What is Black Culture's greatest invention?

Question

They have being here for many years now. What is their greatest achievement?
They are obviously a deeply popular addition to our stale and stagnant Nation, but aside from sports, dancing and the Nottingham festival. . . what is their greatest achievement?
Which one has the holds the Laurels for Science?
Or for Engineering?

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Lousie my Dear!
F8ck off! Ha ha!

PEANUT BUTTER!
Excellent! Well done!
What about pasty traumatized single mothers?
Do they get a say in edgeways?

NOTHING of worth.
Nothing of notable worth. Has anyone seen Maury? Jerry Springer? Ricki Lake? Is that clue enough?

Answer 1

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Lea's answer was very good wasn't it? a load of bollocks of course but then again Lea is somewhat biased. I was on holiday in St. Kitts acouple of years ago and was told in a cultural show that Alexander Fleming, Thomas Edison, Isaac Newton and the singer Kathleen Ferrier were all black, one wonders where they get the information from, I suppose the next set will be that they were not only black but Muslim as well. The mind boggles.

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I've heard that too.

Answer 2

Black men have never invented anything, expect peanut butter. Carver never officially patoned the idea.

Actually a white man invented the heart transplant, the black guy only helped.

Answer 3

kwanzaa!

Answer 4

reggae music

Answer 5

The science of rhythm.

Answer 6

Finally having a black president. It's like what we went through was finally worth it. (strive for rights, etc.)

Answer 7

super soaker!!! well there are also more great inventions but the super soaker is very fun! and of course the greatest achievement is barack obama being the president elect! :)

Answer 8

heart transplant

Omg, think of how they practiced to get it to be safe!

Answer 9

Oh! hundreds, literally, but the most appropriate one in this context since you are using this device would be Mark Dean...invented a micro computer which made all this stuff possible..pretty impressive eh? I haven't invented anything and I'm white, but also a woman so that would explain me being a bit of a dullard, you disingenous racist piece of Victoriana!

Answer 10

Weave j/k


There's a good number of things to choose from




Oh lighten up people

Answer 11

Feel yours is a nasty bigoted rant disguised as a question..Think your find black people have contributed greatly to enrich and help the world..Glad you mention Nottingham Festival,Notting Hill second biggest in the world..

Answer 12

There's a lot more than this if you stop f*ckin your sister for 10 minutes to look

Dr. Charles Richard Drew (1904-1950) was an American medical doctor and surgeon who started the idea of a blood bank

The gas mask was invented by Garrett Morgan, an African-American inventor

Lewis Howard Latimer (1848-1928) was an African-American inventor who was a member of Edison's research team, which was called "Edison's Pioneers." Latimer improved the newly-invented incandescent light bulb by inventing a carbon filament (which he patented in 1881).

Garrett Augustus Morgan (March 4, 1877 - August 27, 1963), was an African-American inventor and businessman. He was the first person to patent a traffic signal

Marie Brown invented the Home Security System

Alexander Miles invented the elevator

Henry Samson invented the cell phone

Source(s):

http://www.littleafrica.com/resources/in…

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/invento…

Answer 13

This isn't just another one of those answers. You wanna hurt me? Fine, I'm an easy target. I like... I like me. My wife likes me, my kids like me... my customers like me. So go ahead, think what you want, I ain't changin. That's why people like me. I'm the real article. What you see is what you get.

