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The scientific medicine paradigm of the twentieth century was so dominant that it was referred to as orthodox or conventional medicine.  While alternatives to medical doctors ranging from home remedies…

Destructive effects of drug and alcohol abuse are well known, but still the problem of drinking and using drugs by American teenagers and youth remains topical in our modern society….

Alcoholism is defined as a condition in which the individual is constantly preoccupied with the subject of alcohol, and consumes it to the level at which it affects physical health,…

Many literary authors nowadays use poetry to exult their culture and express their thankfulness for their origins. In particular, Martin Espada is a poet of Hispanic origin known for promoting…

As he believed that “one man with courage can make a majority”, Andrew Jackson has been described as the president who was both loved and hated because of his powerful…

Dementia is a disease which affects the brain. It can affect your memory, thoughts and actions. It is progressive illnesses, which will slowly affect you more.People of any age can…

After my personal journey in life I would gladly see myself writing a piece a book narrating everything the full details of my life. How colorful it was revealing all…

The Migration was the movement of approximately seven million Africans out of the Southern United States to the North, Midwest and West from 1916 to 1930. Precise estimates of the…

Africans and African Americans have always struggled due to their black identity. James Baldwin was one writer who tried to lift the heavy burden of blackness from their blackness and…

The significance of the fact that Africans were in Britain during the Roman Occupation, that Vice Admiral Thomas Wyndham went to Benin in 1553 and found that the King of…

In his essay, The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain, Langston Hughes writes how young Negro artists try to veer away from their own identity by steering clear of racism…

The history of African Americans is characterized by injustice practices during the slave trade era and the subsequent struggle for justice for the blacks and the slaves. Most of the…

African Initiated Churches or AIC has widely flourished with a following of about thirty two million members to date. AIC’s are churches that were founded and led by Africans themselves,…

Who would ever give a casket as a gift?  Or who would buy a raffle ticket with a golden casket as grand prize?Considering that a casket is “a container for…

People in general and consumers in particular are very naïve. They accept things without questions and trust too easily. There are also people who would argue and have very strong…

Devastated after the civil war, it is lovely to realize that America started its industrial revolution at that very era. One good thing lead to another, thus, with the zeal…

Development does not end once a person reaches physical maturity, but continues throughout life. Developmental psychologists seek to describe and analyze the regularities of human development across the entire life…

The world is fast becoming a borderless place.  Cultures, races, beliefs and ideologies are blend together and interact because of the growing advances in communications.  In order to succeed in…

“Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers.” Howard Thurman, African American educator, theologian, Search…

In “Introducing Liberation Theology,” by Leonardo Boff, and “God is Black,” by James Cone, the authors assert that God is “One who liberates victims from their oppression” and Christianity can…