Eye on History

<p>Eye On History: The Golden Collection includes articles from the Eye on History newspaper Column from 1979 to 2021. It traces African history from the earliest times in ancient Africa to people and events in America. The goal of this book is to present little-known information about African and African American history that has been excluded from many textbooks.African people were world travelers. Their presence can be found in ancient China Germany Europe Italy and Russia. Archaeologists have found evidence that civilization itself began on the continent of Africa. African people touched the world and left their imprint on art culture and history.<br>This book is referred to as the Golden Collection because in writing these articles it was like discovering gold. It was new information that took hours and hours of research that led to the rare book room at the local library and to the history museum. The pages of old manuscripts and books long forgotten were sources of much of the information in this book. It is the hope of this writer that this book will be used by educators students parents and others as a resource to learn more about African and African American history.</p>