Black History Month 2003 (page 7)

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hey sable, ever order parts from Novellus?

No, I don't think so. What kind of parts? I worked in production. With transceiver boards. In fact, I don't think I even had to "order" parts. Material handlers did that using Oracle. My parts were always there...except the days when we ran out of parts. (How did they DO that? LOL)

sableindian

I thought this statement was appropriate in view of the questions about "Where are the Black Engineers." Another statement is that a lot are still in the service. Or came from the service and can not reach their potential outside so they have government jobs. I'm trying to get one to start his own business. He is a genius in audio/visual equipment. I think he has natural radar. (weird) He's, of course, in Washington DC where they know how to use their folks.

I got my degree in computer sciences when I was 18. 1967. I was told point blank to my face..."we do not hire women." And they didn't back then. It was not a "woman's" job. I was offered the job of key punch operator. I also had a hard time in my 2 years in high school drafting being the only female in the class. It was taboo to be openly prejudiced against Blacks. But I was blatantly discriminated against as a woman. Which means, of course, I will be here posting for Women's History Month! LOL

J. McKeen Cattell (1913), owner and editor of Science, "There is not a single mulatto who has done creditable scientific work." In Mathematicians of the African Diaspora we presented excellent data to the contrary. Here we extend the material.

During World War II in Europe African Americans were a mainstay of Teletype communications. Due to their experience with the Teletype equipment, African Americans subsequently became a mainstay in the evolving business computing industry. As the computer industry began to grow in the late 1950's and very early 1960's and become a credible and lucrative field of work, African Americans hit the glass ceiling, were bypassed on promotion, assigned to less visible positions, and frequently drummed out of the industry.

These pages are dedicated to the one quarter of one percent (.25%) of computer scientists who are black.

sableindian

I have a friend named Andreas from Munich. He has asked me to see his web page for quite sometime now. I finally saw it today. I was quite surprised and thought I would share it here.

Just in case the door handle doesn't click. Here's his link

http://www.andmunich.gmxhome.de/Sadness00.htm

This page and the following pages are "sound driven", which means: without soundcard & speakers installed in your computer, they are not meant to be seen, simply because they are more or less boring then.

I'm very sorry for this inconvenience. Perhaps you have a chance at friends or somewhere in the neighborhood to use a computer with sound facilities attached.

Please click on door-handle!

Edited by - sableindian on 8 February 2003 20:50:46

LDH

Just a quick note to Derek and others who may not know as much about the patent process as they would like to, LOL....

Derek, inventing something and securing the patent as an inventor are two different things.

Ask the man who invented the telephone. and I don't mean Alexander Graham Bell.

Lisa

sableindian

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When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves
were set free. By the late 1930s, 100,000 former slaves were
still alive. In the midst of the Great Depression, the Work Projects
Administration's Federal Writers' Project hired writers to travel
the country, documenting the memories of this last generation
of
African-Americans born into bondage.

Debuting Monday, February 10th (8:00-9:15 p.m. ET), the HBO
documentary Unchained Memories: Readings From The Slave Narratives
brings the words of these former slaves to vivid life through
on-camera readings by celebrated African-American actors, as
well as archival photographs, music, film and period images.
Produced in association with the Library of Congress - home of
the Slave Narrative Collection and other Work Projects Administration
(WPA) collections - the exclusive presentation debuts during
Black History Month! Copy and paste this link into your browser
to read more :
http://www.listeneremail.com/clicklog.asp?q=wrks-fmwrks-fm200327a123427

funkyderek

Derek, inventing something and securing the patent as an inventor are two different things.`

Thanks for highlighting that, Lisa. Sableindian listed people who had secured patents, rather than inventors. In most cases they were just modifications to already existing inventions. They certainly wouldn't be missed to the extent that sable's fable suggested.

sableindian

A HISTORY OF FUNK AND SOUL

2/11/03

nilfun

Hi SableIndian,

Would you please tell your friend Andreas that I was deeply moved by his hall of sadness? Though there is a sadness there, I am glad I opened the door...

sableindian

UPDATE: HISTORY (BLACK AND OTHERWISE) IN THE MAKING: NAACP WINS

NAACP WINS

NAACP wins on "nigger" in dictionary
A Small Victory...A Giant Step (Thanks NAACP)
There has been a change in Webster's Dictionary.

Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), recently gave a speech at
Virginia Tech.

Everyone was informed that a landmark decision was made last week with
the people at Merriam-Webster Dictionary. They have recognized the error
of their ways.

So, beginning with the next edition, the word nigger will no longer be
synonymous with African-Americans. It shall be duly noted that it's a
racial slur and not what African-Americans themselves are. Along with
this, all racial and religious slurs will finally be indicated for what
they really are - cruel and evil slurs too often used to degrade people.

Please pass this information on to others. This change should serve
notice to people, corporations, etc., that when individuals stick
together to right a wrong, a change is gonna come. This wasn't just a
victory for African-Americans, but for everyone
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Black History Month 2003

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