Setting it Straight: Race and Racism, Minority Groups
Reaching back in time to discover and shine a light on events and peoples whose roles in shaping history may be unknown, misunderstood, or misrepresented.
October 29th, 2012
Written by Kate Brumback - Associated Press in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
ATLANTA (AP) — Emory University is apologizing for years of anti-Semitism at its dental school, when dozens of Jewish students were flunked out or forced to repeat courses, leaving many feeling inadequate and ashamed for decades despite successful careers.
The Atlanta school invited many of those former students to meet with president James Wagner on Wednesday and then attend a screening of a...
October 23rd, 2012
Written by Rodney Muhumuza - Associated Press in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Alfred Kumalo, a South African photographer whose work chronicled the brutalities of apartheid and the rise of Nelson Mandela, died of renal failure in a Johannesburg hospital on Sunday night, the ruling party said Monday.
The African National Congress described Kumalo as a "rare and significant talent that was pivotal in raising social consciousness and exposing the brutality...
October 17th, 2012
Written by Jeannie Nuss - Associated Press in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) — The story of David O. Dodd is relatively unknown outside of Arkansas, but the teenage spy who chose to hang rather than betray the Confederate cause is a folk hero to many in his home state.
Street signs and an elementary school in the state capital have long borne Dodd's name, and admirers gather at his grave each year to pay tribute to Dodd's life and death.
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October 11th, 2012
Written by Bob Johnson - Associated Press in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Council members in an Alabama city voted Tuesday to stop a group's work on a new monument honoring a Confederate general who was an early leader in the Ku Klux Klan.
The Selma City Council voted 4-0 with two members abstaining to stop all work on the monument to Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest until the courts decide whether the city or a Confederate heritage group owns the...
September 6th, 2012
Written by Russell Roberts in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
As the first Native American woman to earn a medical degree, Susan LaFlesche Picotte was a shining example to tribal members everywhere. She proved it was possible to lift oneself out of the morass of the reservation system and live a useful life. However, in proving that point, Picotte literally worked herself into an early grave.
Susan LaFlesche, born on June 17, 1865 in northeastern Nebraska...
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