19th Century African American Inventors-Part 1

» sheikhmo - INVENTORS/INVENTIONS BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS

GOOD AFTERNOON,IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT BOOKS AND FILMS BE MADE AND IN EVERY SCHOOL FROM THE ELMENTARY TO COLLEGE LEVEL ON THE INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS PAST AND PRESENT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS.ONE OF THE DETRIMENTAL THINGS IS MANY AFRICAN-AMAERICANS DO NOT KNOW THEIR HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS AND THIS MANIFEST INTO SELF DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVOIOUR AND AN INFERIORITY COMPLEX RESULTING IN THE LOW ACADEMIC AND NON PARTICIPATION IN THE FIELDS OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE TO RULE THE WORLD AS OUR FOREFATHERS DID.AS MARCUS GARVEY ONCE SAID:" A PEOPLE WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF THEMSELVES IS LIKE A TRE WITHOUT ROOTS.IT CANNOT GROW."WHEN A PEOPLE AND OTHER PEOPLE KNOW OF THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CIVILIZATION THE Y HAVE SELF RESPECT AND DEMAND RESPECT BECAUSE THEY COMMAND RESPECT IN THE WORLD.IT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EDUCATYE TO LIBERATE OURSELVES FROM AN INFERIOR EDUCATION IN AMERIKKKA OR CONTINUE TO BE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL!!!IMAM MUHAMMAD ABDULLAH-TAIF'TUL'ISLAM-P.O.BOX 338-COMPTON,CA.90223

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» ireit - Resource Link

Here's a great site for African American history. They have a lot of profiles of African American inventors and civil rights leaders
http://www.africanamericans.com/

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