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.
February 4th, 2010
Written by Ann Scheer in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
The legacy of Patsy Takemoto Mink cannot be pinned to one ideal or cause. While her trademark was ensuring equal rights for women, Mink was a spokesperson for many controversial issues.She often took unpopular stances against such things as nuclear testing and was among the first to speak out against the Vietnam War.After serving in the Hawaii State House of Representatives from 1956 to 1958, and...
January 11th, 2010
Written by David Wolfford in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Tom Thacker led the University of Cincinnati Bearcats to three straight NCAA championship games from 1961 to 1963. In the pros, he won three national championships in three different leagues. “When it came to winning championships, nobody was better than Tom Thacker,” sports writer Michael Perry wrote in his book Tales From Cincinnati Bearcat Basketball.But before Thacker was a champion, he was a...
December 19th, 2009
Written by Christine Orchanian Adler in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
On July 11, 1761, John Avery stood on the crowded dock at Boston Harbor, eyeing potential customers. A cargo of slaves he had advertised for weeks had arrived from West Africa on the schooner Phillis. Having already seen the slaves, he knew there were too many women and children. When he found a buyer for a young, thin girl of about seven, he was likely thrilled. Unknown to all, this girl,...
November 30th, 2009
Written by Erich Luening in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
When most people think of 18th and 19th century whaling captains, they envision Captain Ahab of Melville’s “Moby Dick,” scarred, weathered and white. But a handful of whaling ships during the peak of that industry’s success between the late-1700s and late-1800s were captained by men of much darker complexion. From Massachusetts to California, a small but successful group of black whaling captains...
November 13th, 2009
Written by Ann Tierney Prochnow in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Italians represented the largest single group of immigrants in America at the beginning of the 20th century, with more than four million coming to this country between 1880 and 1920. The majority of Italians came from southern Italy to escape the poverty, disease, and famine that had consumed the region. Dark-haired, dark-eyed and olive-skinned, these southern Italians tested America’s developing...
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