2007-01-28 07:20:08 · 12 answers · asked by poetic_lala 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
As a teacher of American History for twenty- one years I can tell you the best paper I ever read during Black History month was by a black student who set out to determine which black inventions were actually invented by blacks and which were actually invented by OTHERS who were non-black. Her paper was fascinating. She found evidence that the street light, blood plasma, peanut butter and other things commonly attributed to black inventors were NOT invented originally by blacks at all. She had a suspicision that many of these inventions were simply innovations on existing inventions that had been created by non-blacks and she was right on a startling number of her choices. Of course this will not win you many black friends that like to simply recite the old lines of other blacks but it will make you an original thinker and a seeker of truth rather than a spreader of false traditions.
Good luck.
2007-01-28 08:56:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Black History Essay Topics
2016-12-26 12:06:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What are some interesting black history topics?
2015-08-19 04:42:39 · answer #3 · answered by Heda 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
African-American Women Writers
1st Person Narrative of American South
Jackie Robinson
***** League Baseball
Jazz & Blues
Rosa Parks
The Amistad Case(Movie:"Amistad")
Abolition of Slavery
Sojourner Truth
Slave Auctions
Cathay Williams(buffalo hunter)
Church Bombings
Afro-American Cowboys
Millian Man March
2007-01-28 07:56:45 · answer #4 · answered by Buffy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should do one on the great orators of Black History. Some of the most famous speeches have done by Black speakers. Just my suggestion since I'm a commications major.
2007-01-28 07:31:00 · answer #5 · answered by bunnychica1984 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could try Black history in other countries or Black history in South/Central American countries and how they are similar or how they influenced each other. Thats what I do because I have Black and Black Latino in my blood and it's fun to do the similaraties, I also did it in spanish class in high school.
2007-01-29 08:16:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black authors, inventors, explorers.
The first black teachers.
Slave songs and their influence on todays music.
I could go on forever, and I'm not even black.
2007-01-28 07:39:13 · answer #7 · answered by Havana Brown 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Peanut butter,potato chips,the design of Washingto D.C. all contributions of the black man.There's not enough space here to pay proper tribute to the black woman.
2007-01-28 07:33:41 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Punic Wars, and the origin of the Uncial. Thee Mali, Songhai, and Ghana Empires and the history of Ethiopia!
2007-01-28 07:58:18 · answer #9 · answered by namazanyc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slavery?
2007-01-28 07:27:41 · answer #10 · answered by Bob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