>>>>>Andy and Squashy yu a go love this one
>> >>>>>   A very humorous and revealing story is told about a group of
>>white
>> >>>>>people who were fed up with African Americans, so they joined
>>together
>> >>>>>and wished themselves away. They passed through a deep dark tunnel
>>and
>> >>>>>emerged in sort of a twilight zone where there is an America
>>without
>> >>>>>black people. At first these white people breathed a sigh of
>>relief. At
>> >>>>>last, they said, "No more crime, drugs, violence and welfare. All
>>of
>> >>>>>the blacks have gone!" Then suddenly, reality set in. The "NEW
>>AMERICA"
>> >>>>>is not America at all? only a barren land.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>1. There are very few crops that have flourished because the
>>nation was
>> >>>>>built on a slave-supported system.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>2. There are no cities with tall skyscrapers because Alexander
>>Mils, a
>> >>>>>black man, invented the elevator, and without it, one finds great
>> >>>>>difficulty reaching higher floors.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>3. There are few if any cars because Richard Spikes, a black man,
>> >>>>>invented the automatic gearshift, Joseph Gaum***bol, also black,
>>invented
>> >>>>>the Super Charge System for Internal C****ustion Engines, and
>>Garrett A.
>> >>>>>Morgan, a black man, invented the traffic signals.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>4. Furthermore, one could not use the rapid transit system because
>>its
>> >>>>>precursor was the electric trolley, which was invented by another
>>black
>> >>>>>man, Albert R. Robinson.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>5. Even if there were streets on which cars and a rapid transit
>>system
>> >>>>>could operate, they were cl**ttered with paper because an African
>> >>>>>American, Charles Brooks, invented the street sweeper.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>6. There were few if any newspapers, magazines and books because
>>John
>> >>>>>Love invented the pencil sharpener, William Purveys invented the
>> >>>>>fountain pen, and Lee Barrage invented the Type Writing Machine
>>and W.
>> >>>>>A. Love invented the Advanced Printing Press. They were all, you
>> >>>>>guessed it, Black.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>7. Even if Americans could write their letters, articles and
>>books,
>> >>>>>they would not have been transported by mail because William Barry
>> >>>>>invented the Postmarking and Canceling Machine, William Purveys
>> >>>>>invented the Hand Stamp and Philip Downing invented the Letter
>>Drop.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>8. The lawns were brown and wilted because Joseph Smith invented
>>the
>> >>>>>Lawn Sprinkler and John Burr the Lawn Mower.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>9. When they entered their homes, they found them to be poorly
>> >>>>>ventilated and poorly heated. You see, Frederick Jones invented
>>the Air
>> >>>>>Conditioner and Alice Parker the Heating Furnace. Their homes were
>>also
>> >>>>>dim. But of course, Lewis Latimer invented the Electric Lamp,
>>Michael
>> >>>>>Harvey invented the lantern and Granville T. Woods invented the
>> >>>>>Automatic Cut off Switch. Their homes were also filthy because
>>Thomas
>> >>>>>W. Steward invented the Mop and Lloyd P. Ray the Dust Pan.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>10. Their children met them at the door-barefooted, shabby, motley
>>and
>> >>>>>unkempt. But what could one expect? Jan E. Matzelinger invented
>>the
>> >>>>>Shoe Lasting Machine, Walter Sammons invented the C****, Sarah
>>Boone
>> >>>>>invented the Ironing Board and George T. Samon invented the
>>Clothes
>> >>>>>Dryer.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>11. Finally, they were resigned to at least have dinner amidst all
>>of
>> >>>>>this turmoil. But here again, the food had spoiled because another
>> >>>>>Black Man, John Standard invented the refrigerator.
>> >>>>>Now, isn't that something? What this country would be like without
>>the
>> >>>>>contributions of Black Americans?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>Black history includes more than just slavery, Frederick Douglas,
>> >>>>>Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Marcus Garvey and W.E.B.
>> >>>>>Dubois.