Black history month. - The people that made a difference.

[SolidSnake76]

i running out of pple i know staight out of my head. would u pple please post.

jesse owens.

the first black man to run in the 500yrd dash in the 1939 olympics. thats all i know at the moment, will do research.

and vipa, yes it does. if black man makes an invention, white man comes along and steals it, claiming it for his own, black man will say its his invention but who will believe him? because of the color of the skin, white pple dont believe what blacks say. they dont care if a 10 black boy gets run over by a 30 white woman.

[DA_VIPA]

nope still not getting to me...or to u... i mean u know that guy that um.. did the 1st open heart transplant or surgeory that is something which is worth remembering but why should it just be in BLACK history month huh?? So what black man invented something that a white man stole then..? And if your black yourself do u feel safe crossing the road?

[coolplayer2K2]

sorry im very poor on history cuz i dont do history in my class

[SolidSnake76]

i mean u know that guy that um.. did the 1st open heart transplant or surgeory that is something which is worth remembering but why should it just be in BLACK history month huh??

to answer that, history could of been chopped up.

look, ever heard of segregration? after the civil war in the U.S., blacks were no longer slaves. but there were still NO or VERY LITTLE equal rights for the blacks. there were white only schools and black schools. on the buses, whites in the front, blacks in the back. even the drinking fountains and restrooms were segregated. before jackie robinson, no black person was on the major leauge baseball teams. robinson faced racisism and abuse from his OWN teammates. most of the players threatend to leave the team if he didnt leave. before that little girl in topeka kansas[forgot her name] attended an all white school[thx to thurgood marshall], imaging having to walk like miles to schools and back. u would have to get up very early. when she went to that school, the U.S. marshalls had to escort her because the parents, the white parents, would try anything to keep her away. some threaten to kill her. many blacks were threatened to not do certain things, but they did it anyway. the bus driver told rosa parks to move to the back or get arrested, but she stood her ground. and dont tell me u never heard of the Klu Klux Klan, formed after the civil war to keeps blacks from not only voting.

i hope this straighten things up for u.

[MasterX05]

[quoteost_uid0="DA_VIPA"]nope still not getting to me...or to u... i mean u know that guy that um.. did the 1st open heart transplant or surgeory that is something which is worth remembering but why should it just be in BLACK history month huh?? So what black man invented something that a white man stole then..? And if your black yourself do u feel safe crossing the road?[/quote]
Do u even know why we celebrate black history ever Feb?

[DA_VIPA]

no i dont numbnutts coz we dont have it....
in this country there has allways been equal rights ....

[SolidSnake76]

whatever. if ur not gonna metion a famous black person, dont bother replying to this topic.

[SolidSnake76]

Pearl Bailey

an actress, singer, best selling author and delegate to the United Nations. born in 1918..............................look, i getting sick of doing all the work. i give up.

[DA_VIPA]

Edward Alexander Bouchet
(1852-1918)

Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Bouchet was the first African American to graduate (1874) from Yale College. In 1876, upon receiving his Ph.D. in physics from Yale, he became the first African American to earn a doctorate. Bouchet spent his career teaching college chemistry and physics.

better?...

[SBYRD5]

Excuss me have any of you mentioned the two african american males that helped produce automobiles...if you have please tell me where in this topic...if not I'll do research on it.


(If I find it I'll EDIT this post...)