Dred Scott -N- My Passion To Learnn

It’s my passion to learn as much as possible about my people—Those that were taken from their homeland in Africa and brought here to be held in bondage. Some people want to forget about what those settlers did when they came to this part of the world. They took the land from Native Americans, herd then off onto reservation…all that weren’t massacred. Moreover, they took human beings and turned them into a property. I found my Great Great Great Grandfather...

African American Women and the 19th Amendment

African American Women And The 19th AmendmentWomen Emma Amos, my great-grandmother, witnessed the national adoption of the 19th Amendment, which recognized women’s right to vote. The 1920 census record tells me that my GG Emma was of voting age. It also tells me she was married to Elbert Amos. In the autumn of 1920, following the ratification of the 19th Amendment, millions of women nationwide cast their ballots in state and federal elections for the first time. At 28 years...

THE WHITE MAN’S WAYS

History has repeatedly demonstrated the White Man’s way time and time again. What is the white man’s way, you might ask? Without a doubt, it has been throughout history. I’m the superior one, and I’ll take what you have and make it mine.  I can take your property, your freedom, or your rights as a human being. And there is nothing you can do to stop me. My way is the only way. Tell me, what makes you the superior...