OK I guess what I just wrote got deleted to I'll repost it.
The average black family has been in America longer than the average white family. America is OUR LAND.
Crispus Attucks (circa 1723 - March 5, 1770), a person of color, was one of five people killed in the Boston Massacre. He has been frequently named as the first martyr for the cause of American Independence and is the only person killed in the event whose name is commonly remembered
You fresh off the boat "BLack Man"?
Believe it or not we've been educating ourselves long before you told us to...
Benjamin Bradley was born a slave in Maryland, USA around 1830. At the time, it was against the law to teach a slave to read or write. Bradley was able to learn anyway, perhaps taught by his master's children. Young Bradley was also good at mathematics and showed a natural talent for making things.
As a teenager, Bradley was put to work in a printing office. At the age of 16, he built a working steam engine from pieces of scrap metal. Others were so impressed with Bradley's mechanical skills that he was given a job that made better use of his talents. His new job was as an assistant in the science department at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. There, Bradley set up and helped conduct experiments. Professors at the Naval Academy were impressed with Bradley. They said he was smart and a quick learner, and did not make mistakes when he prepared experiments in the laboratory. Bradley was paid for his work, but because he was a slave, the money went to his master. The master allowed Bradley to keep five dollars a month for himself.
Bradley had not forgotten his work with steam engines. He wanted to build a larger one. He saved the money he earned, and sold his original model engine to a student at the Academy. Bradley then used his savings to develop and build an engine large enough to run the first steam-powered warship.
Because he was a slave, Benjamin Bradley was not allowed to get a patent for the engine he developed. He was, however, able to sell the engine and keep the money. He used that money to buy his freedom. He lived the rest of his life as a free person
Classroom getting too hot for you "Black Man?"
