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.
May 11th, 2011
Written by Francesca Biller in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Although picking coffee beans on her family’s Hawaiian farm was what Sumiko did each day as a child, she dreamt that one day she would design beautiful clothes. But she had no idea how much her culture would influence each exotic hue and stitch that make her designs so unique.In the small sleepy town of Kona, most folks were farmers and business owners who worked hard and lived simple lives. It...
April 20th, 2011
Written by Nedda Pourahmady in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Ever since she obtained her lawyer’s license in 1992, Shirin Ebadi has been taking on controversial cases in the fight for human rights and equality for women, children, and political prisoners in Iran. In 2003, she was the first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. In addition to being an internationally renowned advocate for human rights, Ebadi established the Million Signatures...
April 12th, 2011
Written by Russell Roberts in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Hank Greenberg, slugging baseball player for the Detroit Tigers, remembered one incident well.He played left field for a minor league team in Waco, Texas. He ran hard after a fly ball and caught it for the third out in the inning. As he ran toward the dugout, Greenberg received a nice round of applause from the fans in the grandstand.However, one man sitting in the middle of the crowd did not...
March 1st, 2011
Written by Wendy Innes in Setting It Straight with 1 Comment
At a height of six feet, and a former slave from New York, Sojourner Truth was perhaps one of the best-known abolitionists who advocated for women’s rights in the country’s history. She was a wife and mother, but more importantly, a survivor.Early LifeSojourner Truth, born Isabella Baumfree in Ulster County, New York in 1797, belonged to a Dutch family, and until she was nine or ten-years-old,...
February 21st, 2011
Written by Wendy Innes in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
The names Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln are synonymous with abolition and emancipation. However, what few people may know is that these two great American statesmen led remarkably similar lives in their early years, and actually held great respect for one another, even to the point of being characterized as friends.Both Douglass and Lincoln were born poor: Douglass in his grandmother’s...
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