Iinfluence of african americans in the 20th century.

A World Without One day as I was walking on campus, I stopped to look around. It was a beautiful spring day. The sun was out and I could hear the birds in the singing. As I was looking I couldn't help but to realize the diversity of students that were around me. I watched their actions, as they talked among themselves one with another. Everything seemed so peaceful and quiet. I began to reflect …

…has remained at the heart of jazz and all American music. Works Cited Gates, Jr., Henry Louis and Cornel West. The African American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Country. New York: The Free Press, 2000. Holloway, Joseph E. Africanism in American Culture. Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1991. Meltzer, Milton. The Black Americnas: A History in Their Own Words 1619-1983. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1987. Sobel, Mechal. The World They Made Together. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987.