Gen Z with Mackenzie
Category: history
Bitter Sweet Cocoa: Part 4
July 26, 1960 I didn’t know how, but even after all this hardship, I still managed to have hope. I will be free one day! I knew it. The cocoa…
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Bitter Sweet Cocoa: Part 3
Continued from Part 2… August 25, 1957 The French had been slowly gaining power since the 1800s, colonizing parts of the Ivory Coast and declaring themselves protectorate. I don’t understand…
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Bitter Sweet Cocoa: Part 2
Continued from Part 1… After many days of travel by foot, we arrived. Where exactly, I did not know. Without a word, the man led me into a large, dilapidated…
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Bitter Sweet Cocoa: Part 1
“Get over here, you useless girl! I don’t know why we ever decided to take you in,” shrieked Aunt Adowa. “Please sir, come and take a look at this girl.…
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The Gilded Age Rap
The Gilded Age was the age of gold, But underneath, it was dirty and old. Rockefeller and Carnegie were monopolizing the industries, Immigrants, meanwhile, worked day and night in factories.…
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St. Augustine of Hippo
An interesting fact about Saint Augustine is that millions of Catholics around the world today practice “confessions” that originated from Saint Augustine. As another fun fact, Augustine considered himself to…
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