The roots of the Diaspora. The Mother Land!
9. The Dudes and the Divas
From the famous entertainers to the not so famous scientists and educators who I will try to name when there is more time. Black people love and appreciate achievers and achievement.
8. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Everyone knows about Martin!
7. The Harlem Rennaisance
60 years after the end of slavery; the children and Grandchildren of American Slaves would create an intellectual and creative movement that would serve as a foundation for what would eventually develop into African American Demands for Equality, the demands for the end of colonialism in Africa, and the end of segregation in the United [...]
6. Soul Food
From the leftovers and plates of slave holders came a mixture of African cuisine mixed with native foods to create Soul Food. Soul Food is expressed in various forms from Fried Chicken and Fish, Collard Greens, and Macaroni and Cheese, to Shrimp Creole and Gumbo in Southern Areas with proximity to water areas. The prior are [...]
5. Music
Blacks have had an innordiante amount on the world culture of the world. Historically they have influenced all popular music forms which are in existance to where they are now. Jimi Hendrix ushered in the Rock Revolution little as it is told his evolution came from the Blues of people such as BB King, and [...]
4. The Diaspora
Taken from the shores of Africa, flung from corner to corner of the World Globe. Diaspora Blacks are a melting pot of all races, creeds and color but the end result has retained the drop of blood that make them black. From the United States to Brazil back to Trinidad and Tobago from Cuba to [...]
