In a new nationwide poll conducted by CNN “roughly half of Americans 49% considers racism a “big problem” in our society today” (CNN/ Kaiser Family Foundation 2015). In America the month of February celebrates Black History. We use the month to remember the important contributions and achievements of African Americans throughout American history. “Hughes, who ‘disapproved of Black
Nationalism and was dismayed by infighting among civil rights groups’ (144), preferred in his later years to take an individual stand against American racism,” and does so using his poems and newspaper columns (Butler 1). Black History, a subject, that can interest black and non-blacks. A subject that enables others to see and learn about people that possess similar
Nationalism and was dismayed by infighting among civil rights groups’ (144), preferred in his later years to take an individual stand against American racism,” and does so using his poems and newspaper columns (Butler 1). Black History, a subject, that can interest black and non-blacks. A subject that enables others to see and learn about people that possess similar