Barack Obama and others particularly, African Americans have been the benefactors of the valiant civil rights work of our forefathers and mothers. Although this work was predominantly done by former slaves and other African Americans, there are a number of White Americans who also fought along with Frederick Douglass, W. E. Dubois and others for the rights of women and Blacks. Therefore, this book pays tribute to these individuals and provides a historical account of events that have occurred throughout our country and abroad. It reflects where we have been and where we are headed as a nation and as one United States of America.