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Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: Black Inventors
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: August/2013

Black 
Inventors
are 
the forgotten,

There's 
no mention
of them
in 
America's
history 
books -

And 
school
goes on
as usual,

America,
is
not
telling the
truth -

Like 
the lie
they
continue
to tell
about
Christopher
 Columbus -

Did he 
really
discover
America,

when 
Native 
Americans
were
already 
here?

What 
are you
afraid 
of
America?

It's time to
re-write 
the 
 history
books;

This time,
include
black 
history,
and
all 
that we
contributed,
to this 
country -

Teach
the  children
the truth -

America,
let them
 know
that:

Dr. Charles Drew
(a black man)
Invented blood
plasma, the first
blood bank -

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
(a black man) 
credited
for performing
the first Open
Heart surgery
on July 9, 1893

Benjamin Bannecker,
(a black man) 
successfully 
created 
the first 
clock
built in 
America -

Lewis Latimer
(1848 - 1928)
a black man,
Invented an 
important
part
of the
light bulb
the
carbon 
filament -

And
when you
re-write
the history
book,
don't leave
out:

Elijah McCoy
(1843 - 1929)
a black man,
Invented
an oil dripping
cup
for trains -

George Washington 
Carver, 
(1860 - 1943)
a black man,
Developed
peanut butter,
and
400 
plant products -

Garrett Morgan
(1877 - 1963)
a black man,
Invented the
gas mask,
and
the first
traffic signal
light -

Madam CJ Walker
(1867 - 1919)
a black woman,
Invented
a hair growing
lotion -

America,
You say
that you're
one nation
under
God,
with
liberty
and 
justice
for all -

Re-write
the
history
book;

include
black
history -

Teach
the children
the
truth -

The whole
truth -

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