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This diary was written so that self-awareness and positive reinforcement would become effective tools of living and moving forward. It was written so influential and powerful African Americans who have made it in this society would be inclined to reach out to those young black minds screaming for help.

A look into the twists and turns of a young immigrant woman searching for a better life in America after surviving the Armenian Genocide in 1915.

FORWARD In accordance with historians and family members, people, places, and things that are important to James Mapes Pool are included in this last revised addition, to include but not limited to, biographical photos of families that, in successive generations, have been documented and identified with the development of a nation called the United States of America. The Book includes early historical settlements of Pool, Mapes', and Mӧbs families who originally immigrated from Germany and Bohemia, to include the Dutch American Pool Family from Holland, and the Netherlands, along with the Bosgra, Eason, other members of James’ family from Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Hollan ...

This little book is just a taste of Amboy’s yesteryears. It’s not meant to be an exhaustive history lesson or even a complete listing of eye-witness happenings. It’s the voices of people who lived in and around Amboy through the century; it’s a collective history, with some folklore mixed in.

This book is a color premium paper high-quality visual narrative in honor of my grandfather, Bunyan Jacobs, Sr. His influence regarding Lighthouse Life Insurance Company and Lighthouse Investment Company and Securities, Inc. is reflected. Some people are divinely born to be change agents. I believe my grandfather was one of those people. He was a focused man that was willing to be taught and to teach. He was respected and loved. His desire to succeed and a keen interest in the business profession were with him even as a young boy. Ultimately, the LIGHTHOUSE formation was on his mind and so it was established. With his business mindset, he was a magnet with others to make it happen. Impor ...

Thank you for sharing your stories and your voices in this tribute to all who have come and gone before us. We honor you. We give thanks to our gracious Father for all the provision along the way. His examples of faithfulness and truth have been the guide to many pioneers on the Prairie and beyond. May He continue to be our guide.

History of Eastern Arizona College from 1888 to 2018.

When the World Trade Center was destroyed on September 11, 2001 – the same day that Ethiopians celebrate New Year’s Day – a few black men in America interpreted this event as the fulfillment of the biblical book of Revelations Chapter 18. Verses 4 and 5 commanded them to “Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, that you will not receive any of her plagues; for her sins are piled up to heaven and God has remembered her crimes”. Obediently, Ras Nathaniel organized a mass Repatriation movement and led a diplomatic effort at the African Union on behalf of an estimated one million Rastafarians. There was just six years before the prophecy fulfilled for the Ethiopi ...