In the late 1800’s and the early 1900’s, many immigrants came to America from Europe looking for a better life than the life they were living in their home country. Once here, they willingly stood in long lines at Ellis Island in New York while being documented as they entered. They knew that in making this commitment to come to America, they were pledging to uphold the laws of the United States, they were pledging to learn the language of their new home and they were pledging to support…

I recently watched a movie called “Posse” with Mario Van Peebles and all in all, it was a pretty good movie. It was about a group of mostly black cowboys in the late 1800’s “taking care” of the bad guys who they felt had wronged them. They were kind of bad guys too, but at least they were likable. One of the themes running through the movie was “Education Makes You Free.” I thought that was kind of interesting and found it to be especially relevant today. Just before the credits started to…