Archive for the ‘civil rights’ Category

• Get Rid of Black History Month

  Thursday, February 5th, 2009

  There are people calling for the end of Black History Month. One of there people is Rochelle Riley Writer for the Detroit free Press. I don’t know the age of Ms Riley but she looks too young to remember the days of segregation. She does not remember when being Black or Negroes, as we were [...]

• A musical Note hits the road

  Monday, February 2nd, 2009

  I am one of four siblings three girls and one boy. My brother was a somewhat quiet but mischievous child. Since there is almost six years difference in our ages, I took on the role of little mother. While in high school I decided to join the band and tried to tackle the tenor saxophone. [...]

• He Had A Dream

  Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

  January 15, 2009 will be the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. This was a man of vision and fighter for the civil rights for a race of people who had long been denied the basic freedom because of the color of their skin. His struggle was won through civil disobedience and other non violent [...]