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Showing posts with label American Studies. Show all posts

Showing posts with label American Studies. Show all posts

Saturday, October 19, 2013

The Book, "Twelve Years A Slave," By Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853 [...

Friday, April 13, 2012

African American Railroad Workers: Gandy Dancers

From Appalachia History , "Gandy Dancers" by Dave Tabler (7 January 2008) -- Before railroad work was completely mechanized i...

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Detroit's Deferred Dream

Hudson's Department Store "A Dream Still Deferred," by Thomas J. Sugrue AT first glance, the numbers released by the C...

Monday, March 12, 2012

Haitian Soldiers Memorialized At The Siege of Savannah Monument

The Siege of Savannah--On Oct. 9, 1779, a Haitian regiment known as the Chasseurs Volontaires de Saint-Domingue served as a reserve uni...

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Public Pools' Contentious Past: "Just Don't Touch the Water"

Excerpt: Contested Waters, "Just Don't Touch the Water" FORT LAUDERDALE July 4, 1961 a small group of other...

Thursday, June 23, 2011

This Land Is Your Land: Woodie Guthrie

"Woody Guthrie: Natural born anti-fascist," by Stetson Kennedy “Do you have any evidence of Woody having ever committed any disloy...

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