Created Equal: The Lives and Ideas of Black American Innovators

by James Michael Brodie and Michael Brodie

Book Overview

A compendium of African-American accomplishments discusses the inventions of more than sixty African-Americans, including blood bank pioneer Charles Drew, surgeon Daniel Hale Williams, and the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688115365
• ISBN13: 9780688115364
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

The title should read CREATED SUPERIOR!

To be Black and to succeed in North America meant to succeed against all odds. Those Blacks; therefore, were far ahead of anyone not so siimilarly situated, ergo, the title of this book should have read Created Superior. The story of the Songhai People chronicles the history of Africa eons before the invasions from Asians and Europeons. This is important to relate because at that time in history, Black people were the leaders in education, the arts and science. People came from around the world and sat at their feet in hope of gaining some of their knowledge. In the 13th century, the beautiful city of Jenne (the one with 12 gates into the city alalulah) was founded. Similar cities like Timbuktu (Sankora University), Goa and Walata preceded Jenne as the centers for education.Enter the invasions from the north (Asia and Europe) then enter their inflictions of BRAINWASHING and slavery which brought some of Africa's best and brightest to these American shores and you have the mental fiber from which many inventions were created. Some of the inventions presented in Created Equal, no doubt, were developed by people who were in the Imhotep (who was the true father of medicine) lineage and various other great African educators, artists and inventors lineage.The book, Created Equal, talks about how difficult it had to have been to have had their inventions and discoveries stolen from African Americans. But, what this book also shows is that inspite of all that was done to keep Black people down, their genius overrode it all and they surfaced the winner over and over again.What the book should have stated was that Blacks in America, since he beginning of time, has fought in every war that the US has participated in and has been the winning force in most of them. Blacks fought in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the war against the American Indians, the Boston Massacre, World wars I and II, the Korean war, the Vietnam war the Desert Storm war and now the war in Afghanstan. Even as this ink dries, Blacks are still striving to improve their lot by still participating in fights for freedom in hope that they will earn entitlement. The Black race is plagued with America's intent to keep them as second class citizens but America will have to accept the fact that nothing will keep them down as they are truly CREATED SUPERIOR and this book Created Equal is just an example of how Blacks will show their SUPERIORITY.

The title should read CREATED SUPERIOR!

To be Black and to succeed in North America meant to suceed against all odds. Those Blacks; therefore, were far ahead of anyone not so siimilarly situated, ergo, the title of this book should have read Created Superior. The story of the Songhai People chronicles the history of Africa eons before the invasions from Asians and Europeons. This is important to relate because at that time in history, Black people were the leaders in education, the arts and science. People came from around the world and sat at their feet in hope of gaining some of their knowledge. In the 13th century, the beautiful city of Jenne (the one with 12 gates into the city alalulah) was founded. Similar cities like Timbuktu (Sankora University), Goa and Walata preceded Jenne as the centers for education.Enter the invasions from the north (Asia and Europe) then enter their inflictions of BRAINWASHING and slavery which brought some of Africa's best and brightest to these American shores and you have the mental fiber from which many inventions were created. Some of the inventions presented in Created Equal, no doubt, were developed by people who were in the Imhotep (who was the true father of medicine) lineage and various other great African educators, artists and inventors lineage.The book, Created Equal, talks about how difficult it had to have been to have had their inventions and discoveries stolen from African Americans. But, what this book also shows is that inspite of all that was done to keep Black people down, their genius overrode it all and they surfaced the winner over and over again.What the book should have stated was that Blacks in America, since he beginning of time, has fought in every war that the US has participated in and has been the winning force in most of them. Blacks fought in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the war against the American Indians, the Boston Massacre, World wars I and II, the Korean war, the Vietnam war the Desert Storm war and now the war in Afghanstan. Even as this ink dries, Blacks are still striving to improve their lot by still participating in fights for freedom in hope that they will earn entitlement. The Black race is plagued with America's intent to keep them as second class citizens but America will have to accept the fact that nothing will keep them down as they are truly CREATED SUPERIOR and this book Created Equal is just an example of how Blacks will show their SUPERIORITY.