Answer 14

Sani-Phone Jerry Johnson
Wrench John A. Johnson
Super Soaker Lonnie Johnson
Eye Protector P. Johnson
Egg Beater W. Johnson
Defroster Frederick M. Jones
Air Conditioning Unit Frederick M. Jones
Two-Cycle Gas Engine Frederick M. Jones
Internal Combustion Engine Frederick M. Jones
Starter Generator Frederick M. Jones
Refrigeration Controls Frederick M. Jones
Bottle Caps Jones & Long
Clothes Dresser John H. Jordan
Electric Lamp Latimer & Nichols
Printing Press W.A. Lavalette
Laser Fuels Lester Lee
Pressure Cooker Maurice W. Lee
Envelope Seal F.W. Leslie
Window Cleaner A.L. Lewis
Pencil Sharpener John L. Love
Fire Extinguisher Tom J. Marshal
Lock W.A. Martin
Shoe Lasting Machine Jan Matzeliger
Lubricators Elijah McCoy
Rocket Catapult Hugh MacDonald
Elevator Alexander Miles
Gas Mask Garrett Morgan
Traffic Signal Garrett Morgan
Hair Brush Lyda Newman
Heating Furnace Alice H. Parker
Air Ship (Blimp) J.F. Pickering
Folding Chair Purdy/Sadgwar
Hand Stamp W.B. Purvis
Fountain Pen W.B. Purvis
Dust Pan L.P. Ray
Insect Destroyer Gun A.C. Richardson
Baby Buggy W.H. Richardson
Sugar Refinement N. Rillieux
Pressing Comb Walter Sammons
Hair Dressing Device Walter Sammons
Clothes Dryer G.T. Sampson
Cellular Phone Henry Sampson
Urinalysis Machine Dewey Sanderson
Hydraulic Shock Absorber Ralph Sanderson
Curtain Rod S.R. Scottron
Multi-Stage Rocket Adolph Shamms
Lawn Sprinkler J.W. Smith
Automatic Gear Shift R.B. Spikes
Refrigerator J. Standard
Mop T.W. Stewart
Cattle Roping Apparatus Darryl Thomas
Stair Climbing Wheelchair Rufus J. Weaver
Polym. Water Reduction Paint Morris B. Williams
Helicopter Paul E. Williams
Fire Escape Ladder J.B. Winters
Telephone Transmitter Granville T. Woods
Electric Cut-Off Switch Granville T. Woods
Relay Instrument Granville T. Woods
Telephone System Granville T. Woods
Electro Mech Brake Granville T. Woods
Galvanic Battery Granville T. Woods
Electric Railway System Granville T. Woods
Roller Coaster Granville T. Woods
Auto Air Brake

Answer 15

N/A

Peanuts, which are native to the New World tropics, were mashed into paste by Aztecs hundreds of years ago. Evidence of modern peanut butter comes from US patent #306727 issued to Marcellus Gilmore Edson of Montreal, Quebec in 1884, for a process of milling roasted peanuts between heated surfaces until the peanuts reached "a fluid or semi-fluid state." As the product cooled, it set into what Edson described as "a consistency like that of butter, lard, or ointment." In 1890, George A. Bayle Jr., owner of a food business in St. Louis, manufactured peanut butter and sold it out of barrels. J.H. Kellogg, of cereal fame, secured US patent #580787 in 1897 for his "Process of Preparing Nutmeal," which produced a "pasty adhesive substance" that Kellogg called "nut-butter."

"Discovered" hundreds of new and important uses for the peanut? Fathered the peanut industry? Revolutionized southern US agriculture? No!

Research by Barry Mackintosh, who served as bureau historian for the National Park Service (which manages the G.W. Carver National Monument), demonstrated the following:

* Most of Carver's peanut and sweet potato creations were either unoriginal, impractical, or of uncertain effectiveness. No product born in his laboratory was widely adopted.

* The boom years for Southern peanut production came prior to, and not as a result of, Carver's promotion of the crop.

* Carver's work to improve regional farming practices was not of pioneering scientific importance and had little demonstrable impact.

Source(s):

http://www33.brinkster.com/iiiii/inventi…

Answer 16

actually the heart transplant was from white south africans

Answer 17

black culture. you guys eat it up

Answer 18

i think they should be given more opportunities. it is more difficult for black people unless they have achieved a lot more compared to their white counterparts.
i knew my science teacher who was a black lady, a doctor and also worked in oxford university. she later began teaching there in medical sciences.
black people have had to fight a lot for their own rights, from black slavery to equal rights which has benefited the rest of the world. There should be more opportunities for black people and freedom from racial discrimination of this kind.
it is strange how examples of well good contributing black people are never taught in schools or given by the media it could motivate and optimise the young black and ethnic crowds more.
in case you didn't know white girls are the highest number for under aged single mums. It is why we wont be given a chance to choose if 5 year olds should be taught sex education that age at schools.

Source(s):

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities…
http://www.the7thfire.com/black_civiliza…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Briti…
http://inventors.about.com/od/blackinven…

Answer 19

Mark dean did not invent the microchip. He worked for IBM and has 9 patents in the first one gig computer processor chip.

The micro chip itself was invented by other people.

Lea:
I have being a douche which I am but, half of thoughs inventions you mentioned were just innovations off inventions that already exsisted. I don't see why they would list that as an invention complete disregarding the other people who developed it.

For example:
gottlieb Daimler invented the modern gass engine. 1885

And the hair brush thats ridculous hair brushes have exsisted for thousands of years.

