what contributions have blacks made to society?

Question

besides the peanut? I'm waiting!

Answer 1

A profitable KFC business.

I guess some of you wankers don't know what a "joke" is...how sad for you.

Answer 2

Blacks have made many contributions to the world. Not just the ones who are living in the USA. When I think of Africa and the land where they came from just think of the arts and music that were in their hearts and souls that they shared with all of us.

There are many people who are black who worked hard for others before they were educated and were able to have their own choice of career and were able to buy a home and raise their own families. When they were slaves to others they gave up their rights so the others could have the blessings. Now blacks can do the same as other ethnic groups with education and good working conditions in better jobs.

Recently on TV I was watching some important singer's funeral his name was "James Brown" . This man had a gift for entertaining all of us. I saw him in person back in the 50's when he was getting to be known for his dancing and singing. he contributed to our society in many ways helping others and just by his talents. He along with Bill Cosby who is so well spoken and intelligent with his gift for comedy and acting. This man has given from his heart so many can get a fresh start in life. Just these two men alone have given back to our society over and over again.

In all the sciences there are black men and women who are teachers all around the world...some are preachers..to spread the word of God. Here where I live some are on TV with anchor jobs giving the news to all of us. Some are high ranking officers in our military. There is a man who works for NASA...who is top in his field you might have seen him on TV. He is an expert in astronomy. I wish I could recall the names of these great people. But I know from hearing and seeing them on TV and reading about them in the news.

In closing, being a Caucasian female who doesn't see color just the heart of someone. We are all proud of our ethnicity...whatever we are we want to wave our flag for who and what we are we didn't have a choice how we came into this world.

No matter what our color we should be the best we can be and pat the other person on the back for what he is and what he has done....and be blind to their color of the skin. On the 15th of this month is Dr. Martin Luther King's day so we should all be thankful for him and all he stood for. He never gave up to make our country strong for everyone especially his own.

Answer 3

How about Western Civilization.

The Alphabet
The Library of Alexandria
Orthodox Christianity
The Vaccine (often the only person on the plantation more powerful than Massa was the Witch doctor.)
Washington D.C. (Designed after Luxor)
And don't even get me started on music.

Answer 4

not something yet what contributions have u carried out not something yet made the this continent the worst continent contained in the total universe Your so called machines produce too a lot smoke which impacts everybody which includes africans Dumping your oil into the sea to be able to make the water and fish unsafe Get a existence and ask better questions next time ryt

Answer 5

Jazz, blues, rock and roll, soul, R&B, rap, Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Halle Berry, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington, Sidney Poitier, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald...need I go on?

Well, then, how about this: A religious fervency that allows them to tolerate and forgive someone like you!

Answer 6

They set an example of how to persevere under extreme hardship, and to show courage where many would turn to cowardice, and to obsequiousness and resignation.

What have you, who are doubtless one of their denigraters, done to treat other humans in a fair and just manner, which is what contribution to society is all about? Damned little, if this question is any indication.

Answer 7

Hmm, how to educated a bigoted little ignorant boy who doesn't know ****.

Anyways, besides rap, if it weren't for people like Harriet Tubman, Booker T Washington, Frederick Douglas, and Sojourner Truth, I think blacks would still be picking cotton on a hot scorching plantain.Big ups to them, they paved the way for blacks to make life for them easier.

And if it weren't for Rosa, blacks would still be sitting on the back of the bus, instead of whereever we wanted.

Answer 8

Too numerous to mention all, but you have the traffic light, open heart surgery, the air conditioner, the hairbrush, hot curler/straightener, washing machine, the combustable engine for cars, and the list goes on....
blood transplant, shoestrings, the filiment for the light bulb...etc.
Actually, we would be in the dark, if it weren't for the contributions that Black inventors have made to our society.

Answer 9

The civils rights black people work for not just for their own race but for everybody; like for chines,japaneses, filipino,mexican and yes also for you Mr. white boy.

They also help AMERICA shape the economic by picking cottons and being a slave for all the white people who are to lazy to do their own job and just make money by slaving and exploiting other people.

Africans had already proven their strength of mind and intellectual powers in their homeland. Africans brought the same spirit of innovation to America. They helped shape the course of history through their contributions, usually never receiving any honor.

HERW ARE SOME BLACK INVENTORS MR.WHITE TRASH:

Dr. James West - best known for his work on the foil-electret microphone, which he co-invented with Gerhard Sessler in 1962. Almost 90 percent of all microphones built today are based on the principles first published by this duo in the early 1960s.

