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Editor’s Note:
After a hiatus when it was only accessible via the Internet Archive, the Black Invention Myths website is now hosted by Counter-Currents.
Black Invention Myths
Perhaps you’ve heard the claims: Were it not for the genius and energy of African-American inventors, (more…)
Phil Eiger Newmann, Beethoven, 2020.
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Today is the 250th anniversary of the christening of Ludwig van Beethoven, a titan of classical music and one of the greatest composers of all time. Beethoven transformed every genre in which he wrote and singlehandedly changed the trajectory of classical music. Rooted in the Classical idiom of Mozart and Haydn, he paved the way for the Romantic era and influenced composers such as Brahms, Liszt, and Wagner. His works remain cornerstones of the classical repertoire. (more…)
6,279 words
Editor’s Note:
After a hiatus when it was only accessible via the Internet Archive, the Black Invention Myths website is now hosted by Counter-Currents.
Black Invention Myths
Perhaps you’ve heard the claims: Were it not for the genius and energy of African-American inventors, (more…)
6,279 words
Editor’s Note:
After a hiatus when it was only accessible via the Internet Archive, the Black Invention Myths website is now hosted by Counter-Currents.
Black Invention Myths
Perhaps you’ve heard the claims: Were it not for the genius and energy of African-American inventors, we might find ourselves in a world without traffic lights, peanut butter, blood banks, light bulb filaments, and a vast number of other things we now take for granted but could hardly imagine life without. (more…)
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Editor’s Note:
After a several-year hiatus when it was only accessible via the Internet Archive, the Black Invention Myths website has been resurrected by Counter-Currents and is back online in time for Black History Month.
Black Invention Myths
Perhaps you’ve heard the claims: Were it not for the genius and energy of African-American inventors, we might find ourselves in a world without traffic lights, peanut butter, blood banks, light bulb filaments, and a vast number of other things we now take for granted but could hardly imagine life without. (more…)
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Editor’s Note:
Sadly, the Black Invention Myths site is no longer online. Since this site is such an important resource, I have reproduced the main page below from http://www.archive.org/. The links lead either to external websites or to other pages at archive.org. Unfortunately, many of these pages cannot be displayed at present. (more…)
6,343 words
Editor’s Note:
Sadly, the Black Invention Myths site is no longer online. Since this site is such an important resource, I have reproduced the main page below from http://www.archive.org/. The links lead either to external websites or to other pages at archive.org. Unfortunately, many of these pages cannot be displayed at present. I will try to find copies of all the missing pages and archive them at Counter-Currents. Argument 1,889,456 for print publishing! (more…)
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One of the most widespread black invention myths, which has even insinuated itself into otherwise skeptical minds, is that peanut butter was invented by George Washington Carver. Some even seem to think that the invention of peanut butter is on a par with the printing press and penicillin. (more…)
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Editor’s Note:
Every February — a.k.a., Black History Month — the Black Invention Myths site is frequently unavailable because its bandwidth is too limited to accommodate all would-be readers. Since this site is such an important resource, I have reproduced the main page below from http://www.archive.org/. The links lead either to external websites or to other pages at archive.org. (more…)