I am not at all putting these people down but you can't claim they invented these things if all they did was make slight alterations.

Answer 20

Are you infatuated with Black people??

Answer 21

The traffic light

Answer 22

A very, very large sampling may be found at the following Links:


http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/scient…

http://www.black-scientists.com/

http://www.africanamericans.com/Scientis…

NOTE: Kiesha-George Washington Carver never invented peanut butter-that was an erronious myth-
According to the Corn Products Company, Dr. Ambrose Straub of St. Louis patented a peanut butter-making machine in 1903 and some unknown doctor invented peanut butter in 1890.

H. Kellogg, of cereal fame, secured US patent #580787 in 1897 for his "Process of Preparing Nutmeal," which produced a "pasty adhesive substance" that Kellogg called "nut-butter."Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patented a "Process of Preparing Nut Meal" in 1895 and used peanuts. Kellogg served the patients at his Battle Creek Sanitarium peanut butter. Joseph Lambert worked for Dr. Kellogg and began selling his own hand-operated peanut butter grinder in 1896. Almeeta Lambert published the first nut cookbook, "The Complete Guide to Nut Cookery" in 1899.

By 1914, many companies were making peanut butter.

Joseph L. Rosenfield invented a churning process that made smooth peanut butter smooth. In 1928, Rosenfield licensed his invention to the Pond Company, the makers of Peter Pan peanut butter. In 1932, Rosenfield began making his own brand of peanut butter called Skippy which included a crunchy style peanut butter.

Evidence of modern peanut butter comes from US patent #306727 issued to Marcellus Gilmore Edson of Montreal, Quebec in 1884, for a process of milling roasted peanuts between heated surfaces until the peanuts reached "a fluid or semi-fluid state." As the product cooled, it set into what Edson described as "a consistency like that of butter, lard, or ointment."

In 1890, George A. Bayle Jr., owner of a food business in St. Louis, manufactured peanut butter and sold it from barrels.

Agricultural chemist, George Washington Carver discovered three hundred uses for peanuts and hundreds more uses for soybeans, pecans and sweet potatoes. He started popularizing uses for peanut products including peanut butter paste(NOT TRUE PEANUT BUTTER), paper, ink, and oils beginning in 1880. The most famous of Carver's research took place after he arrived in Tuskeegee in 1896. However, Carver did not patent peanut butter paste(NOT TRUE PEANUT BUTTER) as he believed food products were all gifts from God. The 1880 date precedes all the above inventors except of course for the Incas, who were first. It was Carver who made peanuts a significant crop in the American South in the early 1900's.

Lea: most of the listed people were not inventors(created the products), but improved upon them.

Anonymous...::Dr. Christiaan Neethling Barnard (November 8, 1922 – September 2, 2001) was a WHITE South African cardiac surgeon, is famous for performing the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant.

Chedvah and Lady V: Lewis Howard Latimer's talent for drafting and his creative genius led him to invent a new method of making carbon filaments for the Maxim electric incandescent lamp, not the light bulb and filament itself.

Dr. Charles Richard Drew, a very multi-talented physician ,did NOT invent the Blood Bank, but improved upon it.Contary to modern legend, he was not refused a transfusion by a hosptal for injuries in an auto accident when he fell asleep at the wheel-this is refuted by one of three other Black physicians riding with him.

The inaccuracies of all the inventor attributions is just incrdible-I don't have enough time to correct them.The above is only a sampling.VERIFY YOUR FACTS BEFORE YOU LOOK LIKE FOOLS.

Answer 23

African American Scientists and Inventers

Benjamin Banneker
(1731-1806) Born into a family of free blacks in Maryland, Banneker learned the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic from his grandmother and a Quaker schoolmaster. Later he taught himself advanced mathematics and astronomy. He is best known for publishing an almanac based on his astronomical calculations.

Rebecca Cole
(1846-1922) Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cole was the second black woman to graduate from medical school (1867). She joined Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first white woman physician, in New York and taught hygiene and childcare to families in poor neighborhoods.

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.

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
(1856-1931) Williams was born in Pennsylvania and attended medical school in Chicago, where he received his M.D. in 1883. He founded the Provident Hospital in Chicago in 1891, and he performed the first successful open heart surgery in 1893.

Charles Henery Turner (1867-1923)
A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Turner received a B.S. (1891) and M.S. (1892) from the University of Cincinnati and a Ph.D. (1907) from the University of Chicago. A noted authority on the behavior of insects, he was the first researcher to prove that insects can hear.

