Hijacking the black culture

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said “be true to what you said on paper” — that my people be treated with dignity and given a fair shot at life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, just like everybody else. Black inventors was not recognized because the patent system simply was not available at that time to enslaved people—they were not considered American citizens, and the rights and provisions of the Constitution did not extend to them. In addition, states enacted laws that prevented enslaved people from owning any kind of property, presumably including patent