African American Presence

The African American culture has had a huge impact on mainstream American Society, and their culture’s presence in this nation is a key factor to this nation’s success. To think that just fifty years ago our President, John F. Kennedy was making civil rights speeches on television, and now our first black President, Barack H. Obama was just sworn in on national television on Jan. 20, 2009. The impact of the African American culture is very inspirational when you look at all the accomplishments of African American prominent figures throughout history. Most of them were associated in one form or fashion with civil rights, and JFK makes a quote from a speech during the civil rights movement, and the video as seen on youtube at, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWX_pjyIq-g, the quote states, “In this nation, for all its hopes, will not be fully free until all of its citizens are free” (John F. Kennedy).
I believe that due to all of the social changes that occurred in the last fifty years, is the proof that the Constitution of America is true and all humans are created equal under the eyes of God, and now that Barack was sworn in this nation can finally take another step toward feeling fully free. This is why I want to enroll in African American Studies, because I think it is necessary for every student to learn about the important culture that helped shaped America, and still has a major influence on mainstream society.
One of the most prominent historical African American figures was Mohamed Ali. His most famous quote was, “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” He would have to be my favorite historical figure because of all the things he did for Civil rights as well as his boxing accomplishments. His picture can be seen at http://bacdr78.free.fr/Mohammed%20ali%202.jpg.