201. KRS-1 either rapped about the truth, or he really got his facts phuct up.

http://33jones.com/blogentry.asp?eid=1060

Here's the 2nd verse from the song "you must learn" which acknowledges black contributions to society and the world:

I believe that if you're teaching history
Filled with straight up facts no mystery
Teach the student what needs to be taught
'Cause Black and White kids both take shorts
When one doesn't know about the other ones' culture
Ignorance swoops down like a vulture
'Cause you don't know that you ain't just a janitor
No one told you about Benjamin Banneker
A brilliant Black man that invented the almanac
Can't you see where KRS is coming at
With Eli Whitney, Haile Selassie
Granville Woods made the walkie-talkie
Lewis Latimer improved on Edison
Charles Drew did a lot for medicine
Garrett Morgan made the traffic lights
Harriet Tubman freed the slaves at night
Madame CJ Walker made a straightenin comb
But you won't know this is you weren't shown
The point I'm gettin' at it it might be harsh
'Cause we're just walkin' around brainwashed
So what I'm sayin' is not to diss a man
we need the '89 school system
One that caters to a Black return because you must learn...

        What the hell?                     Eat my fist Eli WHITE-ney

THAT'S BECAUSE ANYONE WITH A BRAIN THAT WORKS KNOWS THAT ELI WHITNEY WAS A BLACK MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!