black folks...

Incidentally, that is not in a history book. But it is true because a primary source who was a president of an HBCU said that he was there when she said it. That's why WEB DuBois who was at Atlanta University, wanted nothing to do with Spelman. And he convinced, Julian Bond to do the same--The grandfather, not the one who's still living... Also, my primary source said the only reason why Manley, the husband, became president was because he was good friends with President Read at the time. And Benjamin Mays, the President of Morehouse didn't like President Manley at Spelman...

I am SOOOOOOOOO glad this thread is getting some "play" http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif. I was beginning to get worried http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif.

You know after folks had been "running" around here going back and forth, 'round and 'round as to say who WAS NOT Black ENOUGH(SELL-OUTS)... and whose HAIR WAS NOT BLACK enough...

I thought these same people would have posted interesting (known or little known) Black History FACTS!

Like I said back then...there are some things that are more important AND KNOWING FACTS, especially about BLACK/AFRICAN-AMERICAN history is ONE of them...especially in a place where OTHERS are "silently monitoring" http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif that way, they too can become educated...INADVERTENTLY! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

Or, they may choose to not "monitor" this forum during the month of February! LOL http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

quoting (paraphrasing) one of my Sorors from another thread..."If I stepped on any toes...I MEANT TO" http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

Okay, I had my say...now back to the FACTS! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

FYI:

Frederick Jones invented the air conditioner. Alice Parker the heating furnace.
John Standard invented the refrigerator
Walter Sammons invented the comb
Sarah Boone invented the ironing board.
George T. Samon invented the clothes dryer.
John Love invented the pencil sharpener. William Purvis invented the fountain pen.
Lee Burridge invented the typewriter.

These inventions have advanced our way of life significantly and YES these inventors- not known to many-were BLACK.

Hey brutha:

Most of what you say is accurate; but I have to correct you on a few things. First, all of the five civilized tribes owned slaves; and the government RESPECTED their ownership. Even free blacks "owned" slaves; and as longs as their papers were in order, that ownership was respected as well. Secondly, the Seminoles were not Cherokees; they happen to be members of the Creek Nation that were "sympathetic" to the plight of the African slave. There name comes from the Creek language, and it means runaway; but it was a crack on their kin folk that felt sorry for the slave.
As for being duped, I will agree. The government told all of these tribes that if they don't get involved(on the side of the confederacy), they would loose their lands. The divide-and-conquer theory was in full practice then, just as it is today.

I know these things because I am 3rd generation Creek.

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Well, I'm not into spouting "textbook". So here are a few little know facts that I picked up in some non-euro books I found in my dad's librabry. Enjoy! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

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Euclid learned math from black people and Pythagoras lived in Egypt for 21 years.


Shakespeare was in love with the appearance of black women. In one of his sonnets he wrote: "Then I will swear beauty herself is black, And all they foul that thy complexion lack."


Dwight D. Eisenhower was 1/4 black.


The earliest comb/pick for woolly hair (African folks) was carbon dated to the year 1550 B.C.E. It was found in Western Africa.


Bartholdi, the Frenchman who originally designed the Statue of Liberty, made the statue as his countries tribute to the emancipation of U.S. slaves, however, he was "asked" to alter the appearance.


Harriet Tubman fed babies sedatives to keep them quite during the road to freedom.

Eh Pop--

To pinky back on your list.

Many greeks lived in egypt (Kemet) for some time to learn what were Priests and Priestess knew in the Houses of Ankh. But the Kemetics did not allow them into the houses because of the sacredness. That's why Alexander the Great burned the libraries down when he conquered egypt. That was way after the Nubians ran the dynasties.

Another bit:

The Queen of Sheba, Makeda, was one of the Candaces (Kandaces or Qhandyces). As spoken in the Judao-Christian Bible (I Samuel I think and in the Book of Acts), she visited Solomon and gave him several gifts. One of them being a "tree" that emits a curative "sap". This tree can only grow in a place called Gilead--and that's where we get the "Balm of Gilead" that heals the sin-sick soul.

