The Historymakers

Some of the men that were interviewed said that even thought they went through a very hard time in their life that it was worth the opportunites created fro their children. Also by what they encountered and experienced opened the door to things they never thought could be possible such as being owners, ceo's, and witnessing the birth of many organizations that were created to further the progress of African Americans as a whole.

Is Barack Obama an African American?

The idea of black people's thoughts and activities are one in the same when it comes to self naming and racial identification. If we were not given such names and identified as we are then we would not have the strength and knowledge of where we have come from. An with that knowledge of our heritage we as a people can continue to grow and thrive.
For some people there seems to be a difference between black people and African Americans, but to me we are all the same. If you are a person of color then you are African American. We were brought here as a people an thus expanded so self naming to me is irrelevant. Since our President has a parent of color that makes him an African American hands down.