Benjamin Banneker
His inventive spirit would lead him to be called the "first African American inventor", Banneker invented the first Farmers' Almanac.

Andrew Jackson Beard
On November 27, 1897, Beard received a patent for a device he called the Jenny Coupler.

Miriam E. Benjamin
Ms. Benjamin was the second black woman to receive a patent. She received a patent for an invention she called 'a Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels.'

Henry Blair
Henry Blair was the second black inventor issued a patent by the United States Patent Office.

Bessie Blount
Blount invented a device to help disabled persons eat.

Sarah Boone
The ironing board (U.S. Patent #473,653) was invented by African-American Sarah Boone on December 30, 1887.

Otis Boykin
Boykin invented the 'Electrical Resistor' used in computers, radios, television sets and a variety of electronic devices.

Charles Brooks
C. B. Brooks invented the first street sweeper truck and was issued a patent on March 17, 1896.

Henry Brown
Brown patented a 'receptacle for storing and preserving papers' on November 2, 1886, which developed into what is now known as the bank safety deposit box

George Washington Carver
Carver invented peanut butter, adhesives, bleach, chili sauce, ink, instant coffee, linoleum, mayonnaise, paper, plastic, pavement, shaving cream, talcum powder and more.

George Carruthers
Carruthers was the inventor of the far-ultraviolet camera and the spectrograph.

Emmett W. Chappelle
Chappelle was a biochemist, photobiologist, astrochemist and inventor.

John B. Christian
John B. Christian invented and patented new lubricants used in high flying aircraft and NASA space missions.

David Crosthwait
Crosthwait holds 39 patents for heating systems and temperature regulating devices. He is most well known for creating the heating system for New York City's famous Radio City Music Hall.

Mark Dean
Dean co-invented improvements in computer architecture that allowed IBM compatible PCs to use the same peripheral devices.

Dr. Charles Richard Drew
Drew was the first person to develop the blood bank.

Philip Emeagwali
In 1989, Emeagwali won the Gordon Bell Prize, considered the equivalent of the Nobel Prize, for developing the fastest supercomputer software in the world.

Sarah E. Goode
Sarah Goode was the first African-American women to receive a patent (US #322,177), which was issued on 7/14/1885. She invented a type of cabinet bed.

Meredith C. Gourdine
Gourdine was the inventor of electrogasdynamics systems.

Lloyd Augustus Hall
Lloyd Hall is responsible for the meat curing products, seasonings, emulsions, bakery products, antioxidants, protein hydrolysates and many other products that keep our food fresh and flavorable.

Thomas L. Jennings
Thomas L. Jennings was the first African American to receive a patent (US patent3306x), which was issued on March 3rd, 1821.

Lonnie Johnson
Johnson invented the Super Soaker® a squirt gun and also invented thermodynamics systems on the side.

Frederick Jones
Jones invented the first automatic refrigeration system for long-haul trucks.

Marjorie Stewart Joyner
Joyner invented a permanent wave machine that would allow a hairdo to stay set for days.

Percy Lavon Julian
Julian synthesized the medicines physostigmine for glaucoma and cortisone used for rheumatoid arthritis and he invented fire-extinguishing equipment.

Lewis Howard Latimer
Latimer invented the water closet for railroad cars, an electric lamp with an inexpensive carbon filament and a threaded wooden socket for light bulbs.

John Lee Love
The "Love Sharpener" was designed by John Lee Love. Love's invention is the very simple and portable pencil sharpener that many artists use today.

Jan Earnst Matzeliger
Matzeliger invented an automatic method for lasting shoes, which made the mass production of affordable shoes possible.

Elijah McCoy
McCoy is best known for having invented the automatic oil cup. During his life, McCoy invented and sold 57 different kinds of devices and machine parts, including an ironing board and a lawn sprinkler. His first patent was for a lubricator for steam engines ( US #129,843), which was issued on July 12th, 1872.

Garrett A. Morgan
Morgan invented the gas mask and the automatic traffic signal.

Norbert Rillieux
Rillieux invented the sugar processing evaporator.

Madame Walker
Madame Walker was a St. Louis washerwoman turned entrepreneur, who in 1905 invented a method to soften and smooth African-American hair.

Granville T. Woods
Woods invented improvements to electric railways, air brakes, telephones and telegraphs; a chicken egg incubator and an apparatus for an amusement park ride.

Answer 10

Well i m not a black.. but let me tell you if u r from the US of A that blacks have brought more fame to you compared to all the whites around.. start counting and u will run out of time..

Answer 11

Didnt you know the heart surgrey was performed by a black man
his name was Daniel Hale Williams