Currently, the Balm is a powerful drug and cannot be sold in the US--don't ask OR GO FIGURE for yourself!!!

OKAY,

Since it's the AKA Board and I'm a Soror, I can demand this of all serious sisterfriends:

Who were the other Candaces? Do your research!!!

Well, It's documented that both men studied in Africa.

The concept of the Pythagorean Theory and "Magic 3-4-5" triangle (also called PHI by the ancient people) was being used CENTURIES before the Greeks "discovered it". If you look at sketches of the tomb of Rameses VI there is a picture depicting it.

It carries his name because when he returned to Greece he taught it to the mathematicians there. These people later named the theory after the man who had taught it to them, even though he was NOT the man who invented it.

Because they were not allowed to used the formal facilities of teaching does not mean that they could not learn a secret of Kemet.

About Alexander, I was repeatedly told that he burned the libraries because he could not translate many of the ancient writings of the Kemetic people. I'm not sure if this is a wide-spread rumor or a historical fact. The fact you stated sounds something like what I have been taught. Maybe the truth is a mixture of both stories.

It's funny you should mention candaces. My father often told me that I was going to be one when I was older. *lol* Since you asked...here a few Candaces I have read about.


Queen Amanishakheto (took me forever to spell that..lol) I read she was a jewelry lover!

Queen Amanireras

Queen Nawidemek (I think that's spelled right)


I wish I could remember more, but it's been a while since anyone quizzed me on Cantake Queens. ;-)

Is there a book on them that I can read? All the ones I have learned about have been in books about the Nile Valley, but I have yet to see a whole book devoted to the Queens.

Please inform!

I have to admit, some of these forums have been heated in a way I would not dare touch.

Anyway, I love black history because it pushes me 100% harder to achieve my goals while uplifting the black community.

So, here is my list,

-Daniel Hale Williams-first surgeon to successfully perform open hear surgery. The patient, who was black lived for 50 years after the surgery.

-Chemotherapy was discovered by Dr. Louis T. Wright and his daughter.

-L. Jhonson invented the SUPER SOAKER, yes that gigantic water gun!

-Last but not least, my favorite, Ralph Bunche! He was not only the first black American to hold the position as understretariate for the United Nations but he also was the first black American to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 for putting together a comprehensive peace treaty between the Isrealis and the Palinstinians.

-Also, did you know that Bunche was a member of the National(or United, sorry for not getting the name correct) Negroe Congress, which claimed to be a Communist group back in the 1930's?

Lorraine Richardson Green-first black person on Chicago's Board of Education (anything else special about her, ladies?);

(I'm surprised no one has mentioned him yet) Garrett Morgan -inventor of the traffic light;

Oscar Micheaux-black film auteur from the 1920s-1930s;

Maroons-the slaves who rose up against their captors and took to the Jamaican hills, living as free people;

Abott/Sengstake families : producers of the Chicago Defender, one of the leading black-owned newspapers in the country, which played a key role in encouraging blacks to escape the Jim Crow South and come North, where jobs, voting and other opps. awaited (I think they oversold those opps., though);

ORIGINAL APE: I will bow to your view of history as told by your relatives. I was aware of free Blacks and some Indians owning slaves, but that was extremely rare.

Blood Plasma and the method for storing it was invented and perfected by none other than a great African American and Omega, Dr Charles Drew. His methods were used successfully in WWII to save hundreds of thousands of lives.

And I will bow down to yo Brutha, Dr. Drew and his great accomplishments! A Dog-Gone Good One for Omega! It's good to hear from a man that crossed in the "80s" like myself! We really know what hood means!!!

I'm going to try to post about 2 of these a day. I'm getting these little facts from a book called, "Dirty Little Secrets," by Claud Anderson. It's really interesting!!

