The Past to the Present: Going Against the Grain.

 In todays day an age we have opportunity, 

It only takes but ONE person to stand up and take charge of a situation. When you notice something is injustice, not fair, discriminative, and you have the feeling you can change it around, why not. Prime example  Elias Neau; whom opened up his home in new york for african americans to be taught after their daily activity and deeds were done, to learn school literacy. in 1708 he had numbers over 200 whom he aided in his school, and still after his death his groundwork was still in the process of running and continued to educate african americans . With the aid of just one man taking a huge step for mankind, the world can become a way more better and diverse place. The help of one person whom wants to serve it's peers with the same justice system cause potential for growth and development. Two african american men Harry and Andrew set up a school in South Carolina after being taught in the hands of Elias Neau, this is an example of furthering education, rights, and success. This school that was open held it's main purpose to have those students whom ever wanted to partake in its system to express ones self on the topics of religion and reading. It became a place of shared knowledge amongst others. The same idea of shared knowledge is what first set these two men to begin their school, and the two men that founded that school accompanied their idea of shared knowledge through Elias Neau, and whom influences Elias Neau was the set time of slavery and the injustice of banning literacy and understanding to whom ever wanted to learn. The system of knowledge goes way back to the first trying days of this country. Without one person making a giant step to progress and open gates and opportunity for others to proclaim themselves, how id knowledge suppose to grow, or how are we suppose to develop. Even things we weren't allowed to do, such as gobble down alot of candy at once or even ignoring the sign near the pool that says do not run on the deck. How are we to know the outcome and lesson learnt if we don't experiment for ourselves an go against whats told of us. We learn from our mistakes or develope from them, educating ourselves with an experience and a lesson learned. The steps that Reverend Samuel Thomas,  Reverend Doctor Thomas Bray, and Elias Neau took at the time wasn't just to rebel against the slave masters at that time, it turns out without their courageousness we african americans could be a race with limited information known to our knowledge.  It takes one big gesture, one big step, to change society around.