
Mendez v. Westminster: Planting the seed for Desegregation
It was a warm September day in 1943 when Soledad Vidaurri walked her daughters, Alice and Virginia Vidaurri, and her brother’s children, Sylvia, Gonzalo Jr.,
It was a warm September day in 1943 when Soledad Vidaurri walked her daughters, Alice and Virginia Vidaurri, and her brother’s children, Sylvia, Gonzalo Jr.,
The dark cloud of war was glooming over Britain in the year 1939; Germany had recently begun its assault on Poland after Hitler and Stalin
It is 10 o’clock on a cool night in September 1966. The Hollywood sign shines like an artificial moon that presides over the horizon. A
& JOSÉ HERNÁNDEZ Several Canadian communities in the province of British Columbia (BC) have experienced a significant increase in the number of earthquakes in recent
& MATTHEW CASAREZ The year was 1971, and Robert Noyce had created what many were dreaming to do: an invention that would revolutionize technology. This
What if you could take the best of Jackie Robinson’s athleticism and defense of civil rights, combined with the legal mind and drive for justice
It’s a brisk May morning at the site of Egbert’s Stone in Wiltshire England. The year is 878 and Alfred, the great King of Wessex,
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It was November 3, 1987, when Elizabeth Ann Smart was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to her parents, Ed and Lois Smart. She was
Even before the killing of George Floyd, there had been a well-established pattern of oppression by law enforcement agents killing innocent African Americans. Just to
Slavery We all are familiar with the term “slavery” and the rich and complex history it holds for the United States of America. The basic
On the night of May 31, 1921, the black community of Tulsa Oklahoma’s Greenwood district would fall victim to one of the deadliest and most
On February 23, 1993, Walter McMillian’s fifth appeal to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals began. A new trial was granted and it began hoping
Napoléon and Europe, Alexander and Persia, Ashoka and India. All famous conquerors and their conquests, but none compare to the heights reached by Genghis Khan.
Healthcare is a difficult topic to discuss and address in U.S. politics. Even though there are important policies such as the Affordable Care Act (ACA,
In the 1980’s, America was a storm of confusion, grief, and pain for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Many of the great leaders and activists detailed in history books are rarely still here to share their story. When we learn about an exemplary
It was 4pm in the Spanish city of Guernica. It was another day in that Spanish civil war that seemed to not have an end.
Approximately four thousand years ago in Egypt, a pharaoh was violently attacked. This attack was not physical, but rather spiritual, as the ruler had been
It was a sunny day in Florence on that April 26th of 1478. A blooming of the arts was in full swing in the city
Moving quickly, servants load heavy trunks into wagons and on the backs of carriages. Excitement buzzes through the air, along with whispered words, the heavy
Baseball, hotdogs, apple pie, Cheverlet, and Gary Pressley epitomized the thoughts of an “All American kid.” This young man was born and raised in Georgia
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On September 5, 2018, Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, was set to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee in Washington DC regarding Twitter’s platform being
During the summer of 1997, there was a gathering of teenagers who were inner-tubing near the Deschutes River in Oregon. In a late afternoon, Israel
A famous Roman myth celebrates the founding of the city of Rome. It is the story of the twin brothers Romulus and Remus. This story
On the outskirts of the small town of Parkersburg, West Virginia, Wilbur Earl Tennant owned a ranch in crisis. At least one hundred calves and
Some children grow up fortunate enough to confidently know that a hot meal awaits them once they return home from school. Yet many more children
Edwin Romero worked at a low-paying clothing factory in his native Honduras. In 2017, Juan Orlando Hernandez, then President of Honduras, was running for re-election.
“That was the whole point of the segregation rules – it was all symbolic – blacks had to be behind whites.” – Claudette Colvin:
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