Earnest Everett (1883-1941) Originally from Charleston, South Carolina, Just attended Dartmouth College and the University of Chicago, where he earned a Ph.D. in zoology in 1916. Just's work on cell biology took him to marine laboratories in the U.S. and Europe and led him to publish more than 50 papers.

Percy L. Julian
(1899-1975) Alabama-born Julian held a bachelor's degree from DePauw University, a master's degree from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Vienna. His most famous achievement is his synthesis of cortisone, which is used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory diseases.

Dr. Charles Richard Drew
(1904-1950) Born in Washington, D.C., Drew earned advanced degrees in medicine and surgery from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, in 1933 and from Columbia University in 1940. He is particularly noted for his research in blood plasma and for setting up the first blood bank.

Lewis Howard Latimer
(1848-1929) Born in Chelsea, Mass., Latimer learned mechanical drawing while working for a Boston patent attorney. He later invented an electric lamp and a carbon filament for light bulbs (patented 1881, 1882). Latimer was the only African-American member of Thomas Edison's engineering laboratory.

Garrett Augustus Morgan
(1877-1963) Born in Kentucky, Morgan invented a gas mask (patented 1914) that was used to protect soldiers from chlorine fumes during World War I. Morgan also received a patent (1923) for a traffic signal that featured automated STOP and GO signs. Morgan's invention was later replaced by traffic lights.

Patricia Bath
(1942-) Born in Harlem, New York, Bath holds a bachelor's degree from Hunter College and an M.D. from Howard University. She is a co-founder of the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness. Bath is best known for her invention of the Laserphaco Probe for the treatment of cataracts.

Mark Dean
(1957-) Dean was born in Jefferson City, Tennessee, and holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee, a master's degree from Florida Atlantic University, and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He led the team of IBM scientists that developed the ISA bus—a device that enabled computer components to communicate with each other rapidly, which made personal computers fast and efficient for the first time. Dean also led the design team responsible for creating the first one-gigahertz computer processor chip. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1997.

Source(s):

Here is a website with more info:

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/bhmscien…

Answer 24

Here you go with you concerning with the stereotypes negativity concerning blacks again.You only know about the one who created peanut butter?Wow,I really don't want to disrespect you because it will make no difference but they're lot's of black inventors who made the best things,even ones that a lot of people who don't know who they are as well.Thomas L. Jennings created a patent cleaning process,Elijah McCoy created a lubricator for steam machines,Lewis Howard electric lamp and carbon filament for light bulbs,Madame CJ Walker developed a hair system and beauty products,Gaurgett Morgan gas mask and traffic signal,Augustus created different flavors of ice cream,that's some so far but I'm not going to say all.And there was one black inventor who created the high chair for babies.

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The guy who created peanut butter was also a scientist/ botanical researcher too.He also created or disseminated about 100 products made from peanuts that were useful for the house and farm, including cosmetics, dyes, paints, plastics, gasoline, and nitroglycerin.

Answer 25

I'd say music

Answer 26

Gotta be Music.
Jazz, Blues, Rock 'n' Roll, Hip-Hop, Reggae, Ska, (even a firm favourite of early Skinheads) all those Caribbean Rhythms, Samba, Salsa, Bossa Nova, Calypso, basicly, everything we listen to, (except Classical Music) has its roots in Black Culture.

Answer 27

It doesn't matter what I say you'll have some after the fact idea. So I'll just say this:what has a white man invented which had no influence of other cultures?

Answer 28

Obama is not black ! He is of mixed race parentage. His mother was white and to deny this is racist ! Calling anyone darker than white,black,is a throw back to slavery and shows just how little America has moved on !!!

Answer 29

Traffic lights
Asphalt paving
Aero-foam fire extinguishers
Gas masks
Portable patent of air conditioning units
Patent of automatic gear shift

Read up about Garrett Morgan, Frederick McKinley Jones, Richard Bowie Spikes.

Black people have contributed greatly to engineering and technology alongside their white brothers. We generally do not acknowledge people's race when acknowledging their scientific achievements, because science is concerned with bigger things than that, which is as it should be.

Today, there are countless black engineers and scientists around the globe who work in collaboration with white scientists and other ethnic groups, to produce and develop all the technology you use today. The days of independent inventors is certainly behind us. So in all likelihood, a lot of that stuff you use - your computer, your mobile phone, your car, has had input from numerous races, including black scientists and engineers.