There are many interesting topics to choose from when writing about changes in society. One being the Civil Rights Movement that was started in 1955. It has forever changed the society of the Twentieth Century. Many people fought for equal rights for African Americans prior to the movement, but t...
Ashe brought racial lines right into the living rooms of Americans and showed them that there is a place for a black man in a predominately white sport; just as Jackie Robinson, one of Ashe's boyhood heroes, had done decades before (p. ix). ...
February is Black History Month A full appreciation of the celebration of Black History Month requires a review and a reassessment of the social and academic climate that prevailed in the Western world, and especially in North America before 1926 when Black History Month was established. It is important to recall that between 1619 and 1926, African Americans and other peoples of African descent were classified as a race that had not made any contribution to human civilization. Within the public and private sector, African Americans and other peoples of African descent were continually dehum...
