Black History Month

properly educated on their history, besides the brief history of Negro slavery. Students spend years doing research projects and lessons pertaining to the history of America through the eyes of the White race. Even in today’s society, African-American history is not a main subject, but is offered as an elective. Woodson said “The destroying of one’s history will lead you to the destroying of their future.” He discussed how Whites thought they were more superior than Blacks because of their…

The foundation of his Mecca was black history. At a young age, it became clear to Coates that traditional education failed him. He found his Mecca, in part, through self directed independent study and discovering himself as he transitioned to adulthood. Traditional education focuses on Western Civilization for the curriculum. The times black people were brought up was during Black History Month, as if they didn’t deserve to be taught about year round. During this month, films showed…

Throughout history, there have been world events that have happened that we learn about in school, by watching documentaries, reading books at the library, and even flipping through a newspaper or magazine. But how do we know for a fact that the information we are learning is historically correct? Although a majority of what we read is the truth, there are people who change history from what really happened to what they want the world to believe happened. And even if there are truthful articles…

If I have learned anything about history, it is that not everyone has the pleasure of knowing their story or past glory. Archived memories and experiences create scenes of the past that we can feel and relive if told in the right light. Family is an important treasure that only some get the privilege of cherishing; blood or bond, family is what holds us when the world lets us go. Going back to the day my grandmother was born, it began the lives of the people I know and love today and has shaped…

I took over three college-prep U.S. History classes, one English as a Second Language (ESL) U.S. History class, and team-taught an Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. History class. When I joined the AP U.S. History class, the course was essentially finished because the AP test had been taken, and students were working on final projects. The college-prep and ESL classes , on the…

When I first heard about the Oral History project I did not know what to expect. After reading the assignment in more detail, I was excited to start the project. I immediately knew I would pick my mother for the project. She is my best friend and I wanted to learn more about her growing up with such a big family. After going over the assignment, I called my mother and asked if she would participate in the project and she said yes. I was delighted to hear her say that because I instantly started…

Canadian historian Donald Creighton. Hufton later published these lectures as Women and the Limits of Citizenship in the French Revolution. Prior to her shift towards women’s history in the 1980s, Hufton was primarily interested in poverty and social relations; her previous books focused on social history and political history, one of which attempted to place the French Revolution in a broader historical context. Partially in response to the plethora of publications that emphasize specific…

In the distant of times from the time we are in the days of old. We often reminded ourselves mentally and physically through a process called memories. In the article “Trying Not to Forget Forgetting” the author M. Zeki Duman mentions the importance of memories. In a period of time through a series of event in the days of our forefather to currently now present days. Over times legitimate record written forgotten and replace by false memory through idealism causes doubt in the mind of many…

History is a composition of past events. It is real and honest. However, the materials used by historians (which are called sources) to study history are only records of history, so they need not to be absolutely true and unbiased. If a group of scholars were to evaluate a set of clues surrounding a play, they would mainly use texts and written records of the play and all these evidences are considered sources which therefore need to be carefully examined before put into use. To these scholars,…

story from 17 century “China as an abyss of semi-imperial and semi-feudal society” to the “Road of socialism with Chinese characteristic” in the People's Republic of China. First few sessions of the exhibition meant to emphasis particularly on the history of the Communist Party of China’s fight for the people’s liberation and independence of every…