Black People In The Revolutionary War

There were two all-black units in the Continental Army and a third which voyaged from Haiti with the French. Colonel Christopher Greene's First Rhode Island Regiment distinguished itself for efficiency and gallantry throughout the war- perhaps the war would have ended sooner if its examples had been heeded. About the Bucks of America, a Massachusetts company, little is known except that John Hancock chose it for special honor. The Black Brigade of Saint Domingue, Haiti, in this day of Pan-African aspiration, needs to be better known. - Sidney Kaplan

I Am A 3rd Class Citizen

The new nation being created in America was dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal-and all women are not. For even in this new "egalitarian" society some things had not changed: women and non-property holders were second class citizens; blacks and native American, third. Yet the age promised to end old constraints. - The Making of America by Time Inc.

Birds And Skyscrapers

These 2,000 birds didn't survive their migration through downtown Toronto last fall: Tall buildings stopped them cold. At night artificial light draws the birds; during daylight birds see reflections such as trees in windows and fly into them.
one remedy: "Turnoff the lights at night" says Michael Mesure, executive director of the Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP), which collected these victims and counted nearly as many dead birds during the spring migration. More than a hundred skyscraper owners in the Toronto area have agreed to minimize their lights. - John L. Eliot

Carter G. Woodson On Leadership

It seems only a reasonable proposition, then, that, if under the present system which produced our leadership in religion, politics, and business we have gone backward toward serfdom or have at least been kept from advancing to real freedom, it is high time to develop a new sort of leadership with a different educational system. - Carter G. Woodson.

Post Materialism

Post-materialism (20th century) politics a theory of the eclipse of material values.
   In the second half of the 20th century, particularly amongst the young, the search for material utility which had underlain both capitalist and communist analyses was replaced by a priority to non-material values: quality of life, culture, the preservation of the environment. The theory has been used to explain the growth environmental or green politics. - Dictionary of Theories by Jennifer Bothamley

Questions For Neil deGrasse Tyson

What are Africa's contributions to science?

Is there a relationship between dark energy, dark matter, and melanin?

Why are adults so stupid when so much information is available?

If you had complete control of an educational institution, and could build it from the ground up, what would it be like?

Is it possible that ET's are living among us?

Does space dust from fallen meteors have an affect on us?

Are you tired of representing a community that is in shambles?

If I wanted to open a science lab in the inner city for urban children would you advise me?

Questions for President Obama

I want to congratulate you President for winning two terms and would like to ask you a some questions.

Would it have been easier to lower the age for medicare and adjust the poverty rate to 2014 dollars than to create Your healthcare plan?
Is it enough for you to be the known for being the first black president?
How do you feel when the children die in the streets of our cities?
Are you angry with black people for killing each other?
Are you afraid of being known as the Marijuana President?
Why do you think that black boys are so far behind?
When your commission on black boys comes back with a report will you implement solutions or just present the findings?