His ideas were stolen from him, hence he never got recognized as the inventor, all due to the coloúr of his skïn.What a World we live in.
"Eugene Burkins (1877-1929), a native of New Orleans; was living with his father in Chicago in 1900 when he patènted the Burkins Automatic Machine Gùn. Although it performed to the high standards set by the military, he was unsuccessful in selling it. He wound up running a restaurant in Chicago, and subsequently dièd pènniless in Detroit."
TEACHING MOMENT 👇The "Igbo Landing" story of 1803: In May 1803, around 75 Igbo slaves who were being transported by sea revolted by capsizing their ship and drowned themselves while singing in Igbo, a song that translates to "the water spirit brought us. The water spirit will take us home". (Mmụọ mmiri du anyi bịa, mmụọ mmiri ga-edu anyi laa).