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.
April 9th, 2013
Written by Russell Roberts in Setting It Straight with 1 Comment
Until recently, American history was a history of white heroes and heroines. While that has begun to change with the inclusion of more African-Americans, other ethnic groups still remain excluded. The story of the great female Apache Lozen, is a prime example of how history still ignores many others.
Lozen was a Chiricauha Apache born in the late 1840s. Her brother was Victorio, a famous Apache...
April 4th, 2013
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DURHAM, N.H. (AP) - A University of New Hampshire student research project on the Civil War finds that despite the state being one of the most liberal in the nation at the time, racism was common in the letters of its soldiers, including those who said they supported freeing the slaves.
Nathan Marzoli, a history major from Dover, investigated the soldiers' attitudes for his senior undergraduate...
April 2nd, 2013
Written by Darlene Superville - Associated Press in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama said Tuesday that a new movie chronicling Jackie Robinson's rise through Major League Baseball, including the racial discrimination he endured while breaking the sport's color barrier in the 1940s, left her and the president "visibly, physically moved" after they saw it over the weekend.
The film, "42," also left the couple wondering; "how on Earth, did (the...
April 1st, 2013
Written by Russell Roberts in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Few men ever served their country so brilliantly, but denied their just rewards because of prejudice, than Charles Young.
The early 20th century was a bad time to be a black person in America. Jim Crow prejudice was riding high. It took either incredible luck or extraordinary skill for an African-American to be recognized for his/her achievements. Unfortunately, Young had neither of those.
He was...
March 31st, 2013
Written by Hope Yen in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) - Will the U.S. Supreme Court end Civil Rights policies prematurely? Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind?
Addressing two pivotal legal issues, one on affirmative action and a second on voting rights, a divided Supreme Court is poised to answer those questions.
In one case, the issue is whether race preferences in university...
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