Please read Lerone Bennett’s, “What’s In a Name?”  Write a detailed essay in which you discuss what should be the only name for people of African descent living in the U.S. today.

  Write an essay in which you discuss the following: (A) In what region of the New World was the first complement of slaves sent?  Why were they sent there?  (B) How many slaves were stolen or captured in a 413 year period and were sent to the Americas?  And what effect did the slave trade have on West Africa and the future of African civilizations?