001: African Peoples' Contributions to World Civilizations: Shattering the Myths

RECIPIENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL 1993 KWANZAA AWARD AFRICAN PEOPLE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO WORLD CIVILIZATIONS: SHATTERING THE MYTHS by Dr. Paul L. Hamilton explodes the myth that African people are inferior people who have contributed nothing to world civilizations. With information, pictures and illustrations from Dr. Hamilton's workshops and presentations, this book explores the concept of a 21st Century Renaissance. Shattering the Myths is loaded with pictures and illustrations, providing evidence that: - Africans were in the Americas 1,000 years before Columbus! - Human beings started as Africans! - Nubia and Ancient Egypt and African cultures with African people - The Greeks, Romans, Hebrews, early Christians and Moslems (aka Muslims) were greatly influenced by African cultures and religions! A Blueprint: Dr. Hamilton analyzes African peoples dead-end circular responses to White Supremacy: - Integration - Separation - Migration - Revolution Dr. Hamilton lays out a blueprint for revitalizing African people world-wide. This plan of action calls for shedding old beliefs and creating a new paradigm the 21st Century African Renaissance with African people as leads and philosophers in academic, business, government, technological, and social fields.

About the Author

Dr. Paul L. Hamilton is a native of Pueblo, Colorado. An educator for the past 32 years, he received his doctorate in Education and Black Studies from the University of Northern Colorado, and his MA and BA degrees from the University of Denver. Dr. Hamilton was an instructor at the University of Colorado. He was also an adjunct assistant professor of history at the University of Denver and is a retired principal (Denver Public Schools). His consulting firm, Hamilton Education Consultants, offers consulting services on African-American history; success strategies; thinking skills; and a wide range of educational topics on curriculum development and teaching techniques. An accomplished lecturer, he presents workshops and lectures across the nation. Dr. Hamilton has been a Colorado State Representative (1969-1973) and a director of the Reverend Jesse Jackson's Denver PUSH-EXCEL Program. Although this book is his first major publication, he has written and published several other works, including: Ending the Miseducation of Black Students in Denver published in the Denver Post (1987). The Relationship of the Residence of Denver's Power Structure to Individual Denver School Achievement (1975). A Brief History of the Denver Public Schools' Desegregation Case (1974). Teacher's Guide for Afro-American History (1968), Revised (1970). Strategies For A New African-American Renaissance: Fusing African World Culture + H.O.T.S. + Excellence was presented to the National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) and published in NABSE Newsbriefs in the fall and winter of 1992-1993. His travels abroad include trips to Asia and Africa; the most recent was an historical tour of Egypt (Kemet), London, and Paris with Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III. Dr. Hamilton has been in Who's Who in America since 1975, Who's Who Among Black Americans since 1975, and was co-founder and first president of (Denver) Black Educators United.