This month and beyond Black History Month, I will attempt to enlighten you on people you may or may not know who have helped to make America the awesome country it has become.
History was written in more than Black and White. Beads on a String-America's Racially Intertwined Biographical History celebrates America's history by including the contributions of all Americans regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. A bound tribute to the innovative, inventive and remarkable attributes made by the common man. It is the only American History book to do so.
In putting together Beads on a String-America's Racially Intertwined Biographical History, my goal was to be as thorough and entertaining as possible. To gain the attention of the youth of the world so they could be proud of their ancestor's contribution to the formation of America while accepting the works of others.
VIDEOS FROM THE BOOK:
A Change Has Come
Martin Luther King
From Martin to Obama
Lift Every Voice
We Shall Over Come
Why We Are Proud
We Are the Ones
The Dreams of Generations
Rev. Rick Warren
The Inventor of the Supersoaker
Gone Too Soon/Heal the World
Yes, We Can
It's a New Day
A Change Has Come
The inauguration of President Obama ushered in a giant change in America and around the world.
Dr. Joseph Lowery former president of Southern Christian Leadership conference delivered the benediction as Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America.
From Martin to Obama
From Martin to Obama
The Civil Rights Movement Martin Luther King
In the United States, Civil Rights are the rights that a nation's inhabitants enjoy by law. The term is broader than "political rights," which refer only to rights devolving from the franchise and are held usually only by a citizen, and unlike "natural rights," civil rights have a legal as well as a philosophical basis. In the United States civil rights are usually thought of in terms of the specific rights guaranteed in the Constitution: freedom of religion, of speech, and of the press, and the rights to due process of law and to equal protection under the law.
The civil-rights movement, led especially by Martin Luther King, Jr. in the late 1950s and 60s, and the executive leadership provided by President Lyndon B. Johnson, encouraged the passage of the most comprehensive civil-rights legislation to date, the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It prohibited discrimination for reason of color, race, religion, or national origin in places of public accommodation covered by interstate commerce, i.e., restaurants, hotels, motels, and theaters.
Lift Ev'ry Voice
James Weldon Johnson composed the lyrics of Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing for which his brother J. Rosamond Johnson composed the music. This is commonly known as the "Negro (or Black) National Anthem." R&B singer Kim Weston sings "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" in front of a 100,000 at Wattstax--a festival at the Los Angeles Coliseum on August 20, 1972 organized by the Memphis Stax label to commemorate the 7th anniversary of the Watts riots and black power, pride, culture, tradition and heritage struggle. The party and peacefulness was seen by some as "African Americans answer to Woodstock".
JOAN BAEZ, born 1941 in New York City is an American folk singer and political activist. Baez began singing traditional folk ballads, blues, and spirituals in Cambridge, Mass., coffeehouses in a clear soprano voice with a three-octave range. She made folk music, which had been largely ignored, popular. Baez's records were the first folk albums to become best-sellers.
Why We Are Proud
We Can Change the World
The Dreams of Generations
The Dreams of Generations
BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, JR. (born August 4, 1961) is the first African American President, elected 2008. He was the only African American serving in the U.S. Senate. He delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention while still serving in the Illinois State Senate. In November 2004, Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate by a landslide in a presidential election year marked by Republican gains.
Presidential Inauguration Prayer
REV. RICK WARREN Richard Duane "Rick" Warren (born January 28, 1954) is an American evangelical Christian minister and author. He is the founder and senior pastor of Saddleback Church, an evangelical megachurch located in Lake Forest, California, currently the eighth-largest church in the United States (this ranking includes multi-site churches). He is also a bestselling author of many Christian books, including his guide to church ministry and evangelism, The Purpose Driven Church, which has spawned a series of conferences on Christian ministry and evangelism. He is perhaps best known for the subsequent devotional, The Purpose Driven Life, which has sold over 30 million copies, making Warren a New York Times bestselling author.
Presidential Inauguration Prayer
LONNIE G. JOHNSON (born October 6, 1949) is best known as the inventor of the Super Soaker water gun. The Super Soaker was the top selling toy in the United States in 1991 and 1992.
Gone Too Soon/Heal the World
MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer-songwriter, dancer, actor, choreographer, businessman, philanthropist and record producer. Referred to as the King of Pop, he is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time while also being regarded as one of the most influential. His unrivaled contributions to music, dance and fashion and a much-publicized personal life made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades.
A tribute to the tenacity of the American People
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