By: Nathalie Simmons Jorge

Nathalie Simmons Jorge — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:11:14 +0000

I hope you enjoy this video that my sister-in-law Paula and I put together. We would very much like to do our part to make a difference on this front.

By: Frances Echols

Frances Echols — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:52:44 +0000

Unfortunaltely, I see the race card appear in many different formats. Lately we see it in a not so sutlle way in the media and campaign. I am so very proud to be an Afro-American woman in this day and time and to have had the experiences that I have had both positive and negative. Every day a Afro-American individual wakes and sees his or her face in the mirror and knows how hard it is to fight to help the people in this nation see them as an individual capable, involved in every day activities just as they (meaning whites or any other nationality that sees us as different) are, hoping for better for themselves as well as their families and children and for the nation. All through history we have fought for the same freedoms in wars and everyday life, our abilities through eduction, the jobs we perform and that we are apart of the growth of this nation. I am proud to say that we have been able to stand under this type of scrutiny and pressure with great resolve down through the ages. Now today I can say to my grandsons and granddaughter you can become President of the United States when you grow up and really mean it because after Nov. 4,2008 ,my grandson and granddaughter (who should have the same opportunity) the first Afro-American President and have that sight in his or her dream pool as a child. How wonderful is that. Struggles are never in vain.

Comments on: Two Tales of Race in America

By: Nathalie Simmons Jorge

By: Frances Echols