Things To Know About African American History

By Claudine Hodges


The history of the African American plays a great part in the whole human affairs. Usually, it concentrates in different Black groups in the United States. They are usually the descendants of the Africans who are captivated during the British time within a long period of time. They are also called by different names, such as colored or negro and have diminished over time.

Today, they are usually called as Black American. For many years, people of African descent have formed the course of African American History. However, because of many issues that happened over the years, it seems that everything have been forgotten, especially the young generation. This is the reason, why it is very important to focus on the learning and to know the importance of knowing the whole history of the Blacks.

There is no doubt that education nowadays have focused on the intellectual heritage. In addition, the main focus of the learning is the contribution of many Hindus, Buddhists, Arabs and Chinese heritage in different aspects of the human culture. They forgot that Africans have also contributed many things when it comes to the culture of human race.

Many of the Black Americans have experienced struggles being in school. Although they are present, but they are also like excluded. It means, that details and information taught in schools are far away from the real cultural heritage of the Blacks. They are also educationalists who claimed that Black people have no certain cultural heritage, which is a big lie.

This is the reason why the events in the past should be taught to the children in the modern era, so they would also understand why it happened and the reasons behind all issues. Actually, there are also some forces who wanted to reset the time and bring back the past for them to change the issues. They want to revise the events to sanitize the whole practice of unsavory history of America. This is because, they considered it as a shameful one.

The truth is, it is a chance to conduct a certain race dialogue between different races in the country. In the past, America is always avoiding any discussions and objections. But, the main issue is still racism. It is all about certain ways how the whites have treated the black individuals. So, even they have strive hard for something they are longing for, the still endure the pain of racism.

Most of the past events are not only about struggles, contributions and achievements. It is about discussions of the role that endure that racism and bigotry that plays a prime role to prevent the Blacks from reaching a certain force. It is a great way to eliminate the barriers of white and black races.

America is a melting pot of individuals from different ethnic races and backgrounds. Every individual in the country should be proud of their heritage and must celebrate who they are and where the come from. Thus, the series of past events of the blacks should be taught in schools, so children may also know the whole truth.

For several years, a lot of the Black people have struggled of injustice, fight for their rights and died. That is why, they have played a major role today. There are professionals and even leaders who came from their heritage. They have contributed a lot and made a country successful and free.




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