Sure, and black women started NASA....What about them?You don’t seem to understand that this was the norm for businesses at the time. This is why unions came to be. Their new job wouldn’t be any better than their current one.Sure, they were participants in building the country. Just as all others who were here, no matter what race.
They were compensated for their work, and they did not work without pay.....no matter how paltry their wages were.
They also had the option of leaving a job, to get another job.
And leaving for another job, did not lawfully put their lives at risk.
The industrial revolution was nearly all white and it built the initial infrastructure of this country.
The only long lasting contribution that black people gave to this country is Jazz and Blues.
Really? What about George Washington Carver? What about the Tuskegee Airmen?
Did George Washington Carver discover that peanuts were edible?
Did the Tuskegee Airmen invent the airplane?
Jazz and Blues are far more significant.
Actually, Carver figured out many different uses for the peanut. He was also a pioneer in crop rotation, which helped out farmers immensely.
While the Tuskegee Airmen didn't invent the airplane, they were some of the best pilots ever to fly in WWII, and they protected Allied bombers, greatly helping out the war effort. If it wasn't for the Tuskegee Airmen, there would have been a whole bunch more bomber crews that would have been killed or captured.
Black women didn't start NASA, but they sure as hell helped with the calculations required to put a man on the moon.