Feb 20th Presentation Comments from Maria Gonzalez

The importance of the study of history was really shown in the McArthur presentation.  What was commonly thought about this individual was not the whole truth.  While looking at the historic details we have seen what he was really like in some instances.   Many people both in the past and present do not know what historic figures were truly like because they do not know all of the details.  People have frequently thought that McArthur was a great leader, but in fact, as we have learned, he had his own faults too.  He was many times critical and selfish which caused problems for America.  

It was quite interesting to learn about the military side of Joe Louis.  He did so much for African Americans while in the military that I did not know about.  Most interesting to me was that he was the first African American portrayed in an aggressive propaganda poster.   One individual can really make a difference.