William THE MIRROR IMAGE OF GREECE 2017 wordsIn an ever-changing world such as America, it is hard to trace the roots of a nation so grand without getting lost in the everyday confusion of technological advancements. Still, much of what America is today is owed largely to s...

The Black slaves of colonial America brought their own culture from Africa to the new land. Despite their persecution, the "slave culture" has contributed greatly to the development of America's own music, dance, art, and clothing. Music It is understandable that when Africans were torn from their h...

"There is no such source and cause of strife, quarrel, fights, malignant opposition, persecution, and war, and all evil in the state, as religion. Let it once enter our civil affairs, our government would soon be destroyed. Let it once enter our common schools, they would be destroyed." Supreme Cour...

The history and genealogy of my family on my father's side is difficult to write. Not because it is complicated or shrouded in mystery or intrigue, but because there is no written history of it; no documents, no diaries, no letters. What little exists has been passed down verbally from my Dad's gr...

The grim reality of the U.S. prison system We as Americans abide by rules imposed on society by past individuals, who believed that society could no longer function in a structured manner without such laws. These laws are what make freedom a reality; even so the price to pay for breaking a law that...

Reparations Justified The question of Reparations, has been the subject of many arguments, and will continue to be. Now, throughout history, man has self...

Slavery had been going on in the world long before Europe began to take slaves from Africa in the Middle East the slave trade was going on for centuries. It was just when Columbus discovered the New World in 1492 they discovered a land where they could grow vast amounts...