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Gas mask: no single person can claim to be the sole inventor. Gas Masks - History
Traffic signal:
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On December 10, 1868, the first traffic lights were installed outside the British Houses of Parliament in London, by the railway engineer J. P. Knight. They resembled railway signals of the time, with semaphore arms and red and green gas lamps for night use. The gas lantern was turned with a lever at its base so that the appropriate light faced traffic. It exploded on 2 January 1869, injuring[3] or killing[4] the policeman who was operating it. The modern electric traffic light is an American invention.[5] As early as 1912 in Salt Lake City, Utah, policeman Lester Wire invented the first red-green electric traffic lights. On August 5, 1914, the American Traffic Signal Company installed a traffic signal system on the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.[6][7] It had two colors, red and green, and a buzzer, based on the design of James Hoge, to provide a warning for color changes. The design by James Hoge[8] allowed police and fire stations to control the signals in case of emergency. The first four-way, three-color traffic light was created by police officer William Potts in Detroit, Michigan in 1920.[9] In 1922, T.E. Hayes patented his "Combination traffic guide and traffic regulating signal" (Patent # 1447659). Ashville, Ohio claims to be the location of the oldest working traffic light in the United States, used at an intersection of public roads until 1982 when it was moved to a local museum.[10]
Charles biography, Charles Richard Drew: The Man and the Myth, says:
The fact is, Drew did not develop blood plasma in any of its forms, nor did he perfect blood transfusion with blood plasma, as is sometimes claimed in newspapers and popular magazines, in children's books, on television, and even in some history books. It is especially worth noting that no recognized and respected medical or scientific authority or publication has ever made such claims for Drew. Certainly, Drew did not make any such claims for himself, nor have any of his former colleagues or any of his students. To say all this, however, in no way detracts from Drew's actual accomplishments.
Heart surgery:
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Henry C. Dalton (born May 7, 1847) was superintendent of the St. Louis City Hospital from 1886 to 1892, and later a professor of abdominal and clinical surgery at Marion Sims College of Medicine (now part of the St. Louis University School of Medicine) . He is noted for performing the first suturing of the pericardium on record.
Given the modest nature of Carver's achievements, whence came his reputed transformation of southern agriculture and scientific wizardry? The development and perpetuation of the Carver myth may be traced in the writings of journalists, publicists, popular biographers, and even professional historians from the early 1920s into the third decade after Carver's death.
When I said bring new innovations and ideas to the market I was referring to something comparable to founding multibillion dollar corporations. I'm very aware that many Black people have invented great things and have made major contributions to fields such as law, medicine, engineering, and education, but there still aren't many major companies that have truly changed society that are Black owned (you can count them on one hand). Look at who founded and owns all the Fortune 500 companies and tech companies like Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Amazon, Ebay, Apple, etc. THAT is the level that Black people need to aspire to, and at this point, there should be at least 3-4 Black owned companies each worth in excess of at least $10 billion.
Thank you for the clarification. So, are you saying that until there is a black-owned company at that level, black people will continue to be regarded as they are today by white society?
Thank you for the clarification. So, are you saying that until there is a black-owned company at that level, black people will continue to be regarded as they are today by white society?
Well, that's part of it.
People just tend to respect others who they feel are truly equal to them, and as of now, it's probably difficult for many of them to truly feel equal to most Black people when: the Black crime rate is nearly 10x higher than theirs, 70% of Black children are born out of wedlock, 95% of predominately Black inner city schools are a mess, when the average White household has nearly 10x the net worth of the average Black household, when the Black HIV/AIDS rate is 10x higher than the White rate, when out of the 403 billionaires in the US, only 1 is Black (there should at least be 10-20 by now, but Oprah is the only one...Bob Johnson is no longer on the list), and when they take a look at the NYSE and notice that out of the nearly 2800 companies, not a single one is majority Black-owned.
That said, I'm not expecting the Black community to all of a sudden start a ton of multibillion dollar corporations overnight, but by drastically lowering the crime rate, changing the current family structure, strongly encouraging education, and changing the overall mindset that has been instilled in many Black people, things could take a major turn for the better which would set the platform for multiple multibillion dollar corporations to be founded and owned (and long-lasting generational wealth to be created).
If the Jews can manage to control over 25% of the nation's wealth while representing only 2-3% of the population, then Black people, who represent 13% of the nation's population, should at least be able to control 7-15% of the nation's wealth (right now, it's not even at 1%).
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Oh lord....truly pathetic...maybe its because black folks are more prone to criminal acts? Ever thought of that? Maybe its because those people had been robbed by some black criminal and they decided to act...your proof is nothing more than realism...
and therein lies your racism whether you want to admit it or not. A white kid hacking off a chain from a bicycle would be presumed by anybody to be the owner of that bike while a black kid doing the exact same thing would be presumed that he is "stealing" it!
As for your assertion that "blacks" commit more crimes where is your proof?
Thank you for the clarification. So, are you saying that until there is a black-owned company at that level, black people will continue to be regarded as they are today by white society?
It is not how black people are viewed on the whole, it is the behavior of the black underclass ghetto acting blacks, that present a bad image and make blacks look bad. It is also the blacks on this forum who, beyond my belief, support and defend this behavior. It is just as bad as blaming all white people for slavery and oppression of blacks, when in reality it was/is only perpetrated by a handful of whites.
No, but these people are located in rural areas and have no effect on us what so ever. Most of what they do is just stupid crap and doesn't involve criminal activity. I live and breath around black folk of all type, and I have to put up with (some not all) their ghetto behavior at the local convenience store, screaming yelling( can't talk without yelling) foul language, loud music. By the way,They are closing this store down for this very reason. BTW: the link you provided is about one specific family, The White's.
You can make any excuse you want, but I was told by a manager of were I used to work, that he was required to have 3 times ''more suff" on the black person so they did not have any chance at a dicrimination charge/suit. Take it for what it is worth.
And I'm sure he looked for and found or made up that extra stuff. Yea,your poor manager friend being held hostage by all those incompetent blacks One thing I will say. Some whites will let the boss walk all over them and their family. I guess that would be appealing to most abusive employers.
his shows are fake/staged or edited to get the result they want.....
Total BS statement. It is staged but the results are not.
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BTW: the link you provided is about one specific family, The White's.
One thing I will say. Some whites will let the boss walk all over them and their family. I guess that would be appealing to most abusive employers.
