Slavery

Poll: Do You Agree With Kanye West That Slavery Was A Choice?

'black-ish' "WE BUILT THIS" Video Goes Viral [Video]

This is an excellent five-minute video that explains America's journey from slavery to mass incarceration that was produced by Bryan Stevenson and the Equal Justice Initiative.

This is an interesting and inevitable start of a debate!  It's a two-part question. Watch the Debate and then TAKE THEN POLLS!

The viral "Ice Bucket Challenge" has proven to be a beneficial means of creating awareness about and raising funds for ALS Research....however, this seemingly NEW Phenomenon is not really new at all....If we examone History, we find that the "Ice Bucket Challenge" was used in a different manener during Slavery...

On this day in history, June 19, 1865, marks the day on which slaves in Texas first learned that slavery had been abolished. Although the Emancipation Proclamation had been in effect since January 1, 1863, the news didn’t reach Texas until June 19, 1865. So here we are in 2012, and even though I was not around (physically) during the 1800s, I can imagine how difficult it was for those who were str