Liberty's Legacy: Lessons from the 'AFRICAN HELL-O-COST'

ISBN-13: 9781460954003 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 102 str.

Melvia Miller

Opis

**LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORIC FIGHTS FOR LIBERTY, JUSTICE AND EQUALITY ** THIS FULL COLOR KEEPSAKE BOOK presents the journey of ancient people....originally rooted in Africa... from ancient times to the present...highlighting leaders who fought the way toward achieving liberty, justice, education & equality for all people. IN VIEW OF THE MAJOR PROTESTS that have been occurring re: "police abuses" -- it behooves us to examine the history of these issues... and perhaps we can find remedies for these problems from what other FREEDOM FIGHTERS have experienced. "Black History" is the root of all our history. Africa was the place where the first human civilization began on this planet. WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM HISTORY, FROM OUR GOLDEN LEGACY....FROM OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS? Can we use those lessons to help solve our modern-day challenges? NOW THAT OUR MODERN WORLD IS EXPLODING WITH PROTESTS, TURMOIL AND WEATHER DISASTERS... is there a resource where we can turn for answers to our major problems? **...from JAPAN...to EGYPT...to YEMEN...to LIBYA...to BAHRAIN...to IVORY COAST....to WISCONSIN...to MICHIGAN -- and many other places in between -- there is turmoil -- and serious difficulties plague those places.** The quest for freedom for all...and fights for basic civil rights, and the desire for fair democratic government have been heating up as our planet gets warmer and warmer THE GREAT FREEDOM FIGHTERS OF ALL TIME...Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Dr. Carter Woodson, Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall, Fannie Lou Hamer, Dr. Barbara Jordan, Min. Malcolm X, Dr. M.L. King...(and others) did light the fire and carry the torch for the rest of the world to see their way to stand up for liberty and justice. ******************************