That’s Cool (Black America and Latin America)

When I think about Black America and how brutal it was in the past I feel disturbed. These humans that lived in America legally didn’t get the same opportunities and freedoms as other white Americans. They were unable to get the simplest things like education. I dug deeper into this and found that
Lincoln University in Pennsylvania was the first university to provide a higher education for African Americans. It took years to allow something like this to happen. Now there are 104 historically Black colleges. I think America has grown a lot; it’s hard for me to even imagine how segregated America was in the past. If America wouldn’t have changed, people like Drake, Cardi B, and NBA Youngboy wouldn’t have had the opportunities they have today in terms of music. I believe the mot legendary music artist are African American. Michael Jackson as another example. Imagine never hearing Thriller. Crazy. I think it’s cool how much has changed and the opportunities African Americans have in America today.

I looked more into Black America and was curious to see the who was responsible for allowing African American opportunities in America. Everyone would assume that it was Martin Luther King Jr. which I think he played a huge part, but a lot of others took part in culturizing African Americans in America. I found a site with a video that I wish I could share, but it talked about how in 1961 Margaret and Charles Burroughs started a museum in their living room. African Americans would bring in items that represented their culture in Africa to the museum, so others could learn. The museum was called The DuSable Museum of African American History. This video is a little long, but if you skip through some of it you can learn about this incredible museum.

A fun things I learned about Latin America is that the Amazon covers seven countries. The countries include Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana. I liked seeing this fact, because we talked about Ecuador in class and talked about how this country is in poverty and speaks Spanish.

Ecuador to me seems like a beautiful place, but it does seem like it wouldn’t have much to offer considering that it doesn’t have a lot of large cities.