The black civil right's movement in the 50's and 60's was a time when "separate but equal" was the reality. It was a time filled with warriors, men and women who fought for their rights and would do anything to gain the equality they deserved. It was a time for heroes, but also for martyrs. The b...
Whether that is new laws coming into place, switching up your daily routine or even graduating from high school and attending college. ... Martin Luther King Jr. was the fuel behind the American Civil Rights Movement and without him relentlessly driving for desegregation; it's hard to say where we would be at socially in our country today. ...
For example, I was driving through a rich area of Pasadena observing some of the mansions that happened to be in my view, and as I looked out the window I noticed a group of older white ladies stop and look at me until my car was out of sight. ... When in fact, racism has been placed into our schools, as well as political institutions, labor markets and neighborhoods. ... They made sure I received the necessary help I needed to succeed in school from tutoring to academic focused summer programs. ... When I was eight, my mother moved us to South Pasadena so that I could attend a top performing ...
In order to decipher what it means to be an American you have to look at the past and what has brought this freedom upon us. George Washington once said "The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitution of government." Up until 1776 when the War en...
