With Africa being so rich in cultural diversity and so scenic, it’s no wonder why so many movies are filmed there or are about Africa. You can find movies that deal with cultural issues, movies that deal with wartime and movies that just happen in Africa and show you how beautiful the scenery can be. ...
Before this assignment, I had never actually listened to a recording of an Amos ‘n Andy radio show. The stereotypical portrayal of Black Americans in the overwhelmingly racist media of the time became immediately apparent. It is fairly obvious that Amos and Andy are White Americans pretending to be Black Americans as the characters reflect ...
In the decades leading up to the American Civil War, the nation experienced crisis after crisis as politicians endlessly debated and citizens took arms against each other to settle political problems. The presidents that followed Zachary Taylor either did nothing to slow the slide to war or actually made the problems facing the United States ...
As the wife of a popular United States president, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City, October 11, 1884, and died November 7, 1962. She was an active worker for social causes. She was the niece of President Theodore Roosevelt, and was raised by her maternal grandmother after the premature death of her ...
For the past several years, I have been hearing people refer to Bill Clinton as America’s First Black President. I realize this reference is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but I still find it insulting. The first time President Clinton was honored as the nations first black president was in October 2001 at the Congressional Black Caucus ...
