We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.. "Events that have influenced the Lives of Blacks in America", is a compilation of historical events that reveal the historical struggle of Black America. This book contains a selection of historical events covering 199 years of America's history. The events reveal the obstacles that Blacks in America had to overcome throughout this country's glorious but sometimes shameful past. Good or bad this book is an attempt to uncover those events that have contributed to Black America's current conditions.