When asked to name a Black American inventor, many people might think of George Washington Carver and peanut butter. But this is actually a myth. There are hundreds of other unsung Black inventors who have shaped the world with their innovations.
White Americans seeking cheap land—and sometimes evading debt in the United States—began moving to the Spanish (and, later, Mexican) territory of Texas during the first half of the 19th century. Though the Mexican government opposed slavery, Americans brought slaves with them as they settled th...
Two weeks later, she and her son were taken out of jail by an angry mob of white people who had overpowered jailer Lawrence Payne. Laura and her son were brought to a bridge 10 kilometers (6 mi) away where they were hanged. Laura was also raped by the mob before she died. 4Alma ...
They all place the timeframe before 10 000BC for the expansion of those language "dialects" (who would later become language families of their own)... Yes the Green Sahara was very important in the history of Africa. For example, pottery seem to have been invented in Mali then later spre...
Bottom line, says Miller: when it comes to the Motown Miracle, it's hard to separate race and capitalism. And that, he says, usually means a zero-sum game – whites advance as African Americans are left behind. "This city has always been about race," he says. "But it...
invented by white people to subjugate African Americans like him. “There are a lot of pandemics in this world!” he shouts. “Why are we focusing so much on this one? It’s because they want to control us. Covid plants fear in your mind — social distancing is how they control you...
【1】考查非谓语动词. 根据 Mayme Clayton collected books,magazines and letters written by African Americans.可知,“梅米克莱顿喜欢搜集非裔美国人写的书杂志和信件”,like doig sth.喜欢做某事,故答案为:collecting。 【2】考查过去式.根据By the time she passed away at age 83,Mrs.Clayton had more than...
I don’t know what it is about the fragrance of stockfish that drives ordinarily reasonable Americans insane. I used to have an American room-mate, George Wallace, a quiet kid from rural Alabama; a kid used to chomping on chitterlings, the African-American cousin to ngwon-gwon that ...
We both had grown tired of seeing the 80’s era commercial media portraying African Americans once again as they were in the 70’s Black Exploitation movies as happy clowns who wanted nothing more than a big fat ass, Diamonds, Furs and Gold, and a pocket full of cash earned from ‘Hust...
I hope to bring you daily posts to my blog as and when time will permit me amongst the zillion one hundred and one things happening in my life. Till then, happy reading and learning! Celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important festivities ...