7 Important African-American Bikers You Should Know
Road Warrior
Joined: Feb 2012
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From: Charlotte
Thank you for posting. This is important information to know. Its a shame that some folks get offended by hearing of African American riders. Instead of appreciating diversity and the contributions that forerunners made, they insist on poking fun and criticizing.
I'm grateful for the contributions that all have made and I especially enjoy reading about the struggles that some overcame, both racial and gender, to make this thing of ours easier and somewhat accepting for all.
I'm grateful for the contributions that all have made and I especially enjoy reading about the struggles that some overcame, both racial and gender, to make this thing of ours easier and somewhat accepting for all.
Road Master
Joined: Jan 2017
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From: Lake Carmel, N.Y.
I grew up in Somers, N.Y. where Mr. Johnson had his H.D. dealership. I loved going in there and checking out the bikes. He was quite the storyteller and loved to talk about his adventures. I was friends with his Grandson, A.J., also. The building is still there and is a car repair shop. Right across from the Elephant Hotel.
Road Master
Joined: Aug 2016
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From: West TN
Agree, these are awesome stories. I have a good friend who is an older black lady, she marched with MLK. I love the stories she has to tell and it is sad that those stories are not told and taught in the schools, I am not saying that they are not taught because they are black folk, or that they need to be told because they are black, they are just really cool stories.
I was kind of wondering why they left you off the list.
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From: Windwardside, Saba N.A.
Black Africans did not populate the entire continent until the 1800's. Until the Bantu tribe stumbled upon a millet grain that allowed more than subsistence agriculture, blacks were confined mostly to central Africa. The resulting Bantu population explosion expanded east then north until they ran into the Watusi and south until the Zulu stopped them dead in their tracks. South Africa at that time was populated by yellow-skinned tribes Xhosa, Bushmen and Hottentot pygmy. White settlers arrived in south Africa in numbers at about the same time as the westward migration occurred in the United States. For a fact, whites populated south Africa before blacks, revisionist history notwithstanding.
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