The roots of jazz derived from Africa slaves brought instruments from their home, the cow bell is one of the treasured instruments that was a gift from the 'Mother Land."How have African Americans contributed to the art form of Jazz?
Fredrick Douglas Prophet of Freedom by David W.Blight
Jenna Hilaire
This summer I read Frederick Douglass Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight . To say I liked it would be an understatement. Learning about an illiterate slave turned abolitionist intrigued me to read. Beforehand, I didn't know who he was as an individual or what he specifically had to endure to get where he was to become a respected advocate.Seeing that he began as a regular slave from the 1800s and used his circumstances to gain basic skills and flip those skills into being used for the betterment of African Americans , led me to the conclusion that he was merely the same as modern day African Americans making a way to put opportunities in front of their peers. His suggestion to Lincoln to let African Americans soldiers fight made a way for African American men to become soldiers and proved to make the army victorious. I would recommend this book because Fredrick Douglass was a staple in the involvement of African Americans during the Civil War and Reconstruction era.
Fredrick Douglas Prophet of Freedom by David W.Blight
ReplyDeleteJenna Hilaire
This summer I read Frederick Douglass Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight . To say I liked it would be an understatement. Learning about an illiterate slave turned abolitionist intrigued me to read.
Beforehand, I didn't know who he was as an individual or what he specifically had to endure to get where he was to become a respected advocate.Seeing that he began as a regular slave from the 1800s and used his circumstances to gain basic skills and flip those skills into being used for the betterment of African Americans , led me to the conclusion that he was merely the same as modern day African Americans making a way to put opportunities in front of their peers. His suggestion to Lincoln to let African Americans soldiers fight made a way for African American men to become soldiers and proved to make the army victorious. I would recommend this book because Fredrick Douglass was a staple in the involvement of African Americans during the Civil War and Reconstruction era.