Category: History
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Inventing Black and White; Erasing History at the National Archives
Inventing Black and White – Learn how Bacon’s Rebellion became a turning point for the way the laws of colonial Virginia distinguished people of different races. (Note that the two classes – poor vs. indentured/slaves – united, but it…
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ChatGPT: compare and contrast the different forms of slavery in the different regions
While slavery existed in various regions across the globe, there were differences in the forms and practices of slavery in different areas. It’s important to note that the institution of slavery was diverse, and variations existed within regions and…
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Historic Palestinian Documents at the Lady Izdihar Archive
Lady Isdihar runs an archive of USSR era documents and some Palestine documents. This page links out to several of contemporary interest.
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Wong Kim Ark in Smithsonian
Smithsonian Magazine has a good article about Wong Kim Ark, who fought to assure birthright citizenship for all Americans. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-fight-for-birthright-citizenship-reshaped-asian-american-families-180981866/
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Links to MLK Speeches and Writings
These are the sources for a few memes I created.
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1908 Anarchist Terrorist Plot by Japanese in America Against the Emperor of Japan!
The actions of your tools has made free political action impossible in Japan. We abandon political action as absurd and useless under present conditions, and resort to physical force. We do not believe in war, but you have forced…
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The Murder of Ee Lee
On September 16, 2020, Ee Lee, a Hmong American mother who was unhoused and mentally ill, was attacked, raped, and killed in a park.
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Los Angeles Typographical Union ITU 174 at Angelus Rosedale Cemetery
One of the interesting markers at one of the old cemeteries in the City of Los Angeles. I’m not sure if the headstones behind it are ITU members, but they tended to have dates in the late 1800s to…
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Beach Cities IMC
I was in a South Bay group and got a message about a cop there who painted swastikas on cars, and it reminded me of “Beach Cities IMC”. This was a fake Indymedia site that posted a lot of…
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What Are You Shooting For? by Roberto Rubalcava et. al. 1993
This mural no longer exists. I thought it was one of the best ones in Los Angeles, because it was so postmodern, but also specific to its location and time. I didn’t realize, until I did research, that it…