“The discovery of gold and silver in America, the extirpation, enslavement and entombment in mines of the aboriginal population, the turning of Africa into a warren for the commercial hunting of black-skins, signalised the rosy dawn of the era of capitalist production.” AmericaBlackMinesDiscoveryGoldSkinsPopulationProductionsErasDawnSilverCapitalistHuntingEnslavementAboriginalRosyGold And SilverBlack Skin Book:Capital: A Critique of Political Economy - The Process of Capitalist Production Source: Capital: A Critique of Political Economy - The Process of Capitalist Production
“I didn't write professionally at first. It took me nine years to get anything published. At the beginning I mostly wrote picture books, which were rejected by every children's book publisher in America. The first book of mine to be accepted for publication was ELLA ENCHANTED, and not one but two publishers wanted it. That day, April 17, 1996, was one of the happiest in my life.” WritingYearsFirstsChildrenTwoBookWantedAmericaMinesAcceptedNineRejectedPublishersAprilPublicationEnchantedNine YearsChildren's BooksPicture Books Author:Gail Carson Levine
“Justice requires us to remember that when any citizen denies his fellow, saying, 'His color is not mine,' or 'His beliefs are strange and different,' in that moment he betrays America, though his forebears created this nation.” DifferentMomentsAmericaRememberBeliefNationsJusticeMinesStrangeColorCitizensFellowsDenyThat MomentBetray Author:Lyndon B. Johnson