They Mailed Themselves to Freedom

Two black slaves took the US Postal Service at their word that nothing, "rain, sleet nor snow shall stop the mail" from going through, and mailed themselves to freedom.

In 1856, Henry Brown mailed himself from Richmond, VA to freedom in Philadelphia, PA. It seems physically impossible for Brown's plan to have worked. He built a box 3 ft. long by 2 ft. and eight inches deep and packed a jug of water, a few biscuits, and a pry-bar to open the box from the inside. He had his friend, James A. Smith, another slave, to address the box to the home of an abolitionist, William H. Johnson, on Philadelphia's Arch Street. To lessen the hardship of being locked in the box, in a fetal position, Brown marked the outside of the box"Handle With Care" and "This Side Up" so that he would travel with his head up.

The postal service did not follow outside instructions to keep the box right side up. After traveling upside down in the box for 25 hours, Brown arrived in Philly at Johnson's home. Johnson took the box to the office of the Anti-Slavery Society. After members of the society pried the top of the box open, Brown jumped up and said, "How do you do, gentlemen!"

In 1859, William Peel Jones used Henry "Box" Brown as a model in planning his escape from slavery in a box aboard a steamship from Baltimore, MD, to Philly, PA. Jones had a special reason to attempt his escape. His white master had confided that he was liquidating his assets and intended to sell Jones and other slaves as soon as possible. Like Henry Brown, Jones acquired a box for his escape. But, in his haste, he picked a box that was too small for him, even in a fetal position. He was forced to keep his legs folded in a painful position throughout his voyage. In addition to the pain of leg cramps and bruises from the cramped space, Jones was ill-clothed for the cold sea air and moisture that penetrated the box.

Jones was finally rescued when the boat reached Philly by the same friends who had mailed him and traveled by land to be in Philly when the box containing Jones arrived. Jones' pain and his friends; teamwork paid off when they opened the box and jones was alive and free.

Aesop, A Black Slave

Millions of children and their parents are familiar with the fables like the tortoise and the hare, and the ant and the grasshopper. They know these are Aesop's fables, but few know his racial origin. Even fewer of Aesop's fans know that his impact goes beyond his "stories." Aesop was a gifted black man who lived, suffered, and died as a slave in ancient times. His great mind and wit were a powerful influence on the thought and the moral views of many of the world's great thinkers. The philosophies embedded in his fables had a mojor influence on the development of ancient and modern societies. Plato, Socrates, Aristophanes, Shakespeare and other great minds of the Western world, thought about and found inspiration in his simple stories.

Aesop is believed to have lived during the 6th century, before the birth of Christ, in ancient Greece. His name meant "Ethiop of Africa."

Hundreds of years after Aesop's death, in the 14th century, his fables were first presented to the public by Planudes the Great, a scholarly monk who researched and wrote Aesop's biography. In the 17th century, French poet and author Jean de La Fontaine wrote a biography of Aesop. Both Planudes and de La Fontaine proclaimed Aesop's African origin and described his broad flat nose, thick lips, black skin and kinky hair.

This description of Aesop as an old black slave, the teller of tales and fables, gives him a special place in black history. He is the classic-era counterpart of more modern day Uncle Remus and his tales. Socrates spent his last days putting Aesop's fables into verse. The mass entertainment markets, print and electronic media, have kept alive and perpetuated the wit and fables of this black slave.

These are very interesting, especially the slaves who mailed themselves to freedom.

Did anyone see the Parkers last night? Kim and Stevie showed how their life would be effected by not using any products that were invented by Blacks.

I don't profess to know everything about BLACK HISTORY so as I seek it, I pass it on. . .

Did You know?
1. That the state of Massachusetts was the first state to legalize slavery and Pennsylvania was the first to abolish it?

2. Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) Made the first clock in the new world in 1791. Helped to survey the District of Columbia.

