Beads on a String-America's Racially Intertwined Biographical History
"If you enjoy reading good genuine history, which is all about
people, this is the most innovative and intriguingly honest perception
yet, of America's roots and growth. Ey,
An amazing work - very labor intensive - and worthy of a PhD (in my
humble opinion, but what do I know). Your index is just as intense as
the text, for God's sake!
Finished your book, "Beads On a String!" Perfect for home-schooling;
very complete, heartwarming and winning material" Kathy Brown
"....This is the story of the heroes of our collective past. What is incredibly moving is that so many of these heroes have gone unsung for so long. I can gladly recommend this book to anyone interested in the historical journey of the land we live in. Beyond that, I can just as easily recommend it to anyone who just likes a great read."Jonathan Ellis "
"Ey Wade has written a unique and important book that put all racial History under one umbrella. Wade has done a tremendous job collecting information on all races, and all subjects related to them. "Beads on a String" is a piece of History that was missing until this book came out. I highly recommend this book to anyone wishing to understand more about how multiple cultures shaped the US to what it is today. Two thumbs up! " Lola
DESCRIPTION: Ever wondered what America's history would look like if every race was included in one book? Celebrated daily? History was written in more than Black & White and Beads on a String-America’s Racially Intertwined Biographical History lauds loudly the accomplishments of all races that helped make America the great country it has become. America’s glorious multi-racial history is finally acknowledged.
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ABOUT THE BOOK
This is an independent research and education project
Beads on a String-America’s Racially Intertwined Biographical History is a recording of America’s glorious multi-racial history, celebrated within one cover.
Beads
on a String-America’s Racially Intertwined Biographical History lauds
loudly the accomplishments of all races that helped make America the great country it has become.
It celebrates such people as Hiawatha,
who fought for freedom of his people. It applauds Lonnie Johnson who
invented the ‘Super Soaker’, Dalip Singh Saund a member of the United
States House of Representatives and Rev. Rick Warren who blessed the
2008 Presidential Inauguration. Beads on a String continue with the
recognition of others such as, Arpad G.C. Gerster who was one of the
first surgeons in America, and Yamato Ichihashi, one of the first
academics of Asian ancestry in the United States. Antonio Meucci
invented the telephone, Michael Jackson entertained; Minoru Yamasaki
second-generation Japanese-American architect designed the World Trade
Center, and Amadeo Peter Giannini who founded the of Bank of Italy,
which later became Bank of America.
Beads
on a String-America’s Racially Intertwined Biographical History never
stops celebrating our heritages from the naming of the country by
Martin Waldseemuller to the elimination of overt racial discrimination,
through education, entertainment and to the glorious day of racial,
political and social unification with Barack Obama’s Presidential
election.
Beads
on a String-America’s Racially Intertwined Biographical History will
be a great asset to the educational system as well as in the lives of
people all over the world. With the election of Barack Obama as
President, it is clear; America is ready for a change. That change
should take effect within the history books.
Video1:
The inauguration of President Obama ushered in a giant change in America.
Dr. Joseph Lowery former
president of Southern Christian Leadership conference delivers the
benediction as Barack Obama takes the oath as the 44th President of the
United States of America.
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure….”
CONTENTS
Quote- A. Philip Randolph "Salvation for a Race"
Introduction-The Purpose of this book
Quote- Dr John Henrik Clark
Chapter I-America
Quote- Carlos Bulosan "America is in the Heart"
Immigration Timeline
The Naming of America
Discovery of America
The Formation of America
Reason for Colonization
Quote--John Hope Franklin
Chapter II-Slavery and Discrimination
Label My Race Human
The Beginning of Slavery in the United States
Slavery as an Economy
Quote-Charles Evan Hughes
Dred Scott Decision
Racial Discrimination
Chapter III-Voices of Change
The Civil Rights Movement /Organizations
Chapter IV-Biographies of Notable Contributors to America's Growth…
Activism and Abolitionism
Government Leaders
Religious Leaders
Scholars and Educators
Inventors/ Scientist
Artists, Architects, and Designers
Authors and Publishers
Business
Sports
Film, Television, Entertainment and Media
Videos
A Change Has Come
Yes, We Can
Martin Luther King
From Martin to Obama
Lift Every Voice
We Shall Over Come
Why We Are Proud
We Can Change the World
The Dreams of Generations
Rev. Rick Warren
The Inventor of the Supersoaker
Gone Too Soon/Heal the World
It's a New Day
Chapter V-List of America's Contributors in All Areas
Bibliographies
Black Codes & Example
The Author
“Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within. Freedom is never given; it is won.”
Asa
Philip Randolph (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was a prominent
twentieth-century African-American civil rights leader and the founder
of both the March on Washington Movement and the Brotherhood of Sleeping
Car Porters, a landmark for labor and particularly for
African-American labor organizing.
The Purpose of This Book
As
a homeschooling parent it came across the mind of my youngest daughter
to ask about a history book which talks about all the races within its
bounded pages. She is a born optimist and hates the way we as adults
seem to enjoy racial profiling. I as the mother and her instructor in
life wanted to give her what she wanted, but I could find none. So, as a
home-school project we decided to write our own, Beads on a String-America’s Racially Intertwined Biographical History.
