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.
July 24th, 2013
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A Holocaust memorial will be built on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse despite concerns from the head of an oversight board that the project is "inappropriate" for the Civil War-era site and could get the state ensnared in a constitutional legal dispute.
The privately funded $1.8 million memorial is believed to be the first Holocaust memorial planned for the grounds of any...
July 23rd, 2013
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The growing gap between what people of color earn and the rising cost of living is causing some states to move ahead of the increase in the federal minimum wage proposed by President Obama. But the push-back against any minimum wage increase is drawing big money from a variety of conservative business groups, including Koch Industries.
In his State of the Union address, President Obama urged...
July 15th, 2013
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GALLUP, N.M. (AP) – Whether displaying a replica of the Confederate flag on your license plate or as a decal in your car window, does its display provoke any positive meaning? Phillip Hester in Gallup, New Mexico seems to think so.
Phillip Hester is known around Gallup as "the guy that has a license plate on his car with the Confederate Flag on it." But he doesn't take it as an insult. The...
July 12th, 2013
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MILFORD, Conn. (AP) - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other officials declared Wednesday that the Ku Klux Klan was not welcome in Connecticut after fliers were left in Milford by the United Klans of America advertising a neighborhood watch group.
Members of the group are worried about the safety of Milford's neighborhoods and the fliers were meant to deter criminals who have been breaking into cars in...
July 5th, 2013
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With July marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, it seems an appropriate time to examine the role of African-American soldiers during the Civil War.
If all you have seen is the movie "Glory," to illustrate the part black soldiers played during the Civil War, you're missing a big portion of the story. As soon as the Civil War began in April 1861, Frederick Douglass and others...
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