3 T.J. Marshall Was awarded the patent for the fire extinguisher in 1872.

4 Daniel Hale Williams (1856-1931) In 1893 he performed the world's first successful open heart surgery without the use of anesthesia. He was a founder of the National Medical Association.

5 Shirley Chisholm First African American woman to serve in the U.S. Congress, 1969-1982. Sought the Democratic Party nomination for president in 1972.

6 Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) Renowned educator who founded Tuskegee Institute in 1881. He was the first African American depicted on a United States postage stamp.

I found it at the following website: http://www.bmf.net/history/blackhistorymonth/bhm.html
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Black is a mystery, and part of my history. Black is bold and worth a hell of a lot more than gold.

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How many of you out there are Christians? If we examine Black History (let's go back to Egypt) we will see where many of the popular religious beliefs (on which this country is founded) originate... There is evidence out there that Christianity developed from Egyptian (Afrikan) practices and beliefs.

Akhenaten (also known as Amenhotep IV)
His wife was the famous and fabled Nefertiti. During his reign -- great strides were made in the arts, literature, and religion. He is best known as the "founder" (if you will) of Monotheism (worship of one God). The changes he made to the polytheistic religous practices of ancient Egypt were revolutionary, though short lived.
Suceeding his reign, the reforms he made to religion in Egypt were nearly forgotten...
Monotheism, in the form Akhenaten originally introduced, can be later noted in religous practices including belief in a trinity/triune God (Re, Ptah, & Amen).
It is the opinion of some (**MAJOR controversy**) that Eurocentric Christianity is a direct descendant of the Egyptian Monotheism religion implemented by Akhenaten over 3,500 years ago (approximately 1,500 years before Biblical Jesus Christ was born) ...
This post is getting lengthy -- but there is soooo much more y'all.
We have such a rich history/heritage -- not only here in America.
We originate from a GREAT and lengthy line of people. I am brought to a peak in emotion anytime I begin to reflect on the history of my people. There is so much out there that we don't know. So many lies we have consumed... I am welling up with tears -- I will cut this short.

Question EVERYTHING -- you will never know until you ask.

P.S. Does anyone know where I can BUY a copy of "The Browder File..." by Anthony Browder??
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Lsst night's episode of the Parkers was one of the best I have seen so far.

I recall a children's show with a similar scenario where the character had to imagine the world without Blacks. It was a miserable existence and he learned how important EVERYONE's contributions are.

I also enjoyed the parts of the Parkers episode where the fraternity XXX demonstrated the similarities between BGLO stepping and African dance. The professor stepped his behind off too.

The portions of the episode dealing with the Negro Leagues was demonstrative of the 'blackout' of our history and the misrepresentation of Blacks by the media (the newspaper article).

It is a shame that the NL and many other Black institutions ceased to exist because 'we' felt/feel that we are now 'integrated' and no longer 'need' our own. Without our own institutions, we will never hear OUR story, but only HIS-story.


Keep the Black History facts coming!


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MCCOYRED
Mu Psi '86
BaltCo Alumnae

Dynamic...Salient...Temperate...Since 1913

CrimsonTide4 asked me to post this, so here it is:

A 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 breathe 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 Charger 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 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, Lewis Latimer invented the Electric Lamp, Michael Harvey nvented 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 unkept. But what could one expect. Jan E.Matzelinger invented the Shoe Lacing 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.

What would this world be like without the contributions of Black people. If you value your students I challenge you to teach them the entire truth. Martin Luther King, Jr. said 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 folk.

Teach all students that Black history includes more than just slavery. Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Jesse Jackson,Teach all students that Black history is American History and the History of America would not be so, without Black people.

Say it loud and clear.

ORIGINAL: someone has to hold it down. We are the last links between the old and the new.

Black History Month is the outgrowth of Negro History Week which was founded by another great Omega Man, Carter G. Woodson (a Past Grand Basileus) of Omega Psi Phi.

