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History, Part VII – America a Polycultural Nation

May 15, 2023projfu5Uncategorized

This is the seventh and final blog in the series on history.  My next blog will return to the science series.  In this blog, I discuss America as a Polycultural nation.  Introduction In 2020, when I conceived of the history blog series, I saw the history blogs concluding by identifying how and why some of

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HISTORY, PART VI – BLACK CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AMERICAN DREAM

Jan 4, 2023Howard BellUncategorized

This is the sixth in a seven-blog series on history. In this blog, I describe the Blackcontributions to the American Dream. How to discuss Black Contributions to the American Dream The American Dream is the belief that each individual has the right and freedom to seek prosperity and happiness, regardless of where or under what circumstances they

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History, Part V – The Moors Civilization

Sep 18, 2022Howard BellUncategorized

This is the fifth in a seven-blog series on history.  In this blog, I describe the Moors’ Civilization. Who were the Moors in Europe? In 711 A.D., General Tarik ibn Ziyad, known as Tarik, led a Muslim force of Berbers, known as Moors, across the straits of Gibraltar from North Africa to the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and

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HISTORY, PART IV – THE SUMERIAN CIVILIZATION

Feb 1, 2022Howard BellUncategorized

This is the fourth in a seven-blog series on history. In this blog, I describe some of the African impacts on the Sumerian Civilization. What was the Sumerian Civilization? Sumeria, Indus Valley, and Ancient Egypt were the first societies to manifest all the features to qualify as a civilization.   The term Sumer refers to the region

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History, Part III – The Indus Valley Civilization

Aug 29, 2021Howard BellUncategorized

This is the third in a seven-blog series on history.  In this blog, I describe some of the African impacts on the Indus Valley Civilization.  What was the Indus Valley Civilization? The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), Mesopotamia, and ancient Egypt were the world’s three earliest civilizations. In physical size the IVC was the size of

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History, Part Ia – The Olmec Civilization – Extension

Feb 16, 2021Howard Bell2 CommentsUncategorized

In my last blog I said that in my next blog I would focus on the Indus Valley civilization.  However, I have delayed that blog in order to provide my reactions to an article that concludes there is no real evidence that Africans and/or Egyptians ever made it to the Americas prior to Columbus’ voyage

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HISTORY, PART II – THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION

Nov 14, 2020Howard Bell2 CommentsUncategorized

This is the second in a seven-blog series on history. In this blog, I describe the African origins of ancient Egypt. Today, the Sahara Desert is a 3,630,000 square mile barrier, (larger than America’s contiguous 48 states) between Egypt and sub-Saharan Africa. However, at the dawn of ancient Egypt the Sahara was not a barrier

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History, Part I – The Olmec Civilization

Aug 11, 2020Howard Bell4 CommentsUncategorizedEgyptians, Histones, Mesoamerica, Olmecs, Pyramids

This is the first in a seven-blog series on history. In this blog, I describe how blacks were viewed in history as I was growing up, how I was able to overcome the negative views of blacks in history, and how my view of the world was altered when I learned about the Olmec civilization.

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Epigenetics, Part IV– How to Reverse Epigenetic Changes

Jun 25, 2020Howard BellNeuroplasticity

In this, the fourth blog, in this epigenetic series I talk about ways to reverse negative epigenetic changes. Reversing Negative Epigenetic Changes with Nutrition During this epigenetics series I have written about how environmental changes influence our genes.  For example, I have discussed how men in a northern Sweden province, conceived and born in the

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Epigenetics, Part III – Behavioral Epigenetics

Feb 17, 2020Howard Bell1 CommentNeuroplasticity

In this, the third blog in a four blog series on epigenetics, I discuss behavioral epigenetics which studies how our environment causes changes in the epigenome of our brain cells.  In the fourth and last blog in this series, I will talk about ways to reverse negative epigenetic changes. Epigenetics drives biological functions as diverse

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SELF Blogs

SELF Blogs provide information about Project Future Institute and the SELF Program and seek to encourage a dialogue about initiatives that can help individuals, especially at-risk students,* achieve their dreams and fulfill their potential.

“At-risk students” are defined as students who are below grade level in mathematics.

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  • HISTORY, PART VI – BLACK CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AMERICAN DREAM
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