We
chose to use Wikipedia as our “listed” resource because it was
established by the people. People with interest in America's history,
proud of their own heritage and who believed enough in themselves to
gather and write about the people, organizations, and all fractions of
society that helped to make America the great nation it has become and
if anyone has a problem with it, they can go in and change history.
What
better way, or so it seemed to us to celebrate America and it's
freedoms than with a system established by the people with or without
its faults and illusions. We believe in America and whenever we
had doubt about the information we did go and check the information
out at other sources and found Wikipedia to be pretty much correct on
more information than not and the biggest factor was that it was so
easy to use. I for one loved the way a ‘list’ of each race was simple
to pull up and then research. And hey, I just wanted to see a history
book that put everyone's contribution together and not separated by
race or hyphenation.
America
has had great contributors within every century working hard together
and yet each race would like to pull out their certain pages and
categorize them into their own history book. And we truly believe if
someone has a problem with our choice
they would have to deal with it or well, get over it. Our main focus
is to try and eliminate the division of a great nation by a single
line, the hyphenation.
America
as a nation has many problems and yet what other country in the world
can attest to the fact that people or dying to be here? There is a
dream in their heart to be a part of this great nation and to live in
the land of good and plenty as a member of one body. So why do we keep
the line of separation as a constant reminder? The hyphenation, which
line that separates all races and the word American.
The
elimination of the hyphenation that is placed to distinguish White
Americans from African (Black), Chinese, Arab, Indian, Japanese and
every other race would be an immense triumph for Americans. That
hyphenation continues to put a space between the races that are
naturally born and the races that have chosen to become Americans. And
we are that, Americans that have contributed enormously to the growth of
the great United States. If each of our histories were celebrated
everyday and our children were taught to value all histories,
contributions, and differences we wouldn't have to wonder what Dr. King
would think about us today. We live in different times and we now play
on a different game field from or ancestors and we need different
tactics to fight the causes of today. Beads on a String- America’s Racially Intertwined Biographical History chooses not to be about a certain color, but about a certain nation, America.
Why
is all of the hyphenation and hating going on in America? Why is such a
distinction made before we are labeled Americans? African (sorry I
don't come from Africa.) Arab, Asian, Black, Chinese, Hispanic, Native. I
don't see anything about White-American or European-American. Who made
this 'hyphenation' up and why are we accepting a line that separates
us? I feel that we as Americans are all equal and held together by a
common thread. Like a treasured beaded necklace of different colors
held together on a string, we are held together by our necessities and
our circumstances and our humanity. Every color helps to make the
necklace beautiful. We can never be a totally separate entity.
Americans of all colors are so integrated that if we hurt one, we hurt
all. Just like that necklace of treasured beads, leave one out and the
gap is seen. Break the chain and many of us are lost.
We
believe that there are no pure races in America. Once Africans loved
and integrated with Native Americans and the White man brought the first
boat of Black slaves to America and raped their women, the 'pure'
races were put to an end because nine months later, some woman had the
first mixed baby. This integration happened again and again within all
races. We are such a mixed breed of people in America that it has
become hard to distinguish one race from another just by looking in a
face. Some Blacks were so light skinned that they married into the
White race and no one knew and may never know. Light to White skinned
babies were being born and no one knew if they were Black or White and
it did not and does not matter because they were born into the human
race. Once free, they became American citizens. As does anyone born
into this country, or anyone that chooses to come into this country and
become an American.
How
many pure races are living America? From what we see, love among the
races is flowing freely. Don't forget what happened to our fore-parents.
Let us not repeat it. Let go of what happened in the past. I am not
saying that there is not prejudice in the world. What I am saying is
this, when we are fighting for a 'cause' we must remember we are
fighting the system and not a person. We have to be diligent in
collecting facts, have an unbreakable, unbeatable plan, and remember all
of our foes may not be of one color. Pay attention to the present.
What we consider 'small things' is happening daily in the schools; on
the jobs; in the government. Pay attention so we don't step back in
time. Stop trying to benefit from the past. Everyone that was involved
in the mayhem and destruction of the families and the souls of the
slaves are dead. We cannot charge nor punish them with anything and if
we attack because of racial prejudice we may hurt our own. We take a
chance of destroying an uncle, aunt, cousin, brother because roots run
deep. We cannot change the past hurts, but we can change the present
laws. The heart of man has to be dealt with by God. We should not dwell
on the past. It stirs up hatred in young hearts that should only know
peace. We know what happened to our fore-parents. Let us not repeat
it.
It
is time for America to let go of the past and heal itself. The
grieving period should have been over and the healing started. But every
year, old wounds are torn open by the words Black History Month. Why
don't we teach the children about America's History with everyone
included? To me it seems as if only a few Black people are pulled out of
the closet, dusted off the shelves and paraded in front of America as
if to say, 'this one wasn't worthless', this one wasn't stupid'. Why is
the ‘black’ in capital letters? Is it to point out a person of color
has a brain or is it to pronounce to the world we have pride? If there
is so much pride in America for Native, African, Chinese, Japanese,
Indian, Iranian-Americans and other 'hyphened Americans, drop the hyphen
and pull together and teach our children that every bead has a purpose
and should be celebrated.
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