Ideal08 asked me to post this:

Tuskegee Study Revisted in Africa:

Even while suspicions and rumors continue to reverberate through black America that AIDS was intentionally introduced into the black race by World Health Organization experiments in Kenya, Africa, in the early 1980's, yet another medical study on blacks surfaced in 1997. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the NIH and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) are sponsoring research in Africa in which pregnant black women infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, are treated with placebos, instead of actual medicine.

Researchers claim it is too expensive to give pregnant African mothers "real medicine," and have not used some of the drugs proven effective against the disease. Although such an experimental medical study would now be unethical in the US, the researchers felt it was justified in Africa because: 1) African women gave their informal consent; 2) the research information may prove beneficial; 3) since the women would not be about to afford medical intervention anyway, they are no worse off receiving the "pretend" medicine; and 4) such studies are necessary to find affordable treatments for use in poor Third World countries. Government officials professed not to see the similarities between this study and the "imfamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study."

DAM! IF THAT AIN'T SOME UGLY SHIT!!! It use to take something like this to pull us together; it's a shame it don't work today.

Good post!

I heard that Akhenatan was probably the Biblical "Moses" since the physical locations of his temples were all destroyed after his reign. Based on carbon dating, the time frame in which the all the "signs" from Heaven occured a little bit after Aten Ra allegedly reappeared teaching the monotheistic concept to the Kemetics...

Moreover, the biological evidence also points to Akhenatan's reign as the same time that it is believed that Moses lived, according to anthropological/historical/Biblical evidence. There is no definitive scientific evidence to support a separate person at a separate time named Moses...

Look for The Browder Files at [a href="http://www.Blackvoices.com"]Blackvoices[/a] or [a href="http://www.blackplanet.com"]Blackplanet[/a].

Consumers Wanted the Real McCoy

When customers ask for the "real McCoy," they are asking for the original product, no an imitation. This comes from the experience of a black inventor, Elijah McCoy. Elijah was the son of fugitive slaves, George and Mildred McCoy, who fled a Kentucky plantation via the underground railroad and arrived in Detroit, Michigan, in 1841. Later, the family moved to Ontario, Canada, where Elijah was born. George McCoy opened a cigar manufacturing plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan, in 1864 and used the profits from his business to send Elijah to study mechanical engineering in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Elijah returned to Ypsilanti in 1870 and opened a mechanics shop. He was a prolific inventor and also served as a fireman for the Michigan Central Railroad, whre he was in charge of lubricating all moving parts of the engine. His most famous invention was the lubricating cup. He received a patent for this invention in 1872. Some national and international industries discovered McCoy was black and refused to allow him to lecture to their staffs and students. Moreover, they refused to use his invention and used an inferior imitation instead. Loyal customers who used McCoy's lubricating cup claimed an advantage over their competitors. In their advertising they made sure that everyone knew they had the "real McCoy" and any other brand was a cheap imitation. In all, the "real" McCoy had 87 inventions and 57 patents including the lawn sprinkler. McCoy's other inventions, patents, and credit are lost in the pages of history.

(Taken from Claud Anderson's "Dirty Little Secrets")

Thank you for posting this information.

Even though my username is my line name (Dr McCoy from Star Trek), I was happy to learn shortly after I crossed that it is also the name of one of the greatest engineers/scientist/inventors of all time. Since I am also an engineer, it IS fitting. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif




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Mu Psi '86
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Dynamic...Salient...Temperate...Since 1913

Good looking out!!
I will have to research that some more... I have seen some documentation on the Moses theory... Never in very much detail. If Akhenaten WAS Moses -- then that would begin to line things up to the time frame for Christianity...
WHEW!! My brain aches. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/tongue.gif
I am still searching, there is so much.


BTW - AKA_Monet, have you read anything by Browder? Do you/does anyone have any additional reading suggestions related to this topic? Please enlighten http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif


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I have at least 2 books by Browder. I have only read excerpts from his books. His studies have been about ancient KMT.

