Wally Amos is the Black man who founded Famous Amos Cookies!

         Wally Amos, An African American

male is a professional speaker.

He is known for having a

warm style, positive attitude.

He addresses issues such as

commitment, integrity, attitude,

imagination, enthusiasm,

self-esteem, giving, faith,

and love.

             He is the founder of Famous

Amos Cookies in 1975. Also,

he is the father of the

gourmet chocolate chip

cookie industry. In addition,

he has the experience of

many entrepreneurial endeavors.

                 Starting 1979, Wally has

been a literacy advocate

and serves on the board

of many organizations. One

of his most recent ventures

is www.chipandcookie.com

which showcases 2 plush

chocolate chip cookie dolls,

named Chip and Cookie.

               He has received honors like:

President’s Award for

Entrepreneurial Excellence,

The Horatio Alger Award,and

Outstanding Business Leader

Award.

                      Wally Quotes;

“Everything is possible, you’ve just got to
find a way to make it work.”

“Nothing is an obstacle unless you
say it is.”

“Remember that everything starts with
a thought and thoughts produce in
kind.”

“The thing is not to leave unfinished
business, make every day count.”

“Life is just a mirror, and what you see
out there, you must see inside of you.”

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Walter MCAfee, A Black Man calculated the Speed of the Moon

               I never really thought about the moon

moving. So I never really thought about

the moon’s speed. But every time I read

black history I learn something new about

my wonderful Black people and additonal

facts. Now, I will move on to the man

who calculated the speed of the moon.

Introducing Walter McAfee:

          Walter S. McAfee- A Black man who is a

mathematician was the first to calculate

the speed of the moon. McAfee

was involved in the Project Diana

in the 1940s, a US Army program created

to figure out whether a high

frequency radio signal could

penetrate the earth’s outer

atmosphere.

                          To test this, scientists wanted

to bounce a radar signal off the

moon and back to earth. But the

moon was moving too fast, impossible

to hit without knowing the precise

speed of it.

                  McAfee made the necessary

calculations on January 10, 1946,

the team sent a radar pulse through

a 40 feet antenna towards the moon.

2 and a half seconds after that, they

received a faint signal which showed

that transmission from the earth

could cross vast distances to outer

space.

             Official news of this scientific

breakthrough did not include

McAfee’s name, nor any acknowledement

that he did what he did in his role.

But Americans would have never

walked on the moon without the black

man named MCAfee and his calculations.

                I wish more people would talk about

that. I’m going to have a journal full

of black inventors. I keep collected

the facts and learn more and more about

my Black People.

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http://www.infoage.org/mcafee-poster.html