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 20th, 2013
Written by Mitch Weiss - Associated Press in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - In the spring of 1963, Dr. Reginald Hawkins, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a four-mile march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte's downtown. He warned city leaders that if something wasn't done to end segregation, future marches might not be so peaceful.
Nearly two weeks later, civil rights and white...
May 13th, 2013
Written by Russell Roberts in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Mary G. Roebling’s ground-breaking efforts paved the path for millions of other women in banking.
Roebling was born Mary Gindhart on July 29, 1905, in Collingswood, New Jersey. Her family was well off, and she lived in a Victorian mansion called Hemlock Hall. As a child, she earned pocket money by selling strawberries for a penny a box.
She married the grandson of famous bridge builder Washington...
May 4th, 2013
Written by Frank Jordans - Associated Press in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Revelations that a string of unsolved killings may have been a cold-blooded neo-Nazi campaign against ethnic Turks have shaken the nation, forcing Germans to confront painful truths about racism and the broader treatment of immigrants in society.
Most of the victims were immigrants and their deaths at first failed to make headlines. Police were quick to blame the killings on foreign gangs with...
May 2nd, 2013
Written by Glenn Minnis in Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
Right there, along a two-block stretch in the heart of one of the country’s most storied metropolises, lies a history of pride, struggle, and perseverance that is symbolic of an entire nation.
In its infancy and at first glance, Detroit’s Birchwood Street didn’t resonate much differently than any other in the once typically race and income mixed neighborhood born of the early 1940s: whites lived...
April 30th, 2013
Written by Russell Roberts in Setting It Straight with 2 Comments
We’ve all heard in general terms how immigrants helped build the United States of America. However, did you know that statement is literally true?
Without Chinese immigrant workers, the Transcontinental Railroad would not exist. The railroad sparked the development of the West, so it is literally true that without immigrants, America’s western expansion would have been quite different....
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