As far as the local African American history, you can find that just about at all the Black websites. However, for the Pan Afrikanist information, you may have a tough time.

I know of a P3A site its URL is:
http://aznet.net/~firyali/pa3cover.htm

Check it out... It has an extensive book list...

A good book to start off with is by Ivan Van Sertima, "Afrikan Woman of Antiquity". Another book that some people don't like is "Black Athena". Of course an eye opening book is Dr. Francis Cress Welsing's "The Isis Papers". A very good book is edited by Ivan Van Sertima, which is "Blacks in the Sciences". There are many more. Go to the URL as above.

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Ok, I have a question. I was watching the movie Foolish last night, and something Eddie said has me thinking and wondering if it is true.

He was telling a joke about how hurricanes are killing so many white people. He said that they all start at the southern most tip of Africa, where most slave ships left from. He said that the hurricanes follow the same path as slaveships did in traveling over here, and that the hurricanes now hit in the same places where slave ships landed, or whatever. Could there be some truth to this?? This is very interesting to me. Could our ancestors' spirits be bringing the wrath all like that? Things that make you go hmmmmm....

I'll be back later with my black history fact of the day.

Today in Black History:

Alice Walker, the woman who sparked the world with her phenomenal book [b]THE COLOR PURPLE[/b, was born in 1944.

Tomorrow in Black History:
This day is the day that the world lost the man who made Kunta Kinte known all over the world. Alex Haley made his story OUR STORY.

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I've heard this before as well. If you think about where these tornadoes commonly hit, THE SOUTH, there could be some truth to this theory.



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Black is a mystery, and part of my history. Black is bold and worth a hell of a lot more than gold.

Well, most scientists would say that's crazy. However, a person of an Afrikan Centered perspective would say what is thrown out into the universe will come back through various forms.

Some traditional West African countries believed that one spiritually consecrates an action by blood. In fact the Vouduon, Yoruban (sp.) and Santa Rienas (sp.) still practice these ceremonies. The Bantus believed that once you call upon the 7 Afrikan Powers, one of them being that of the "storm", thru a blood baptism, it will follow your path to answer your call with destruction. That's why you are always careful as to what you call out from the universe...

The word "hurricane" is derived from the Carribe (or sometimes creole) tribe god, "Hurricano". So apparently, these severe weather disturbances occured before the Afrikan MAAFA (or the slave holocaust).

So the idea that hurricanes are the repercussions of non-payment or non-appeasement of Afrikan gods, may possibly lie in where these storms land--not the fact that they form because it may be seen from an Afrikan Centered perspective as a "necessary evil"...

Thanks AKA_Monet... I will get started!

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"No matter how worthy, admirable or fiercely desired the goal may be, it takes commitment and action to make it a reality."

novella000,

Browder's coming to my town to give a seminar!!! I'm gonna try to go to see what he's like in person... Just thought you should know.

Omigosh!! See... That's why people move OUT of my town... Stuff like that. A sista' can't get a decent "Afro"centric seminar around here to save her life... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/rolleyes.gif To quote you AKA_Monet "Dayum...!"


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"No matter how worthy, admirable or fiercely desired the goal may be, it takes commitment and action to make it a reality."

Check out this site...
www.mcdonalds.com....

scroll down to Little Known Black History Facts...

All of my fellow teachers, you might want to download this for your students.... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

I began a tribute to black history on blackplanet.com under Ms_Divyne, but due to a tight schedule, it came to a standstill. Anyway, I've also read some opinions on Amenhotep IV. It seems that he introduced monotheism in Egypt, worshipping Aten, the sun disc god. He changed his name to Akhenaten and established the cult of Aten.

Here's a little known fact: Egypt had a female pharoah, Queen Hatshepsut. Eqypt was very prosperous during her reign. After her death and her stepson came into reign, he had her name removed from everything and all of her images smashed.