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Atlanta Compromise

by Booker T. Washington Speech at the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Board of Directors and Citizens: One-third of the…

Bulletproof Buddhists and Other Essays

Author:Frank ChinPublisher:University of Hawaii Press Asian-American cultural studies often pass overlooked in a country gripped by black-and-white fever. With a rampaging irreverence that…

George Takei

George Takei played Lt. Hikaru Sulu on the television show Star Trek and its many movie and video game sequels. He has remained closely associated with the role throughout his career. Takei spent…

Lenny Kravitz Biography

Lenny Kravitz musicianBorn: 5/26/1964Birthplace: New York City Lenny Kravitz's eclectic musical style seems to reflect his multicultural background. The son of interracial parents, Kravitz has…

What to the Slave on the Fourth of July?

by Frederick Douglass The Hypocrisy of American Slavery Fellow citizens, pardon me, and allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here today? What have I or those I represent to do with…

Hall, Stuart Henry McPhail

(Encyclopedia) Hall, Stuart, 1932–2014, Jamaican-born British sociologist and cultural theorist, b. Kingston, Jamaica. Hall attended Jamaica College…

Trudeau, Pierre Elliott

(Encyclopedia) Trudeau, Pierre Elliott (Joseph Philippe Pierre Ives Elliott Trudeau)Trudeau, Pierre Elliotttr&oomacr;dōˈ [key], 1919–2000, prime minister of Canada (1968–79, 1980–84), b. Montreal…

City of Industry

Director: John IrvinWriter: Ken SolarzDirector of Photography:Thomas BurstynEditor:Mark ConteMusic:Stephen EndelmanProduction Designer:Michael NovotnyProducers:Evzen Kolar and Ken SolarzOrion…

Barack Obama

Name at birth: Barack Hussein Obama IIBarack Obama was president of the United States from 2009-2017. He was the 44th U.S. president and the first Black president in American history. Barack Obama…

Democracy and Education

by Booker T. Washington Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is said that the strongest chain is no stronger than its weakest link. In the Southern part of our country there are…