On The Cusp of 2000 - New Year’s Eve. After of Century in which America presided as the world power, It was a time when average Americans enjoyed a sense of security and entitlement. On the threshold of a new century our biggest concern was Y-2K. Bill Clinton was the President of the United States. The economy was strong,. The economy was strong and the Federal Budget was in check.

Events of the day would foretell of a rapidly changing world…George W. Bush sought the Presidency.

Boris Yeltsin’s resignation and Putin’s assent to power, the S.S. Cole bombing by Al Qaida, the Palestinian Intifada, China entering the World Trade Organization,

Gen-Z babies in America - 48% children of color, Wall Street Deregulation — set the stage.