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BLACK HISTORY What inspired me to write this poems starting with SLAVERY is simple, my son is of African origin and I started asking my Mother in law where they came from and she said: ”Ivory Coast”, from there they brought us to the Dutch Colony which is Suriname, our name Weigle is a Swiss name there was a Swiss Monastery. Then we moved to America and inspiration hit me again when I visited South Carolina and I wrote the first poem of this book, “The South”. This is my contribution to Black History Month 2017 and I hope it will be well received. This book is like a necklace with a lot of different beads but in the end they all fit together and make a design that will hopefully catc ...

America has 2 histories: American history and Black history. American history is "of the people, by the people and for the people." Black history is the struggle for equal citizenship, full person-hood, within the framework of The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution. Malcolm X stated, "History is a people's memory..." As science is discovering, through the study of epigenetics, summed up in a quote by author, Isaiah Washington,"DNA is memory!" History has made us who we are today. And we in turn are creating the present for future generations. If we don't access our memories, we won't know who we are. The cost of not honoring one's ancestors is not honoring oneself. ...

Author, Lornabelle Gethers shares her perceptions of the journey of Black History 101 in such a way to ask the readers to imagine that they were the ones experiencing every part of it. And she also asks them how they feel about it all in a poetic fashion. This is an attempt to work on a healing of race relations.

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My aspiration is to start a degree at university and write a book about my life. From Struggle to Survival. I want to help people to help improve their lives. I would like to share what has helped me,my personal life and experiences.

Frederic Remington (October 4, 1861 - December 26, 1909) was a painter, sculptor, illustrator, and writer who specialized in vivid depictions of the Old West. Unlike other artists of his generation who romanticized the era, Remington went out and experienced the period himself, bringing it to life for his own generation, and many to come, through his art. In this written piece originally published in Outing Magazine in 1888, Remington details his experience traveling with the 10th United State Cavalry composed of black men known as the "Buffalo Soldiers." Included is his original artwork depicting the various events and his impressions. If you've an interest in the his ...

This is a book about a trip that started in Miami and ended in the South side of Chicago in the state of Illinois. The object of the trip was to visit the neighborhood around where President Obama lived. The name of the place where he lived is Hyde Park.

Abby Guy was an illiterate slave woman, but bold and audacious, who took the slave establishment to court and put race and slavery on trial before a jury. She lived three decades as a slave and then ten years as a free woman, wife, widow and mother. In December of 1854 she and her four children were kidnapped by her former owner, William Daniel, and re-enslaved. Abby filed a Petition for Freedom in the Circuit Court in Hamburg, Ashley County, Arkansas, claiming that she was wrongfully enslaved and should be freed because she and her children were white. Her owner denied it, saying that she was born a slave and was still a slave. This is the true story of an audacious woman with an unconq ...

AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE ON LOUISIANA CANE RIVER PLANTATIONS FROM SLAVERY TO SHARECROPPING & BEYOND BASED ON THE AUTHOR'S LIFE EXPERIENCE Elvin L. Shields received the Louisiana Tradition Bearer award in October 2021 for his works in historical cultural preservation. In July 2022 Natchitoches Northwestern State University Folk Life Center inducted Elvin into the Hall of Master Folk Artists for his twisted wire sculptures of plantation life images.