Maya Angelou acclaimed poet and author wrote a poem entitled "America". The poem offers words of truth of our country America. The poem begins, " The gold of her promise, has never been mined." America, promises us that all men are created equal. The first problem with th...

Racism Racism is an evil that can destroy socitiy. America is a nation of immigrants and, as such it¹s a diverse society where racism and prejudice have no place. Everyone came here from somewhere. Our country is based on the phrase, ³All men are created equal.² We are a diverse nation wher...

The Blacks Insatiable Demands I grew up in Africa, Ghana and Liberia to be exact. My image of the Blacks, was formed by what I would later come to understand that a form of indentured servants still exist in parts of the world. My grandfather as an architect lucked out on a contracted job to bui...

Book Banning: Good or Bad? Many parents believe that banning of books only affects the learning of their students when in fact, banning of books affects the learning of other students as well. There are a lot of parents who believe that what students read about in class may not be appropriate bec...

A funny thing, though: The man who started the tradition in the 1920s didn't think it would last. He didn't want it to last. Some day, he thought, African Americans and their history would enter the American mainstream. A special day, week or month to tell their stories and study their past ...

A funny thing, though: The man who started the tradition in the 1920s didn't think it would last. He didn't want it to last. Some day, he thought, African Americans and their history would enter the American mainstream. A special day, week or month to tell their stories and study their past s...

A funny thing, though: The man who started the tradition in the 1920s didn't think it would last. He didn't want it to last. Some day, he thought, African Americans and their history would enter the American mainstream. A special day, week or month to tell their stories and study their past ...