The following story was actually an email, which simply stated "PLEASE SHARE".
Well yours truly decided to go one step further and give this documentation its proper place...inclusion on my website.
Now, I don't proclaim to know the author of the original story, so if you do, please write and I will give you proper credit. However, until that day comes I am content to just share it with anyone who just so happens to drop by.
~~PURPLE WOLF~~
A WORLD WITHOUT BLACK AMERICANS
A very
humorous and revealing story is told about a group of white people who were fed
up with African Americans, so they join together and wish 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 breathe a sigh of relief.
At last, they say, no more crime, drugs, violence and welfare.
All of the blacks have gone!!!
Then
suddenly, reality sets in. The
“NEW AMERICA” is not America at all, only a barren land.
THERE are very few CROPS that have flourished because the nation was
built on a SLAVE
SUPPORTED SYSTEM.
THERE are no cities with tall skyscrapers,
because “ALEXANDER
MILS”, a black man, invented the ELEVATOR, and without it one finds great difficulty
reaching high floors.
THERE are few if any CARS because “RICHARD
SPIKES”, a black man, invented the AUTOMATED
GEAR SHIFT; “JOSEPH
GAMMELL”, also black, invented the SUPER
CHARGE SYSTEM” for “INTERNAL
COMBUSTION ENGINES; and “GARRETT
A. MORGAN” invented the TRAFFIC
SIGNALS.
FURTHERMORE, one could not use the RAPID
TRANSIT SYSTEM because its precursor was the ELECTRIC
TOLLEY, which was invented by another black man, “ELBERT
R. ROBINSON”.
EVEN if there were streets on which cars and
rapid transit could operate, they were cluttered with paper because an African
American, “CHARLES
BROOKS”, invented the STREET
SWEEPER.
THERE were few if any newspapers, magazines
and books because “JOHN
LOVE” invented the PENCIL
SHARPENER, “WILLIAM
PURVIS” invented the FOUNTAIN
PEN, “LEE
BURRIDGE” invented the TYPEWRITING
MACHINE and “W.A.
LOVETTE” invented the ADVANCED
PRINTING PRESS. They were all…you guessed it, black!
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
PURVIS” invented the HAND
STAMP and “PHILLIP
DOWNING” invented the LETTER
DROP.
THEIR lawns were brown and wilted because “JOSEPH
SMITH” invented the LAWN
SPRINKLER and “JOHN
BURR” the LAWN
MOWER.
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,
stupid, “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.
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 COMB, “SARAH
BOONE” invented the IRONING
BOARD and “GEORGE
T. SAMON” invented the CLOTHES
DRYER.
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 would
this world be like without the contributions of Black folks?
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. said, “that by the time we leave for work we
have been dependent on half the WORLD-MODERN AMERICA is created by DEPENDENCIES
on the INVENTIONS from the MINDS of BLACK FOLKS”.
BLACK
HISTORY includes more than just SLAVERY, “FREDERICK DOUGLASS”, “MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR.”, “MALCOLM X”, “MARCUS GARVEY” and “DUBOIS”.