Black History Month Essays

In the period preceding 1920s, all of the U.S market were undergoing a major boost as the stock market expanded reaching its peak in the year 1929, this was occasioned by a period of wild speculation. Stock prices had begun to decline from September all the way to October in the year 1929. On October […]

Birth Nelson Mandela was born in a village known as Mvezo. He was born on 18 July 1918 where his father was a key adviser to the Thembu royal family. Early Years Mandela received and developed his political views and attitudes at a tender age during his early school days. Influences by the elder’s stories […]

During the month of February, in honor of celebrating Black History Month, Norfolk State University schedules cultural events for each day of the month.  This year, I attended an event hosted by FACE IT.  Students from the FACE IT organization on campus introduced themselves and briefly discussed their involvement with FACE IT. The purpose of […]

Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X. These are all names that we are familiar with, now let’s introduce Hiram Revels. Hiram Revels was born on September 27, 1827, in Fayetteville, NC and raised by both his mother and father. Hiram Revels was the first African American to become a part of the […]

All the murals we saw were telling of stories of the city and its people. Each of them were vibrant and unique. One of the murals my group and I saw was “Unifying the Neighborhoods and Cultures of Philadelphia.” This one was by far my favorite not only because of the color scheme and visual […]

“Live for Now Moments Anthem” was an ad for Pepsi that was posted on YouTube by PepsiCo on April 4th, 2017 featuring Kendall Jenner. The video, which Pepsi had planned to use in a global ad campaign, features a large protest with a mostly young, racially diverse crowd walking down city streets (Wong). Two people, […]